NGO / Citizen
March 23, 2012
Energy Conservation
Japanese 2011 LED Lighting Market Grew 85.7% in One Year: Market Study
Yano Research Institute Ltd., a Japanese marketing research company, announced o...
March 22, 2012
Food
Food Action Nippon Grand Prize Won by Only Private Agricultural High School in Japan
The Food Action Nippon Award is presented to businesses and organizations that c...
March 19, 2012
Food
Greenpeace Discloses Supermarkets' Actions against Radioactively Contaminated Fish
Greenpeace, a globally campaigning environmental NGO (nongovernmental organizati...
March 17, 2012
Renewable Energy
Project Launched after Japan Earthquake Installing Renewable Energy Solutions in Disaster-Stricken Areas
A disaster relief project launched in April 2011 after the Great East Japan ...
March 12, 2012
Food
New iPhone App Supports Personal Health Management and Fights World Hunger at the Same Time
A group of organizations in Japan released on December 1, 2011, a free iPhon...
March 8, 2012
Climate Change
Survey Reports that 50% Say Carbon Footprint Display Improves Product Image
On November 1, 2011, Mizuho Research Institute announced the survey report "...
February 16, 2012
Disaster Prevention / Reduction
Survey after the Great East Japan Earthquake Reveals Increased Trust in Self-Defense Forces and Individuals
On August 26, 2011, NTT DATA SMIS Co., a marketing research and systems dev...
February 14, 2012
Food
NPO Nogakujuku and Sumida Ward Implement Joint Food and Agriculture Project
As part of its efforts in food education, Tokyo's Sumida Ward hosted the "Sumida...
January 29, 2012
Nuclear Power
IGES Survey Shows Over 80% Support Phasing Down Nuclear Power in Japan
The Fukushima No. 1 plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Shot on Nov. 21...
January 26, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ezorock Grows Organic Vegetables by Utilizing Garbage from Rock Festival
Ezorock is a Japanese non-government organization that focuses on the theme ...
January 20, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
'Bukubuku' Exchange Events Popping Up in Japan
A curiously named activity centered on books, "bukubuku koukan," has been gr...
January 18, 2012
Renewable Energy
Fifty Two Municipalities in Japan are Energy Self-Sufficient with Renewables
The Kurasaka Research Laboratory at Chiba University and the Institute for ...
January 10, 2012
Renewable Energy
Rise in Awareness of Electricity Conservation, Home Solar Power Systems Seen after Earthquake in Japan
Housing Company, part of the Sekisui Chemical Group, released on August 18,...
December 14, 2011
Energy Conservation
'Networking for Prevention of Blackouts' Announcing Emergency Level of Power Shortage Proves Effective for Household Electricity Saving
The Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), established by the Japanese Sc...
November 9, 2011
Renewable Energy
Citizens' Funding of New Solar Generation Project Stimulates Local Economy
Joint-investment solar power systems have been established with money invest...
November 7, 2011
Environmental Technology
University's Housing Project to Revive Communities in Tohoku Region's Disaster-Stricken Areas
Osamu Goto, professor of the School of Architecture at Kogakuin University i...
November 4, 2011
Transportation / Mobility
Car Sharing Starts in Disaster-Stricken Areas to Help Reconstruction
DoCoDeMo Eco Car (DDEC) started providing vehicles for sharing among displac...
November 2, 2011
Well-Being
More People Are 'Deeply Moved' and 'Heartily Appreciative' Than Pre-Quake
Hakuhodo Inc., an integrated advertising agency, disclosed on 28 June 2011 the r...
October 21, 2011
Education
JFS Youth Team Reports in Two Languages on Environmental Activities by Students in Japan
The JFS Youth Team organized the Building Journalism Skills Student Seminar ...
October 19, 2011
Energy Conservation
NEC Launches Home-Use Power Storage System with Lithium-Ion Battery
NEC Corp., a leading Japanese electronics company, has commercialized a power st...
October 18, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Market Research Company Issues Overview Report for NPOs
Intage Inc., a Japanese market research and consulting company, issued a basic r...
October 16, 2011
Well-Being
Over 50% of Japanese Say Japan is a Favorable Place to Raise Children, Gov't Survey Shows
According to the results of the International Opinion Survey on a Low Birth...
October 15, 2011
Policy / Systems
Preferential Tax Treatment of Donations Expanded for Certified NPOs
The Upper House Plenary Session on June 22, 2011, majority approved a tax revisi...
September 29, 2011
Well-Being
Survey Says March Disaster Increased Time Spent with Family, Neighbors
Nippon Research Center Ltd., a private research and study organization in Japan,...
