Kuradashi, Inc. that it is recruiting up to 200 public testers for a project aimed at reducing household food loss. Their project is titled the “Use-it-all Challenge,” chosen for the ministry’s FY2024 Model Project for Promoting...
Sengan-en, a World Heritage site in Kagoshima, will introduce a personal mobility service from 1 October, making it the first such site to offer the comprehensive programme. It is a collaboration between operator Shimadzu Ltd. and Kagoshima Toyota...
TSUDA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY is establishing a regular market for salvaged building materials in Tokushima Prefecture, tackling what it calls the major industry issue of usable items being discarded even though they are not rubbish. The Osaka-based...
Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, will bring international software engineers to the region to develop technology-based solutions for local challenges. The “Kesennuma Hackatsuon,” Japan’s first event to combine a long-term...
The Fukuoka-based craft sake brewery LIBROM Inc. has launched an investment-style crowdfunding campaign to support its circular brewing model, which transforms local, non-standard produce into unique alcoholic beverages. The fund, managed by Music...
Suntory Holdings Limited has launched a new demonstration project to close the loop on food waste, converting food waste into organic fertiliser using earthworms. The project is located in the TOKYO TORCH district, a major urban development in...
Japanese biotechnology startup Fermenstation Co., Ltd. has developed a new cosmetic ingredient by upcycling yuzu citrus waste from Kochi Prefecture. The ingredient, named Yuzu Pulp Extract, will feature as an original moisturising component in a new...
A coalition of 64 organisations from 26 countries and regions has launched an international online petition demanding that the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) uphold their long-standing policies of not financing nuclear power...
Omuta City, a historic centre of Japan’s coal industry, aims to make its mark with circular energy by paving its roads with asphalt made using recycled cooking oil. The “Roa(d)cal SDGs Project,” initiated by the Saga-based Tanaka...
Notifications from emails and messages. Relentless streams of news and social media updates. From the moment we wake up to the time we fall asleep, our minds are crowded with an endless list of to-dos. Amid the vague anxiety of wanting to achieve...