Environmental Technology
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
Matsushita and Hitachi Cooperate on Environmental Management Indexes and Technology
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. agreed to jointly deve...
August 26, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Hydrate Pellet Production Begins
Mitsui Engineering and Ship Building Co., Ltd. (MES) has begun production of fro...
August 26, 2002
Energy Conservation
One-Kilowatt Cogeneration Unit at Final Testing Phase
Saibu Gas Co. will start to test the world's most compact 1 kW cogeneration unit...
August 26, 2002
Environmental Technology
Environment Ministry To Develop Biomass Recycling Technologies
Japan's Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the Agriculture Ministr...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Wind Power for Asahi Breweries' New Plant
Asahi Breweries Ltd., based in Tokyo, has set up a plant in Minami-Ashigara, Kan...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fuel Cell Power Plant Produces Biogas from Food Waste
Japan's first fuel cell power plant that produces biogass from food waste starte...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Lactobacilli To Dispose Of Food Waste
The NTT-ME CORPORATION has developed a recycling device, the "Re-Up Lactic Acid ...
August 26, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fujitsu Starts Up Its NAS Battery System
Fujitsu Limited has started the operation of the NAS (natrium-sulfur) battery sy...
August 26, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Developing Technology To Transport And Store Hydrogen
Japan's Nippon Oil Corporation is undertaking the development of a technology to...
August 26, 2002
Renewable Energy
Toshiba and Hitachi to Make Micro Fuel Cells for Mobile Devices
In Japan, Toshiba and Hitachi have both started development of micro fuel cells ...
August 26, 2002
Renewable Energy
Idemitsu Closer To Developing Kerosene-Fueled Fuel Cell
Idemitsu Kosan Co., one of Japan's major oil companies, has been pursuing the de...
August 26, 2002
Climate Change
New Liaison Committee To Utilize Kyoto Mechanism Is Established
The Japanese Government's Global Warming Prevention Headquarters, with the prime...
August 25, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nippon Paper Industries Establishes Technology To Fully Recycle Used Magazines
Nippon Paper Industries Company Limited, a member of Nippon Unipac Holding Group...
August 25, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Using Waste Heat from Underground Sewerage For Community Central Heating And Cooling In Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. have jointly developed...
August 25, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Honda Engineering Develops Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. in Japan, the production-engineering subsidiary of H...
August 25, 2002
Renewable Energy
Geothermal Power Used In Growing Local Specialty Plants
On Hachijyo Island, one of the Izu Islands of Japan, the cultivation of special ...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
New Machine Turns Newspaper into Packing Material
Peridot Japan Corporation has launched the sale of the "Newspaper Mokkon," a new...
August 24, 2002
Environmental Technology
A World First-Success in Observing Yellow Sand Dust, from Desert Origin to Japan
A Sino-Japanese project succeeded in measuring the atmospheric transport process...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Power Generation from Food Waste in Tokyo
An experimental power generation project using methane gas produced from superma...
August 24, 2002
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell Demonstration Projects Launched
The Natural Resources and Energy Agency of the Japanese government recently laun...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Recycles Laundry Wastewater
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Ltd. (MHI) in Japan developed equipment to recycle up ...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Making "Fukuoka-style" Landfills in China
Fukuoka City will send personnel to China to provide technical advice on the con...
August 24, 2002
Chemicals
Mazda Develops Cleaner Painting Technology
Mazda Motor Corporation in Japan developed a new technology to reduce the use of...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
PC Designers Disassemble Computers to Learn Recycling
Japan's Fujitsu Limited boosted its attention to the importance of "designing fo...
August 24, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
NEDO Develops New Solar Cell with Reduced Power Generation Cost
Photovoltaic (PV) power generation has been steadily growing in Japan, primarily...
August 24, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fujisogyo Recycles Used Fluorescent Light Tubes
Japan's Fujisogyo Inc., aiming to make a major entry into the recycling industry...
August 24, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Osaka University Explores Nanotechnology to Develop No-Heat Incandescent Light Bulb
A research team at Osaka University is trying to use nanotechnology to develop a...
August 24, 2002
Renewable Energy
Sanyo Electric Unveils Giant Photovoltaic Monument, the "Solar Ark"
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. of Japan completed a large-scale photovoltaic (PV) powe...
August 22, 2002
Environmental Technology
New Magnetic Wood Paneling Absorbs Waves from Mobile Phones
A research group led by Associate Professor Oka Hideo of the engineering departm...
August 22, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Casio Computer Succeeds Develops Fuel Cell for Mobile Devices
With the promise of becoming an environment-friendly and efficient energy source...
August 22, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fujitsu Breakthrough in Plastic for PC Bodies
Electronics manufacturer Fujitsu has been recycled waste plastic in all of its p...
August 4, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota and Honda to Sell Cars Powered by Fuel Cell
Toyota Motor Corp. announced on July 1, 2002, that it would introduce a fuel cel...
August 4, 2002
Environmental Technology
Experiment Launched: Sunlight Piped to Seabed for Water Purification
The world's first experiment was launched recently to purify sludge by deliverin...
August 4, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Equipment Makers Boost Green Activities in Asia
Electric and telecommunication equipment manufactures are now strengthening thei...
August 4, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Harnessing Offshore Wind Power
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. has started to develop offshore w...
August 4, 2002
Climate Change
New Technology Strategy Project on Global Warming
The Council for Science and Technology Policy, under Japan's Cabinet Office (cha...Related
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