September 19, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Non-Profit Supplying Disaster-Stricken Region with Temporary Wood Houses
The non-profit organization More Trees announced on April 18, 2011, the laun...
September 12, 2011
Renewable Energy
Japan's Ministry Announces PV Electricity Purchasing Prices for 2011
With respect to the Excess Electricity Purchasing Scheme for Photovoltaic (...
August 27, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Kumamoto Accredited as Asia's First Fair Trade City
Kumamoto City, the capital of Kumamoto Prefecture, was accredited on June 4,...
August 22, 2011
Energy Conservation
About 90% of Respondents Willing to Accept Slightly Inconvenient Lifestyle, Survey Shows
Imag e by sinkdd. Some Rights Reserved. An information site for working wome...
August 9, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
NTT West, Omron Launch Joint Venture to Support Household Energy Saving
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West) and Omron Corp formed a joi...
August 4, 2011
Climate Change
NGO Reports Japan Can Combat Global Warming Without Nuclear Power
Kiko Network, a Japanese environmental non-governmental organization that propos...
July 25, 2011
Energy Conservation
More Japanese Are Changing Lifestyles to Conserve Energy, Post-Earthquake Survey Says
Survey firm MACROMILL, Inc. conducted an online survey aimed at residents aged ...
July 4, 2011
Renewable Energy
NPOs Launch Disaster Relief Project Utilizing Natural Energy
About 20 organizations, including the Institute for Sustainable Energy Polic...
July 3, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Recycled Cooking Oil Used For Delivering Relief Supplies from Taiwan
U's Corp., a used cooking oil recycling company in Japan, delivered relief s...
June 29, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Japan's Civil Network on Biodiversity Releases Statement Urging Achievement of Aichi Target
Japan Civil Network for Convention on Biological Diversity (JCN-CBD, curren...
June 25, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
JEN's Book Magic Changes Dust Collecting Books on Shelf into Schools
JEN, a Japanese non-profit organization providing international humanitarian ass...
June 19, 2011
Food
Children Pick Apples to Promote Regional Development
On December 11, 2010, children dressed as Nezumi Kozo, or "rat boy," gathere...
June 12, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Volunteer Group to Publish Picture Books from 'Sleeping Books'
The Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA), Japan, a non-governmental organization, ...
June 6, 2011
Renewable Energy
'Solar Power Truck' Dispatched to Area Affected by Great East Japan Earthquake
The Sorabear Foundation (Sorabea-kikin), a Japanese nonprofit organization (...
June 2, 2011
Renewable Energy
Iwaishima Islanders Establish '100% Natural Energy Project'
The Iwaishima Islanders' Group against the construction of Kaminoseki nuclea...
May 22, 2011
Renewable Energy
Elementary Students Help Construct Spiral Water Turbine to Light Streets
Ena City, Gifu Prefecture, announced on January 20, 2011, that on the previo...
May 14, 2011
Policy / Systems
Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy and Society (ISHES) Holds Inaugural Symposium
e's Inc. (President Junko Edahiro) together with Japan For Sustainability (JFS...
May 9, 2011
Food
Gardening Operator, NPO Team up to Launch Donation/Gardening Program
A vegetable gardening program called "Farm for Two" was launched on January ...
May 1, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Japanese 'Stork-Friendly' Sustainable Agriculture Project Exported to China
A project to restore the once stork-friendly aquatic environment in Zhejian...
April 22, 2011
Education
BEE Japan ― Cycling Tour to Protect Earth
Bicycle for Everyone's Earth Japan (BEE Japan) is a group organizing a cycli...
April 3, 2011
Climate Change
Hiroshima City Starts Cash Payment Program for CO2 Reduction at Home
In 2010, a program to provide cash and shopping tickets (HOPES tickets) in e...
March 27, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fashion-Swapping Event to Exchange Clothes and Share Sentiments held in Tokyo
Marui Group Co., a large Japanese retailer that operates fashion stores acro...
March 23, 2011
Water
Water Plaza Completed as Development Base for Water Recycling System by Public-Private Tie-Up
In an attempt to develop, manage and spread advanced systems for water recyc...
March 22, 2011
Food
Nation-Wide Network Built at the Third Symposium for Food Banks
Second Harvest Japan (2HJ), a Japanese non-profit organization, held the third s...
March 19, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
More Trees Signs Wood Fuel Partnership Agreement with Niigata City
An incorporated body "more trees", represented by Japanese musician Ryuichi...
March 7, 2011
Food
Yukiguni Maitake and Grameen Group Launching Joint Mung Bean Project in Bangladesh
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