East Japan Railway Company (JR East) announced last month acceleration its application of hydrogen energy. Part of their strategy is the deploying of Japan’s first commercial hydrogen hybrid train, alongside other applications in power...
Saitama Prefecture launched a comprehensive campaign to prevent further environmental damage from the red-necked longhorn beetle. It is an invasive species poses a severe threat to Japan’s local cherry and plum trees, prompting the local...
Showa Nishikawa Co., Ltd. surpassed 10,000 shipped units for online orders of its down duvet refurbishing service over a one-year period from July 2025 to June 2026. The Tokyo-based bedding manufacturer achieved this milestone in response to...
JFE Shoji Corporation has begun a demonstration test of its proprietary vertically suspended solar power generation system inside strawberry greenhouses. Partnering with hiko farm, an agricultural producer based in Ibaraki Prefecture, the project...
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Mandarin Oriental Tokyo and komham Inc. launched a rooftop garden project at the Mitsui No. 2 Building in Tokyo, closing the loop on food waste into compost to cultivate vegetables. The...


