Zenbird Editorial TeamCome 5 September, THE NORTH FACE+ Sapporo Factory in Hokkaido will reopen with Eastern Japan’s first permanent REPAIR & CUSTOM service counter. The flagship store will integrated garment repair/maintenance and personalisation directly into...
Minamisoma 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...
