Ecosystems / Biodiversity
May 7, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toppan Printing Gets FSC "Chain of Custody" Certificate for Wood Products
Toppan Printing Co., a major printing company in Japan, acquired a Chain of Cust...
April 24, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Citizens' Group Opposes Waste of Tropical Timber for Election Poster Boards
A Japanese non-governmental organization named HUTAN (which means "forest" in Ma...
April 9, 2003
Policy / Systems
Suruga Bank Offers Net-Banking Help for Mt. Fuji Cleanup Campaign
Suruga Bank Ltd., a Japanese regional bank with 122 branch offices, mainly in Sh...
April 5, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Earthworm-Compost Instructors Wanted
Starting at the end of January 2003, the Science Educational Foundation of Japan...
March 15, 2003
Policy / Systems
Nagano Announces "New Deal for Forestry"
Nagano, well- known as one of Japan's mountainous prefectures, has revealed a po...
March 3, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Record Numbers of Protected Geese Wintering at Lake Biwa
The numbers of Middendorf's bean geese, a protected species in Japan, hit record...
February 27, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
ACROS Fukuoka: Manmade "Mountain" Eases Urban Heat Island Effect
ACROS Fukuoka is a cultural and commercial complex located in the heart of Fu...
February 7, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sakata Seed Releases "Eco-Product Series"
Sakata Seed Corporation, Japan's leading wholesaler and retailer of seeds, seedl...
February 4, 2003
Policy / Systems
Kochi to Introduce Forest Environment Tax
In December 2002, Kochi Prefecture announced its view on Japan's first local tax...
February 2, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Arase Becomes First Operating Dam To Be Demolished in Japan
Kumamoto Prefecture's Governor Yoshiko Shiotani has announced plans for the remo...
January 31, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sheep Help Improve River Environment
To encourage communities to "adopt-a-river" and promote activities to create bet...
January 28, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Cell Phone Info Service for Birdlovers
Aiming to popularize birdwatching in Japan, a conservation organization called t...
January 17, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Desalination of Nakaumi and Shinjiko Lakes Cancelled
Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tadamori Oshima, offici...
December 30, 2002
Chemicals
Dioxin Levels Exceed Standards at 70 Sites
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) currently monitors dioxin levels based...
December 12, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
New Ramsar Sites Designated: Miyajima-numa and Fujimae-higata
Japan's two wetlands, Miyajima-numa in Hokkaido and Fujimae-higata in Aichi Pref...
December 12, 2002
Others
Urban Heat Island Effect and Countermeasures
Japan's Ministry of the Environment recently released the results of research on...
December 10, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Tochigi NGO Launches Drive to Protect Goshawks
The Goshawk Protection Fund, a non-profit organization based in Tochigi Prefectu...
November 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Outline on Japan's National Strategy of Biomass Utilization Announced
On July 30, 2002, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan u...
November 24, 2002
Policy / Systems
New Ordinance Bans Release of Exotic Fish in Lake Biwa
The local government assembly of Shiga Prefecture in western Japan passed and en...
November 24, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
TV Broadcasting from Antarctica on Global Environment
The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or NHK), Japan's nationa...
November 17, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Preserving Japan's "Culture of Wood" with 200 Year-Old Forests
The Forestry Agency of Japan has launched a campaign to create "Koji no Mori"(Fo...
November 16, 2002
Renewable Energy
New at Tokyo City Hall: Rooftop Greenery, Solar Power
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is proceeding with a greening project of metro...
November 13, 2002
Policy / Systems
New City Regulation: Compensate Damage to Environment by Restoration Elsewhere
The city council of Shiki in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, passed a nature restorat...
October 24, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Spotlined Sardine Catch Decreases Sharply in Japanese Waters
Japan's Fisheries Agency reported on September 9, 2002 in its fish resource asse...
October 20, 2002
Policy / Systems
Report Cards for Rivers
Working with citizens' groups, Japan' Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Trans...
October 8, 2002
Policy / Systems
MAFF to Freeze Construction of Large-Scale Forest Roads
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Japan (MAFF) has decided,...
October 3, 2002
Chemicals
Ministry of the Environment to Examine Trace Mercury
Japan's Ministry of the Environment will start this autumn to examine the advers...
August 29, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Tama City Adopts Environmental Accounting
Tama City (located in the Tokyo metropolitan region in Japan) recently introduce...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
"Acorn Bank" in Kagawa Prefecture
The Acorn Bank is a bank that handles not the normal notes and coins, but actual...
August 26, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Coral Larvae Dispersed to Save Coral Reefs in Okinawa
The coral reefs in Okinawa may recover from the brink of extinction if the world...
August 25, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Ministry To Set Guidelines For Exotic Animals and Plants
An advisory panel for the Ministry of the Environment has compiled guidelines to...
August 25, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Seed Bank For Wildflowers And Grasses
Concerned that wildflowers and grasses have increasingly become scarce as a resu...
August 24, 2002
Chemicals
Nonyl Phenol Confirmed as an Environmental Hormone for the First Time
Japan's Ministry of the Environment has confirmed that nonyl phenol, contained i...
August 24, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
First FSC "Chain of Custody" Certification for Copy Paper in Japan
Oji Paper Co., Ltd. and Fuji Xerox Office Supply Co., Ltd. recently obtained "ch...
August 24, 2002
Climate Change
Ptarmigan Habitats Endangered
The rock ptarmigan, one of the Japan's protected species, can only live in alpin...
August 22, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
New Water-Permeable Road Surface in Tokyo
A new type of pavement that allows rainwater to permeate into the ground was use...
August 4, 2002
Environmental Technology
Experiment Launched: Sunlight Piped to Seabed for Water Purification
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