B Corporation™ (B Corp) was started in the U.S. in 2006 by people with the belief, “Make business for a force for good.” B Corp has become a global community with more than 8,000 companies certified as B Corp in over 95 countries. Since...
If you head north from Tokyo for an hour on a bullet train, you will reach Nasushiobara. This area is a popular destination for alpine hiking in the summer, skiing in the winter and hot springs all year round. You can take a local bus from there for...
Since tea was introduced to Japan from China, the city of Uji in Kyoto has been producing a wide variety of the finest teas for about 800 years. It is a historic place that has led the development and growth of Japan’s tea culture. Tsuen Tea...
To accelerate sustainable living and assist SMEs in making a shift towards sustainability, Mamoru and Zero Waste Japan co-organized the Sustainabili-Tea Talks from 25~27 May. The talks attracted participants interested in discovering how small...
“How can SMEs be sustainable?” There is no better time for Japan to ask this question. More than 80% of registered businesses in Japan are SMEs. With the COVID-19 crisis impacting the nation, vulnerabilities in systems are exposed and...
Recently, I saw a Facebook post from an acquaintance, asking friends to fill in the blank: “Vacant Space x ____ = Money”. He was trying to address the problem of vacant houses in Japan, especially in rural regions of Japan. He wanted ideas to create...
Data company Data Dock runs the Niigata Nagaoka Data Center in Niigata Prefecture Japan, and this cold region data center could be the model site for the world’s first sustainable data center. It is a new business model that satisfies areas such as...
En-japan inc. is one of the largest companies that offers career-change services for jobseekers in Japan. The company has made public it will support a nonprofit organization called ‘International Medical Volunteers Japan Heart’. Japan Heart is an...
We last talked about Circular EDOnomy, a circular economy that existed during the Edo period of Japan. It was a model that took the various facets in Japanese society and minimized waste to peak efficiency. Since the system is simple and intuitive...
Japan has an advantage of historically witnessing a stark change from being a traditionally closed country to a modern, international one. That advantage exists because the differences are easier to identify, especially through the lens of...