A brewery in Hokkaido is again partnering with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball team to upcycle players’ broken bats into a unique craft beer, following the overwhelming success of last year’s project. Yo-Ho Brewing Company will...
Sea Vegetable Company, a company specialising in seaweed cultivation, has launched a new line of ochazuke seasoning that combines its signature seaweed with naturally grown tea. The products are available at select Muji stores in the Kansai and...
Ba-and-Co Inc. and Maniwa City will be holding “Hiruzen Nature Week,” a five-day practical event designed to explore new business models that coexist with nature. The event will take place from 7-11 October 2025 in the Hiruzen region of...
Osaka-based NPO CATS WELCARE is hosting a charity art exhibition in a renovated traditional house, continuing its efforts to create a welcoming space for the public to connect with and support rescue cats. It will be held at Holy House, the NPO’s...
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) announced the registration of 17 new “Kawamachi-zukuri” plans, a national programme aimed at revitalising towns by developing their riverside areas. This latest addition brings...
Food collective TETOTETO inc. has launched a new brand, “Budo no One-piece,” to tackle food waste in Japan’s wine industry by upcycling discarded grape skins into new edible products. They aim to create value from the thousands of tonnes of pomace...
The town of Memuro in Hokkaido has entered a three-way partnership to achieve its zero-carbon goals by creating carbon credits from its extensive forest resources. The agreement brings together the municipal government, the Tokachi Regional Forestry...
Stationery manufacturer Raymay Fujii announced it will release its 2026 “Pandafull Life Bamboo Paper Diary” this month, featuring pages made entirely from domestically sourced Japanese bamboo. The product aims to address the...
A new art piece crafted from pottery shattered in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake is now being displayed in the third-floor lobby of the Hyatt Centric Kanazawa. CACL’s upcycling brand KAKERA collaborated with Hyatt Centric Kanazawa and...
Golden Pecan Inc., the city of Rikuzentakata, and The University of Tokyo are collaborating in a project to establish a domestic pecan nut industry in Rikuzentakata, an area affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The project has...