AQUPONI INC., a Japanese company specialising in circular agriculture, has started selling a new device that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air to boost crop yields in greenhouses, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-based...
SAGOJO Inc. and Sankayo Co., Ltd. have announced a joint initiative to develop guides for foreign tourists in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. The “Matsumoto Local Guide Training Program” is a three-month residential scheme designed...
Have you ever considered the ultimate destination of clothes you’ve given away so they wouldn’t become waste? We gather them from our wardrobes, pack them into bags, and drop them off at collection boxes or second-hand shops. We believe that...
Hoshino Resorts has announced the opening of the Nara Prison Museum on 27 April 2026, repurposing a national heritage site into a unique cultural destination. The project will preserve the former Nara Prison, a National Important Cultural Property...
When emergency food stock for disaster preparedness gets replaced, huge amounts of food waste becomes a dire challenge. However, the non-profit organisation Food Bank Aichi presents an outlet, providing a sustainable solution for companies and...
Gekidan Playing, the only travel agency in Japan operated by a theatre company, is expanding its unique immersive theatre programme, Entabi®, to Nara and Nagoya. The initiative transforms underused regional tourist facilities into stages for...
We may think of cardboard boxes as just a simple box for packaging products in our daily lives. Yet, from the perspective of resource circulation, cardboard is a material with a high 95% recycling rate (according to the Japan Corrugated Case...
A vibrant array of vegetables, all uniform in size, shape, and colour, arranged neatly in the supermarket’s produce section. This is a familiar scene which we take for granted as we pick up our groceries. However, a harsh reality lies behind...
Just a 2-minute walk from Kyoto Station, there is a hotel that offers guests from all over the world a sustainable and special stay, based on the concept of “pursuing the comfort of the next 1,000 years.” This is THE THOUSAND KYOTO...
W TOKYO Inc., the organiser of the popular Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC) fashion event, has launched a new initiative to promote regional revitalisation by showcasing local gastronomy to its influential audience of performers and models. The...