Energy Conservation
September 10, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
NTT DoCoMo Launches Eco-Friendly Cell Phone Station
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile phone carrier, extended the operation of the ...
August 31, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Seiden Develops Portable Size Fuel Cell System
Japanese electronics manufacturer Tokyo Seiden Corporation has developed a small...
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
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 10, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Agency Announces Best Stores Promoting Energy-Efficient Products
Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (under the Ministry of Economy, ...
August 9, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Eco-Friendly Industrial Complex Project Being Studied in Kitakyushu City
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry has established the Kitakyushu ...
July 29, 2004
Energy Conservation
WWF-Japan Says Nation's Power Sector Could Cut CO2 Emissions by 20%
On October 30, 2003, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan released a research ...
July 26, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Test Starts for Home-Use Kerosene Fuel Cell
Nippon Oil Corp. of Japan and Tokyo-based Ebara Ballard Corp., a joint company o...
July 26, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Joint Venture to Promote Next-Generation Power Storage System
Four Japanese companies, Omron Corp., Mitsui & Co., Okamura Laboratory, Inc., an...
July 20, 2004
Energy Conservation
Elementary School Works with Families and Community to Conserve Energy
Kuzumaki Elementary School in Kuzumaki Town, Iwate Prefecture, has worked to con...
July 16, 2004
Energy Conservation
Japan's First Carbon Fund to be Launched This Summer
Two government-affiliated financial institutions, the Japan Bank for Internation...
July 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
Chubu Electric Power Group Issues Environmental Statement
The Chubu Electric Power Group in Japan announced a new Environmental Statement ...
July 5, 2004
Environmental Technology
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Envisages 15 Million FCVs in Use by 2030
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimates that 1.5 million fuel ...
July 3, 2004
Energy Conservation
MOE Soliciting Model Projects that Reduce CO2 Emissions
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of Japan has invited model projects from g...
July 2, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kokuyo Develops Industry's First Carpet Tile Recycling System
Kokuyo Engineering Co., a subsidiary of Kokuyo Co., Japan's largest manufacturer...
June 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toppan Launches World's First Mass Production of 'Electronic Paper'
Japan's Toppan Printing Co. announced on March 25, 2004, that it has begun mass ...
June 21, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Nissan Leases Fuel Cell Vehicles to Kanagawa and Yokohama
Nissan Motor Co. of Japan on April 7, 2004 delivered one "X-TRAIL FCV" high-pres...
June 17, 2004
Climate Change
Shimonoseki City Offers Web-Based Household Environmental Scorecard
Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the western part of Japan started prov...
June 16, 2004
Well-Being
'Candle Night' to Spread Worldwide on Summer Solstice 2004
The call to join the "Candle Night--Summer Solstice 2004" is spreading across Ja...
June 15, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Gas to Market Home Fuel Cell Co-generation System in 2005
Tokyo Gas Co. has plans to start marketing a residential fuel cell co-generation...
June 3, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
'Mini' ISO Certification Launched in Akita Prefecture
Starting in April, 2004, the Prefectural Citizens' Forum for Akita's Environment...
June 1, 2004
Energy Conservation
Oki's Web-Based Catalog On-Demand System to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Oki Electric Industry Co. of Japan has announced that it will introduce a "web-o...
May 22, 2004
Energy Conservation
Learn about Energy Conservation while Playing a Board Game!
In April 2003, the Edogawa Citizens' Network for Climate Change (ECCC), a non-pr...
May 18, 2004
Energy Conservation
Non-profit Organization Provides Financing for Purchases of Energy-efficient Home Appliances
The Edogawa Citizens' Network for Climate Change, a non-profit organization in E...
May 13, 2004
Energy Conservation
Government to Extend 'Green' Vehicle Tax System
A "green" vehicle tax system introduced by Japan's central government in fiscal ...
May 3, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Bright, Long-life, Energy-efficient Street Light Developed
Matsushita Shokai Co., a Japanese maker specializing in precision plastic produc...
