Climate Change
March 8, 2005
Policy / Systems
Japan Must Cut GHG Emissions by Over 14% to Meet Kyoto Goals
Japan's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in fiscal 2003 (based on preliminar...
March 2, 2005
Energy Conservation
Kyotango City Starts Eco-driving Project
Kyotango City, located in Kyoto Prefecture, launched a model eco-driving project...
March 2, 2005
Transportation / Mobility
New Water-Based Paint Reduces VOCs, CO2 Emissions
Toyota Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. announced on November 4, 2004 that wit...
February 19, 2005
Policy / Systems
Tokyo Dept. Stores Cooperate on Deliveries to Cut CO2 Emissions
The Environmental Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Novem...
February 17, 2005
Climate Change
Japan's Wood Transport Distance Rose by 40% in 12 Years
The average distance traveled by timber from source to use in Japan increased by...
February 16, 2005
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Researchers Aim for Bioethanol Production from Waste Paper
Shingoshu Co., a package material manufacturer based in Shiga Prefecture in west...
February 14, 2005
Renewable Energy
IBM Japan Training Facility Powered by Eco Energy
IBM Japan Ltd. announced on November 15, 2004 that Amagi Homestead, the company'...
February 12, 2005
Eco-business / Social Venture
JAMA Reports FY2003 Hybrid Vehicle Shipments Up 173 %
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) announced on October...
February 9, 2005
Policy / Systems
Chemical Industry Establishes Global Warming Countermeasure Council
Five chemical industry associations - the Japan Chemical Industry Association, t...
January 26, 2005
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan Cabinet Office Creates Environmental Efficiency Improvement Indicators
The Department of National Accounts of the Economic and Social Research Institut...
January 22, 2005
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Survey Shows Environmental Protection Leads to Economic Progress and General Well-Being
As a way of gauging the present status of environmental conservation activities ...
January 20, 2005
Renewable Energy
'Snow Cooling System' Gaining Popularity in Hokkaido
A unique project to use snow as a clean cooling energy source has been gaining g...
January 7, 2005
Climate Change
Environment Ministry to Recruit 'Eco Families'
Starting in fiscal 2005, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment plans to invit...
January 3, 2005
Energy Conservation
Honda Develops Fuel Cell Motorbike
Honda Motor Co. announced on August 24, 2004 that it has developed fuel-cell (FC...
January 2, 2005
Climate Change
Tokyo Summer Temperatures Set Records in 2004
The annual number of "tropical days" with daytime highs 30 degrees Celsius or ov...
December 27, 2004
Climate Change
Survey Shows Environmental Doomsday Recedes Slightly
The Environmental Doomsday Clock has been turned back by a few minutes this year...
December 16, 2004
Climate Change
Supercomputer Predicts More Heat Waves, Heavy Rainfall in Japan up to 2100
A joint research team led by the National Institute for Environmental Studies an...
December 13, 2004
Policy / Systems
Onojo City Eco-Office Activities Cut CO2 Emissions by 359 tons in 5 Yrs
The Onojo City government (Fukuoka Prefecture, southern Japan) announced on July...
December 13, 2004
Renewable Energy
Sony Music Opens Japan's First Studio to Use Green Power
Sony Music Communications Inc. (SMC), an arm of Sony Music Entertainment Inc., s...
December 7, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sony Develops Contactless IC Card from Vegetable-Derived Plastic
Sony Corp. of Japan announced in September 2004 that it has successfully develop...
December 3, 2004
Climate Change
New Campaign Puts Households on a 'CO2 Diet'
A group of Japanese ministries and other bodies launched a global warming preven...
December 3, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sapporo Succeeds in Cutting CO2 by 60% in Spent Grain Treatment Test
On August 3, 2004 Sapporo Breweries Ltd., one of Japan's major brewers, announce...
December 2, 2004
Climate Change
Kits Help Students Study Global Warming in Classrooms
"Let children learn about environmental issues through the experience of watc...
November 28, 2004
Climate Change
NEC's CO2 Reduction Project Wins Cannes Cyber Lions Grand Prix
An online interactive environmental project by NEC Corp., named "ecotonoha" and ...
