Which animal do you prefer as a pet, a cat or a dog? Both are popular animals to live with. Adorable and comforting, they have been loved in Japan for more than a thousand years. Cats, for instance, have been useful for getting rid of rats and mice...
The 14th edition of MICHELIN Guide Tokyo has been announced. The city is a prominent figure in the MICHELIN collection and has a selection of 446 restaurants for MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2021. Amongst the list are 12 Three Star restaurants, 42 Two Star...
Climate change impacts our lives in ways big and small. We usually think of the most extreme effects of global warming, such as harsher weather and rising sea levels. Yet, it can also cause damage in smaller and more subtle ways. Food production is...
Sustainability in Japan may be somewhat of a mystery for those residing outside of the island country. Fortunately, we are here to give you 15 interesting facts about ventures, organizations, and information about the country’s efforts to move...
On Oct. 30, on the occasion of International Girls Day Month, NGO Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP) released a series of digital manga. They depict various problems Japanese women are facing today as...
Supportive policies and advancing technology have been successfully pushing the price of solar energy lower and lower. Solar technology was originally used as the electricity supply for a satellite in 1958 at an extremely high price. However, this...
Behavioral science can explain why climate change skepticism exists. A series of experiments revealed that those who feel optimistic about the projection of climate change spent less time focusing on arguments for climate change than non-optimists...
In democracies, politicians represent those who vote for them. The greatest beneficiaries of climate change policies are young people, including the unborn and those too young to vote. These generations will be the hardest hit if the current crisis...
A 2014 survey showed that over 80 percent of consumers in the United States prefer food options that protect the environment. It becomes evident that there is a growing interest by modern consumers in the landscape of food sustainability. Existing...
Young people worldwide are no longer tolerating a lack of action on climate change. They are taking action to ensure they can have a safe and sustainable future. The most notable example is Greta Thunberg, one of many leading climate activists in...