The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious set of objectives established in 2015 to improve life on earth. The SDGs include both environmental goals such as clean energy and social goals such as eliminating poverty. Of...
For vegans who are cheese lovers, there’s great news! “TOKYO VEG LIFE”, a YouTube channel based in Minato Ward, Tokyo that focuses on vegan, yoga and ecofriendliness, has produced a sustainable vegan cheese brand under the name...
Japan’s world is changing quicker than some may realize. Although it was quite common in the past, there has been a reduction of adults who can care for the elderly, people with disabilities, and family members who become sick. It was once the...
Emergency contraception (EC), also known as the morning after pill, reduces a woman’s risk of getting pregnant by preventing or delaying ovulation. When taken within 72 hours of intercourse, this kind of contraception can prevent more than 80%...
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals were established in 2015. The SDGs are an ambitious set of objectives for improving life on our planet. Among many other things, this includes dealing with poverty, promoting clean energy and...
In 2015, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, a set of six environmental challenges that the company aims to achieve by 2050. The focus of these targets is to reduce CO2 emissions and become carbon neutral...
Did you know that during brewing craft beer, up to 2,000 kg of malt lees are produced every month, and that most of it get discarded? Kitafuku in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, a company that manufactures and promotes IoT devices for people who work...
Japan still has a long way to go to create a welcome space for gender minorities in both sport and society. But the young generation is improving awareness, according to the guest speaker of the online discussion “LGBTQ+ and Women in Sports in...
One of the most prominent issues regarding reproductive rights in Japan is that there aren’t many choices for female contraception. In a country where male condoms are the most common contraception method, the use of birth control pills and...
Fireflies are an important symbol in Japanese culture. Many people overseas are familiar with The Grave of the Fireflies, the famous Ghibli film that takes place in World War II. However, fireflies are also used in art, poetry, music and even in...