Zenbird Editorial TeamMinamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture is teaming up with tech venture Toresyoku Co., Ltd. for a joint industrial project in August to turn agricultural rice husks into industrial resin reinforcing materials and crop fertiliser. The idea is to...
Kameoka City in Kyoto Prefecture launched the Closed School Upcycle Instrument Project to transform waste materials from closed schools into musical instruments as a form of participatory circular economy through art and music. The project upcycles...
Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Consumer Affairs Agency, has launched a nationwide Sustainable Fashion Partner Scheme to accelerate resource circulation across the...
Japanese conglomerates Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) signed a memorandum of understanding to launch Japan’s first trial of Direct Ocean Capture technology on Kume Island in Okinawa...
Last week on August 13, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for heavy rain across 22 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, after record-breaking rainfall (over 100mm in a single hour in some areas). There was...
