Chubu Electric Power is pioneering a new method of rice cultivation that does not require flooded paddies, a technique that reduces methane gas emissions by approximately 80% and cuts labour time by around 60%. The initiative, trialled in the fields...
Future with Forest Association has opened entries for the Future with Forest Sustainable Award 2025, designed to uncover commercially viable ideas that will allow people and forests to coexist a century from now. Announced on 13 June 2025, the award...
Nearly 40 per cent of LGBTQ+ people in Japan have faced obstacles when trying to secure housing, a new Pride Month survey shows. In the study, conducted by Pencil Co.,Ltd. and the non‑profit Colourful Change Lab, researchers asked LGBTQ+ respondents...
Soiro living LLC has relaunched “High●light,” a pendant lamp that breathes new life into redundant porcelain ashtrays. Each lamp begins as a vintage or deadstock ashtray recovered from recycling centres and warehouse inventories. Technicians drill a...
The news can feel heavy right now, with conflict and climate worries never far from sight. We are organising the “Sophia Irori” to offer a gentle pause: an evening circle at BIKAS COFFEE where six people settle around a figurative Japanese hearth to...
Minna Denryoku, a leading renewable-energy supplier in Japan, rebranded as UPDATER, a Tokyo-based social-update company. Recently, it has turned to the traditional art of rakugo to show that renewable energy can be engaging and practical. Its...
Osaka’s community hub PLAT UMEKITA is revealing a series of new hints for a sutainable lifestyle with “PU-katsu,” a year-round programme that treats sustainable living as play rather than preaching. For the rainy month of June, the...
Circular economy experts from Japan and Taiwan will meet on Monday, 23 June, to explore how Asia can steer the global shift towards a circular economy. The three-hour forum, “How Can We Design Circular Futures from Asia?” will be held at the Glass...
Last week, Japan’s Cabinet approved the 2025 Environment, Circular Economy and Biodiversity White Papers, combining three statutory reports into a single volume. Its contents urge an overhaul of production and consumption to keep future growth...
Harvia Plc, a leader in the sauna and spa market, and Toyota Motor Corporation have jointly developed a concept model for a hydrogen-powered sauna, marking it as a world first according to research by the two companies. It combines Harvia’s...