A Japanese company has released a well-being app, Awarefy, to give people access to high-quality self-care. It is doing so in a country where understanding of mental health issues is still inadequate and many sufferers go untreated. Until the end of...
JEPLAN Inc., a Tokyo-based Japanese company, is transforming the society from a linear to a circular economy in various fields. It has collaborated with multiple corporations in the past to accelerate the transformation, such as working with Aeon...
Climate change is having a significant impact on the Hokkaido region. According to the Hokkaido Research Organization, Japan’s coldest and northernmost prefecture will see average July temperatures increase as much as 3 degrees by the 2030s, in...
The cost of beauty is mother nature. In recent years, it has been brought to our attention that the environmental impact of this 500 billion dollar industry is stretched beyond its plastic packaging, natural ingredients, and production methods. And...
Although the nationwide state of emergency has been lifted in Japan due to the spread of COVID-19, staying at home has become a new normal for many of us. Spending weeks at home can be monotonous, and even overwhelming at times. In this difficult...
Artist Yukito Nishinaka has created a glass version of the traditional Japanese rock garden using recycled bottles, which is now permanently installed at Kyoto’s Honen-in Temple. The work is intended as a statement for sustainability via the reuse...
Insect eating, or entomophagy, may not sound too attractive, especially to those who avoid any contact with insects in their daily lives. Even those who spent their childhood chasing grasshoppers or other insects may feel uncomfortable about...
The company leading a project to create Japan’s largest-scale palm oil power plant in Kyoto Prefecture has informed a citizens’ group fighting the development that it has decided to pull out of the project. On April 23, the group Association...
In 1982, the International Whaling Commission established a moratorium on commercial whaling that remains in place to this day. A few member countries with a history of whaling, such as Norway and Iceland, still hunt whales commercially despite it...
Sexual violence and inadequacy in Japan has become a growing issue over the past twenty years. Although this may be true, laws in Japan have been slow to change and lag behind other global, developed nations around the world. Moreover, there are...