Energy / Climate Change
Japan's energy policies have been in flux since the huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 shook the very foundations of Japan’s energy supply. All nuclear plants were shut down, and power generation from fossil fuels skyrocketed. Business and local initiatives gave renewables a huge boost. Now talk of restarting nuclear plants is gaining momentum. Meanwhile, we need to address climate change, brought on by overuse of fossil fuels. Read here for updates on energy- and climate-related efforts by governments, industry and citizens.
Jul 22, 2018
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), a nonprofit organization, rel...
Jul 18, 2018
What aspects of Fukushima's image should be updated, in what way, and from who...
Jul 15, 2018
Osaka City University announced on April 25, 2018, that it succeeded in develop...
Jul 13, 2018
The Renewable Energy Institute, a public interested corporate foundation in Jap...
Jul 8, 2018
How is the current situation in Fukushima being communicated today, and how ar...
Jul 6, 2018
Japan's Ministry of the Environment has been testing a new "nudge" policy appro...
Jul 2, 2018
The Executive Committee of "Update Fukushima" on February 10, 2018, cohosted a...
Jun 18, 2018
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) reported on ...
Jun 15, 2018
The Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union (Seikatsu Club) is a joint ass...
Jun 11, 2018
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the University of ...
Jun 3, 2018
The Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the Mete...
May 31, 2018
Japan's Basic Act on Energy Policy directs the government to draft a Basic (or...
May 23, 2018
A trial for a unique new service to virtually "keep" surplus power temporarily...
May 10, 2018
Fujitsu Research Institute, a Japanese research and consulting company, announc...
May 7, 2018
Meguro City (Tokyo) announced on December 25, 2017, that it will purchase woody...
May 4, 2018
A new power generation method using weeds as fuel has been developed in Japan....
Apr 12, 2018
With permission from Smart Japan, a news site providing the latest information...
Apr 8, 2018
The Japanese government formulated on Dec. 26, 2017, a basic strategy for promo...
Mar 30, 2018
The February 2018 issue of the JFS Newsletter reported on a Japanese village's...
Mar 25, 2018
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Mar 22, 2018
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on November 27, 2017, that it h...
Mar 19, 2018
As co-chair of the Hydrogen Council, Toyota Motor Corporation issued a statemen...
Mar 12, 2018
The Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Oct...
Feb 11, 2018
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced on October 11, 2017, that i...
Jan 29, 2018
The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the WMO an...
Jan 20, 2018
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced on March 7, 2017, that it has entere...
Jan 16, 2018
A group of scientists from RIKEN, a comprehensive chemical institute in Japan, ...
Jan 12, 2018
The ISO Student Committee at Tokyo City University held its 19th Environment I...
Jan 9, 2018
The Science Council of Japan released on August 24, 2017, the deliberation res...
Dec 18, 2017
The Green Power Work Shop, a business school organized by the Agency of Natural...
Dec 8, 2017
Japanese Institutions, including the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ...
Nov 30, 2017
Introduction
Japan has entered an era of population decline. While young people...
Nov 29, 2017
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and IH...
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...
Oct 14, 2017
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released on June 23, 2017, i...
Oct 4, 2017
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Sep 29, 2017
To launch discussions on the nation's Strategic Energy Plan, Japan's Agency fo...
Sep 27, 2017
Simple and easy-to-install micro hydro generators are being introduced on a bro...
Sep 22, 2017
The Fujitsu Group released the FUJITSU Climate and Energy Vision, a medium- to...
Sep 7, 2017
Aug 8, 2017
Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (Japan-CLP) announced on April 25, 2017, the...
Jul 27, 2017
The JKSK Yui-Yui Project, an initiative to support people in Japan affected by...
Jul 24, 2017
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) re...
Jul 19, 2017
A team of engineers from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development O...
Jun 28, 2017
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced on December 6, 2016, prelimi...
Jun 11, 2017
The city of Kamisu in northeastern Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture announced on Mar...
May 15, 2017
In this issue of the JFS Newsletter, we show the current status of renewable e...
May 9, 2017
The Nanyo Company Club of Nanyo Senior High School in Kyoto was awarded a Speci...
May 4, 2017
Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) issued its first green bonds on November 24...
Apr 25, 2017
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced "Japan's Assistance Initiat...
Apr 8, 2017
Kobe City, Starbucks Coffee Japan and Kindai University announced, on December ...
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