Aiming to reduce landfill by 20,000 tons this year and every year thereafter, an Australian company has changed the diet of its lambs to create a tender, marbled meat on par with wagyu beef. The name of the meat, and the company, is ‘Mottainai Lamb...
In February, Tokyo-based mobile application developer MTI Ltd. launched a new employee benefit program for women who hope to reduce menstrual pains and premenstrual syndrome (PMS) with oral contraceptives. Using the company’s health app for...
The Ethical Gin Project is an initiative by The Ethical Spirits & Co. The latter is a distillation venture company that specializes in the manufacturing of gin and whiskey made from sake lees. Their vision is to achieve a circular economy...
Japanese women spend seven times as much time doing housework than their male partners. According to a survey last year by Nippon.com, wives spend an average of four and a half hours doing housework during the week, while their husbands do less than...
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. have agreed in February to form a strategic alliance to cooperate in manufacturing polyolefin from combustible waste. Previously, Sekisui Chemical has worked with a U.S. corporation...
Japanese firm Unitika has developed a nylon film for food packaging that is mostly made from recycled plastic and maintains the high quality and printability of petroleum-based wrapping. Think about how many times a day you open plastic food...
Souvenirs, also known as ‘omiyage’, is an ingrained part of Japanese culture. Now, sustainable select shops selling perishable goods have become quite popular throughout Japan. Each year in cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, new shops are popping up...
Incorporating sustainability into business operations is an emerging trend in the fashion industry. From sustainable sourcing of materials to upcycling and minimal packaging, more and more companies are embracing green-oriented practices. Global...
As the world’s population keeps growing and the amount of resource and energy consumption rises simultaneously, countries and enterprises must make conversions in strategies or business models and make action to achieve a sustainable society...
Japan came in 121st in a recent global gender equality ranking conducted by the World Economic Forum. This means Japan ranked even worse than it did previously and is currently the lowest among the Group of Seven countries. What does this tell us...