Circular Yokohama has launched a week-long event “Port Town Yokohama Loft Sustainable WEEK,” which runs from August 28 to September 4 at Yokohama Loft. The event centers around the theme of reducing CO2 emissions through the reuse of...
On August 20, Nissan and Nippon Travel Agency launched the GREEN JOURNEY project in cooperation with tourism-related and other companies, the Ministry of the Environment, and Tohoku University, aiming to promote sustainable tourism in Japan...
“The Boyfriend,” Japan’s first same-sex romance reality series was released in July and has already attracted a large audience. Located by the ocean, nine young men lived together in the beach house for a month, where they learned romance and...
How are you coping with the summer heat? Many of you might say electric fans or air conditioners, as they are undoubtedly great technological investments. Alongside those tools, we have a portable hand fan called an “Uchiwa” in Japan. It’s still...
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition has launched a reuse matching platform as part of its “Green Expo” initiative. The platform, called “Expo Circular Market: Myakuichi!,” went live on August 6 and is designed to...
It took a long time to get out of the traffic in Tokyo, and by the time I noticed, it was pitch dark outside. As I drove down a road without even streetlights, I saw something along the white line. Was it a living creature or just an object? I...
Nomura Real Estate Holdings has announced a new initiative aimed at repurposing unwanted clothing and miscellaneous items collected from its properties. Launched in collaboration with ECOMMIT, a company specializing in circular value chains, Nomura...
Any visitor to Tokyo will step into Shinjuku at least once. It is where the world’s busiest train station accommodates 2.7 million passengers per day and where the Tokyo Metropolitan Government manages GDP as large as the Netherlands’. It is also...
Japan’s traditional artisans offer lessons in zero waste that have been practiced for centuries. Seeing the collaboration between Omoros and Iwata Sanpou Seisakusho, a manufacturer of ceremonial offering stands (also known as sanpou) reveals another...
The upcoming Hokkaido Marathon 2024 will feature participant T-shirts made from chemically recycled polyester, derived from unwanted running wear collected from last year’s runners. The initiative, a partnership between JEPLAN’s “BRING™”...