November 22, 2004
Climate Change
Japanese Coral Reefs Still at Risk: Increased Damage by Bleaching and Predatory Starfish
The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has published a report entitled "Coral ...
November 17, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's Largest Wind Turbine to Be Built in Yokohama
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced on August 2, 2004 that it will...
November 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's Transport Ministry Promotes Biofuel Vehicles
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport launched a biofuel ...
November 5, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Car Sharing Starts Nagoya
Tokai Kyujin Service Co. announced that it would start a business called Linkul ...
October 21, 2004
Policy / Systems
'Green Social Asset Protection Plan' Adopted in Japan
On June 8, 2004, the Japanese government adopted plans for a new project to mana...
October 12, 2004
Policy / Systems
Companies, Ministry Succeed in GHG Emissions Trading Trial
The Ministry of the Environment of Japan announced on June 7, 2004 the results o...
October 1, 2004
Chemicals
Emissions of Heat-trapping CFC-Substitutes to Triple by 2010
On May 14, 2004, the Ozone Layer Protection Policy Office of Japan's Ministry of...
September 30, 2004
Water
'Society for Rainwater Use and Greening' Marks 10th Anniversary
The Society for Rainwater Use and Greening, a non-governmental organization and ...
September 28, 2004
Energy Conservation
Ministry Offers Eco Software for Small Offices
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) announced on July 2, 2004, that it had...
August 27, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
TEPCO Joins Reusable Cup Project at Stadium
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) of Japan has announced that it will join and su...
August 26, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tobu Railway Selling First 'Green-Powered' Homes in Japan
The Tobu Railway Co. of Japan has launched Japan's first enterprise for selling ...
August 23, 2004
Climate Change
Bank Research Suggests Tokyo Needs More Rooftop Greening
The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), a government-affiliated financial instituti...
August 21, 2004
Climate Change
How Will Global Warming Affect Fruit Production?
The National Institute of Fruit Tree Science (NIFTS), which operates under the a...
August 19, 2004
Policy / Systems
Environmental Logistics Database Established in Japan
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) announced on June ...
August 17, 2004
Energy Conservation
Tokyo to Subsidize Energy Saving In Multi-Tenant Buildings
The Environmental Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) announced on...
August 16, 2004
Climate Change
Kanto Region's Daily Maximum Temperatures to Exceed 35 C by the Summer of 2100
On June 7, 2004, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) released a report on futu...
August 16, 2004
Energy Conservation
Yamato Delivery Service Adds Hybrid Vehicles to Further Reduce CO2
Yamato Transport Co., Japan's largest parcel-delivery company, is working to red...
August 13, 2004
Energy Conservation
LED Lighting Expected to Save Energy, Cut CO2
In June 2004, the Environmental Pollution Control Center of Osaka Prefecture, Ja...
August 12, 2004
Policy / Systems
Japan Readies 2004 Action Program for Transportation Modal Shift
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) set forth the Fisc...
August 12, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nagano Prefecture Develops Wooden Guardrail for Road Safety
Nagano Prefecture, Japan, has successfully developed a wooden guardrail it calls...
August 10, 2004
Renewable Energy
Chubu Electric Starts Producing Methanol from Wood Waste
Chubu Electric Power Co., in cooperation with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., ...
August 9, 2004
Climate Change
Japan's Sea Level Highest in 100 Years
According to research by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the sea level ar...
August 5, 2004
Policy / Systems
CO2 Emissions Reduction Targets for Transport Sector Revealed
The Environmental Division of the Transport Policy Council, an advisory panel of...
August 4, 2004
Nuclear Power
Japan's GHG Emissions in FY2002 Up 7.6% from 1990 Levels
The Global Environment Bureau of Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced ...
August 4, 2004
Policy / Systems
Large Tokyo Firms May be Obliged to Set CO2 Reduction Goals
The Tokyo Environmental Council has been discussing effective measures to tackle...
July 29, 2004
Energy Conservation
WWF-Japan Says Nation's Power Sector Could Cut CO2 Emissions by 20%
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