Japan’s largest city and international hub may be Tokyo, but Osaka is also a hub of activity, lively people and colorful fashion. Osaka is the epicenter of the Kansai region, surrounded by Nara, Kyoto, Kobe and Wakayama, and has much to offer when...
A Tokyo company, JEPLAN Inc., has started a platform to promote the circulatory use of plastic, across the resource’s lifecycle from collection of used plastic to its recycling, sales and remanufacture. It will also match companies that emit plastic...
Japan is known for its excessive plastic usage. A report by the United Nations Environment Program in 2018 listed Japan as the second highest consumer of single-use plastic in the entire world. Even a short stay in the country makes it abundantly...
According to a research conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan, it is evident that prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, more than half (LGB 36.4%, T 54.5%) of LGBT workers are struggling at their place of work as a...
Single-use plastic food wrap offers great convenience when you’re packing your food, but that doesn’t stop the fact that it’s an unsustainable option. A new organic cotton-based food wrap “Good Wrap!” was released in...
CMYK is an experimental creative group organized by All Japan Federation of Printing Industry Associations. It runs a project called ‘Oogiri Insatsu’ (Insatsu is a Japanese word for print), which is a unique initiative to create playful products...
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...