A project to build a new town hall in Ama, a remote town in the Oki Islands, has won a 2025 Good Design Award for its community-led and circular approach to public architecture. The “Ama Maru” project transformed the building’s first...
On 13 October, Zenbird conducted a Kanagawa one-day tour for Singaporean government officials for an up-close visit to circular businesses in the prefecture. With Yokohama City’s commitment to strengthen its efforts to create a circular...
Home improvement retailer CAINZ has partnered with the Nagoya City to launch a resource circulation programme, starting with a collection and circular service for used household gardening soil. The collaboration begins with a horizontal recycling...
The World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWF Japan) and the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) announced the publication of a new strategic guide on 23 October. The Japanese edition of the “Circular Economy Strategy Guide: A step-by-step guide...
Kikkoman Corporation announced it will start converting factory plastic waste into oil through chemical recycling. The food and soy sauce manufacturer will be collaborating with recycling technology specialist CFP Corporation and chemical producer...
A partnership in Shiga Prefecture has successfully harvested the first crop of cotton grown with compost made from discarded clothing, creating a tangible model for a circular economy in the fashion industry. The harvest festival for the “Kamakura...
Kyoto City is leveraging its history, culture, and a deep-rooted sense of “Shimatsu-no-kokoro”—a spirit of mindful frugality and respect for resources—to lead the transition to a circular economy. It aims to forge a new urban future...
Three Japanese companies have achieved an industry first by successfully demonstrating a technology to recycle aluminium fins from old air conditioners directly into new ones. Daikin Industries, Ltd., UACJ Corporation and Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co...
Technology firm digglue Inc. has joined a demonstration project to establish a Japanese standard for Digital Product Passports (DPPs), a critical tool for enhancing transparency in circular material supply chains. The project is led by the Resource...
Recently, we featured the spirit of “shimatsu no kokoro” when we had an insight into Kyoto’s blueprint for a Circular Economy. It holds a foundational concept that may even “precede” mottainai, which is a dislike in creating waste...