A movement that protests sexual violence against women has spread across Japan. It is called Flower Demo (short for Flower Demonstrations) because protestors bring a flower with them as a symbol of empathy toward victims. Its meetings create a place...
The ancient capital of Nara has long been adored for its temples and shrines, but perhaps even more so for the wild deer that roam free throughout the city. After it was discovered last year that deer were dying from having eaten tourists’...
A survey conducted by a job-change assistance service has found that about 15% of people in Japan change jobs to avoid sexual harassment. The difference in ratio between men and women with that experience turned out to be only 8%. Career Tenshoku...
Aiming to empower consumers to buy fish based on their sustainability, the World Wildlife Fund has released a Japanese version of its Seafood Handbook. The new booklet grades 23 types of seafood commonly eaten in Japan according to various factors...
Plastic wrap is something many of us are trying to rid from our lives in favor of more sustainable materials. To help us, a company is reviving the traditional Japanese wrap called kyougi – thinly shaved sheets of wood. As red pine trees throughout...
A Tokyo-based edible-insect company has begun joint research with a university expert aimed at expanding bug dining choices by optimizing techniques to mass produce edible locusts. Not only tasty, locusts are an even more environmentally friendly...
To mark the end of this year’s Tokyo Dance Music Week, the final installment of the online festival will be powered solely by renewable energy. The September 13 event will be broadcasted from the main deck of Tokyo Tower using only renewable energy...
Osaka Prefecture is encouraging its residents and businesses to work with it to create a circular economy. The government of Osaka has been releasing annual data since 2016, showing how effective the community’s recycling actions have been. The...
For the first time in Japan, a local government is collaborating with an online community noticeboard to link non-internet users to the service. The effort is will encourage them to swap their secondhand items and to reduce waste. It is an...
A new Tokyo-based camera-sharing service has upped the stakes for similar businesses by offering new cameras and lenses instead of used ones. The move recognizes a growing interest toward utilizing a sharing economy and advances the range of sharing...