Custom wooden house builder Aqura Homes, in collaboration with IKEA Japan and Yokohama SDGs Design Center, has started the SDGs Life Design Project. This project was started to propose a new style of architecture and living, as well as aiming to...
AIR Inc., a company based in Tokyo, is engaged in business such as drone industry, crowd funding and event planning. It carried out a survey related to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) with the members of the “joshikai community” (women-only...
Very often, organizations tackle one or a few aspects of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). This, of course, makes sense. Not everyone would be an expert to tackle all the problems present in this world. Neither does anyone have the resources to...
A few media sources have reported that Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo, announced a city-run demonstration for an original digital currency in Tokyo. Citizens will be able to use this for civil payment services at two locations in the...
Japan welcomed the new era of Reiwa in May this year, with many Japanese visiting the shrines, participating in a mark of change in history. These Shinto shrines have been the oasis providing emotional support for the past millennium. And now, the...
Saving the world sounds like a hard and serious task. But a Japanese project has injected some fun with a card game that helps players understand and act on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG Action card game X (read as...
Child poverty is a prevalent issue in the world. According to a survey conducted by the welfare ministry in 2017, 1 in 7 Japanese children live in poor households in Japan. As an effort to fight child poverty in Japan, Anyo Temple in Nara...
Picking up trash left on the roadside. Placing change in a donation box upon shopping at a convenience store. Taking part in a local volunteer activity on your day off. These small activities, which can be practiced in your daily life, could...
Administrative offices of Japan’s regional areas have invested tremendous efforts to introduce policies which revitalizes Japan’s regional economy. Examples include unique product development and the maintenance of childcare institutions...
About an hour’s drive from Tokushima City is Kamikatsu, a small town in Shikoku Island. This depopulated town has less than 1,600 people, 50% of which belongs to an aging population. In spite of that, this town welcomes approximately 2,600...