One of the best ways to reduce plastic waste is to carry around water bottles. However, what happens if your water bottle gets empty and you’re still thirsty? Most people turn to vending machines—alas! more plastic waste. Social Innovation Japan has...
Nowadays, getting married is hard enough as it is. Imagine the situation people with disabilities have upon finding a partner? It’s disastrous. To improve this situation, Kekkon Sodan (“Marriage Consultation” in English) NPO is now crowdfund a new...
Camping outdoors is always fun. But booking the camp site, preparing the necessary items for camping, let alone setting up the tent, requires a lot of hard work. By the end of the day, what was supposed to be a fun, relaxing time in the wilderness...
Last month, a new hotel renovated from a Japanese traditional house dating back 150 years, opened in a Kosuge, a small village in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. Under the concept “A village of 700 people coming together as 1 hotel,” the hotel...
It’s not only the medals that are going to be made from recycled materials at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. So are the podiums that are going to be used during the medal awarding ceremonies! Collection boxes are now situated at 2,000...
In 2025, the baby boom generation will become elderly and Japan will be facing an aging society more dire than before. It is estimated that Japan will lack roughly 380,000 people to care for the elderly. With the declining population, it will no...
Free plastic bags are convenient for consumers to shop at supermarkets and convenient stores. But have you ever thought about how much burden they are on the environment? A single plastic bag can take between 400 to 1,000 years to break down in the...
The Japanese parliament has passed a new law that aims to facilitate the use of food banks and create awareness for the food loss problem. The number of food banks in Japan has risen recently. However, ambiguities related to responsibility over...