Biodiversity / Food / Water
Biodiversity is the foundation of our lives, society and economy. This section presents the status in Japan of biodiversity, conservation efforts, initiatives to promote the more sustainable use of water resources, and food issues.
Jul 28, 2018
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Ministry of ...
Jul 26, 2018
The "Kodomo-Takushoku" project launched in 2017 as a food home delivery service...
Jul 13, 2018
The Renewable Energy Institute, a public interested corporate foundation in Jap...
Jul 11, 2018
A new initiative in Japan is tackling the global issue of food loss and waste ...
Jun 25, 2018
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
May 27, 2018
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and NTT Docomo announced on January 15, 2018,...
May 20, 2018
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Japan's Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced on December 8, 201...
Apr 27, 2018
The Asahiyama Zoo, located in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, Japan, opened in 1967 ...
Mar 30, 2018
The February 2018 issue of the JFS Newsletter reported on a Japanese village's...
Mar 28, 2018
The SAVE JAPAN Project of the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. was recogniz...
Mar 22, 2018
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on November 27, 2017, that it h...
Feb 24, 2018
Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, announced the winners of its first b...
Feb 8, 2018
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Japan announced on N...
Jan 1, 2018
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Dec 28, 2017
The last issue introduced the town of Shimokawa, Hokkaido, whose industrial pr...
Dec 21, 2017
A contest in Japan to award junior high and high school student groups for out...
Dec 13, 2017
Vineyards cover a steep slope in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. The land was or...
Dec 8, 2017
Japanese Institutions, including the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ...
Nov 20, 2017
Sewage systems play an important role in making our lives safe and comfortable...
Oct 18, 2017
Japan's Ministry of the Environment announced on July 25, 2017, that it had dra...
Sep 27, 2017
Simple and easy-to-install micro hydro generators are being introduced on a bro...
Aug 31, 2017
Japan has various school lunch programs in effect nationwide that involve advan...
Aug 11, 2017
Viewing the history of citizen-oriented businesses in Japan, we find they have...
Aug 4, 2017
Dr. Kazuya Kobayashi, a junior associate professor at Field Science Education a...
May 13, 2017
The National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (NIES) announced on De...
May 7, 2017
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Jap...
Apr 8, 2017
Kobe City, Starbucks Coffee Japan and Kindai University announced, on December ...
Mar 31, 2017
We often hear on the news that fish catches are decreasing all over the world....
Mar 27, 2017
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology announced on November 7, 2016, t...
Mar 7, 2017
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Feb 28, 2017
Junko Edahiro, chief executive of Japan for Sustainability, delivered a keynot...
Jan 29, 2017
The JKSK Yui-Yui project, an initiative to support people in Japan affected by...
Jan 23, 2017
Patagonia Japan Branch of a global manufacturer of outdoor clothing and goods b...
Jan 19, 2017
There are various environmental and social issues, the solutions to which requ...
Nov 30, 2016
In Japan, five to eight million tons of food products are disposed of annually ...
Oct 27, 2016
LIXIL Corp., a Japanese living and housing solutions company, announced on May ...
Oct 23, 2016
The Japanese Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute announced on March...
Sep 14, 2016
The JKSK Yui-Yui project, an initiative to support people in Japan affected by...
Jul 29, 2016
It has been just over a year since I started the Edahiro Laboratory, working w...
Jul 23, 2016
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary) is a weekly article that appea...
Jul 7, 2016
An estimated 6.42 million tons of food loss and waste is generated annually in...
Jul 4, 2016
The organizing committee of Inochi no Mori (Forest of Life), an environmental i...
Jun 27, 2016
On March 6, 2016, nearly five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the...
Jun 5, 2016
The Japan Organics Recycling Association announced on February 18, 2016, the re...
May 31, 2016
Japanese and Fisheries
The depletion of fishery resources and collapse of fish...
May 20, 2016
Once Desolate, Now Attracting Attention as a Successful Farming Village: Kawakami, Nagano Prefecture
Kawakami in the Minamisaku district of Nagano Prefecture in central Japan is a...
May 11, 2016
Incidents of heavy rains and floods are increasing around the world as the imp...
Apr 21, 2016
There are many initiatives providing food to people in need in both developing...
Feb 3, 2016
The JKSK Yui-Yui project, an initiative to support people in Japan affected by...
Dec 21, 2015
The Tohoku Taberu Tsushin (Eating Tohoku Magazine) initiative, which we introdu...
Oct 30, 2015
The city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture is an ordinance-designated city wi...
Oct 13, 2015
In the last newsletter, we introduced the Hirono Wai-Wai Project as an initiat...
Sep 26, 2015
Suntory Holdings Ltd., a major Japanese beverage company, announced on July 29,...
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