Guest WriterFewer than 10 sudare workshops remain in Kyoto today. A sudare is a screen of reed or split bamboo, hung outside a window through the summer, where it catches the sun and lets the wind pass, leaving the room behind it three or four degrees cooler...
Last month, ECOMMIT and the local government of Iruma City in Saitama Prefecture signed a partnership agreement to promote a circular infrastructure in the city. The two entities will establish a municipal reuse facility inside the Iruma City...
Cultural media platform Kogei Japonica is starting a support service to connect traditional Japanese artisans with businesses, local governments, and commercial entities. It targets market expansion, collaborative product development, craft rentals...
Hipotech Inc. is integrating renewable energy production with local agriculture with its new food and agricultural brand, THE GARLIC & LAB, in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. It will utilise nutrient-rich liquid digestate from its methane...
Bookoff Group Holdings Co., Ltd. and 54 partner organisations hosted an interactive educational event, “August 8 Reuse Day ~ Connecting smiles, powering the future ~,” at Akiba Square in Tokyo on 7 and 8 August. The event attracted...