April 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Biwako Bank Signs 'Environmental Covenant' with Local Company
On 20 January 2004, Biwako Bank, Ltd., headquartered in Otsu City, located on La...
April 11, 2004
Energy Conservation
Oki Electric to Cut 3,300 Tons of CO2 Emissions through Server Consolidation
Oki Electric Industry Co. of Japan has announced that it will reorganize systems...
April 8, 2004
Food
A Campaign to Save Power by Fasting on the Winter Solstice 2003
Following last year's summer solstice "Night by Candlelight" on June 22, 2003, a...
April 2, 2004
Energy Conservation
Mitsubishi Group to Buy Greenhouse Gas Emission Credits for Aichi Expo
Japan's Mitsubishi Group, which consists of 33 companies, reached an agreement i...
March 29, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fujitsu Develops World's First Vegetable-Resin PC Casing
Fujitsu Limited of Japan announced that it has successfully developed the first ...
February 28, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Nissan to Launch Limited Leasing of Fuel Cell Vehicles
Nissan Motor Co. of Japan acquired approval from the Minister of Land, Infrastru...
February 27, 2004
Climate Change
Matsushita's Household Environmental Scorecard Program Helps Cut CO2 Emissions
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. in Japan, known as Panasonic worldwide, is ru...
February 20, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
New Honda Fuel-Cell Vehicle Is Official Car in 80th "Ekiden" Relay Race
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. provided its FCX-model fuel-cell vehicle, equ...
February 16, 2004
Energy Conservation
2003 Yamagata Summer Ecostyle Campaign for Businesses Successful
Yamagata Prefecture has released the results of the "Yamagata Summer Ecostyle Ca...
February 14, 2004
Climate Change
Fuji Research, J-Power Launch Information Service on CO2 Emission Credits and Global Warming
The Fuji Research Institute Corporation (Fuji-RIC), a major Japanese research in...
February 5, 2004
Energy Conservation
Low-Emission Vehicles Exceed the 5.7 Million Mark
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) reported on Decemb...
February 3, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toshiba Develops Palm-Sized Fuel Cell for Portable Devices
Toshiba Corporation announced on October 3, 2003 that it has succeeded in develo...
February 2, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Gas Starts Energy Management Service for Commercial Buildings
On October 1, 2003, Tokyo Gas Co. started a low-priced service, called "TG Green...
January 18, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Test Marketing of Residential Fuel Cell Launched
New Japan Eco System Co., a consulting and engineering company specializing in e...
January 5, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Agency Evaluates Retailers' Efforts to Promote Energy-Efficient Products
Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has developed a program to evalu...
December 29, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Power from Kansai Electric's Grid Wins 'EcoLeaf' Label
Grid Electricity of Kansai Electric Power Co., a major power utility in Japan, h...
December 22, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Motor Show Opens & Features Environmental Technologies
The 37th Tokyo Motor Show opened on October 22, 2003 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba ...
December 19, 2003
Well-Being
"Candle Night"--Winter Solstice 2003
The call to join the "Night by Candlelight" on the winter solstice on December 2...
December 17, 2003
Energy Conservation
Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 2.5% in FY2001
Japan's total domestic emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (...
December 11, 2003
Energy Conservation
Kobe City to Introduce 'Green Delivery' Requirements
Starting from October 20, Kobe City in Japan will introduce a "green delivery" s...
November 25, 2003
Energy Conservation
Breakthrough in 'Nanogate Capacitor' has Applications in Electrical Power Supplies
On October 3, 2003, JEOL Ltd., Japan's largest manufacturer of electron microsco...
November 12, 2003
Energy Conservation
Petrochemical Complex Energy-Saving Project
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Fuji Oil Co. and Chiyoda Corp. have agreed to launch a jo...
November 9, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
IBM Japan Offers Electrical 'Peak Shifting' Software for ThinkPad Laptops
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