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June 11, 2004
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Miyagi Prefecture Hires 'Coordinators' to Promote Industrial Waste Recycling
Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan stepped up its efforts to reduce and recycle...
June 10, 2004
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Japan's General Waste Volume in 2001 Remains Unchanged
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment, on March 1, 2004, released the results...
June 3, 2004
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'Mini' ISO Certification Launched in Akita Prefecture
Starting in April, 2004, the Prefectural Citizens' Forum for Akita's Environment...
May 14, 2004
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Kyoto Prefecture to Promote Eco-Friendly Public Works
Kyoto Prefecture in Japan finalized its guidelines for public works projects, tr...
May 12, 2004
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Co-op Kobe Reduces Cost of Industrial Waste Disposal by 90%
The Consumer Co-operative Kobe (Co-op Kobe), a major Japanese consumer cooperati...
April 30, 2004
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Chalk Made from Eggshells Marketed
The Q.P.Corporation (Kewpie), the largest producer of mayonnaise and salad dress...
April 27, 2004
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Teijin Fibers Ltd. Develops Complete PET Bottle Recycling System
Teijin Fibers Ltd., a major Japanese polyester manufacturer belonging to the Tei...
April 23, 2004
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Used Tennis Balls Help Reduce Classroom Noise
The Global Sports Alliance (GSA), a Japanese non-profit organization which promo...
April 16, 2004
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Power Generation Using Chicken Manure Incineration Heat to Start in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Biomass Recycle Co. in Kawaminami Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, in souther...
April 7, 2004
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31,500 Used Personal Computers Collected from Homes Oct.-Dec. 2003
Starting on October 1, 2003, Japan's computer manufacturers started to collect a...
April 6, 2004
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Central Environment Council Submits Report on Ocean Dumping
The Central Environment Council, an advisory body to the Japanese Minister of th...
April 4, 2004
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MOE Adopts Five Eco-Community Projects Towards Building a Sound Material-Cycle Society
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) held an open competition soliciting pr...
March 30, 2004
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Nissan and Seven Other Japanese Auto Manufacturers Join Forces for Shredder Residue Recycling
On 9 January 2004, eight Japanese auto makers revealed their agreement to form a...
March 26, 2004
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Biomass White Paper 2004
The Biomass Industrial Society Network (BIN) of Japan completed its Biomass Whit...
March 20, 2004
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Furniture Sold with Recycling Guarantee
Yamagen Co. of Japan was originally a logging and timber company , but it now of...
March 11, 2004
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Dowa Mining Co. to Start Recycling Business in China
Dowa Mining Co., a major Japanese nonferrous metal manufacturer engaged in the r...
March 4, 2004
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Microwave Radiation Detoxifies Dioxins
In cooperation with Professor Shozo Yanagida of Osaka University Graduate School...
March 3, 2004
Renewable Energy
PanaHome Launches Homes Featuring Solar Power and Rooftop Greenery
PanaHome Corp. (a leading Japanese housing manufacturer and corporate member of ...
February 23, 2004
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Teijin Launches "Bottle-to-Bottle" Recycling
The corporate group of Teijin, Ltd., a major polyester manufacturer in Japan, in...
February 21, 2004
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Initiatives of Environment Roderigues, a Student Group
'Environment Roderigues' is an environmental non-profit organization run by Wase...
February 12, 2004
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Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Gains Momentum
Japan's JFE KANKYO Corp., mainly involved in the recycling business, announced t...
February 3, 2004
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Fuji Xerox Develops Digital Copier Using 70% Recycled Parts
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. in Japan has developed a new digital copy machine model, th...
January 22, 2004
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Green Co-op Revives Glass Milk Bottles
The Green Co-op Consumer's Co-operative Union (with 330,000 household union memb...
January 22, 2004
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Over 30% of Household Waste Reduced in Yokohama City Model Project
Yokohama City has been making efforts to reduce trash under the slogan of "Yokoh...
January 17, 2004
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Sony EMCS Installs 'Eco-Friendly' Solar Power System
Sony EMCS Corporation installed a photovoltaic (PV) system to generate electrici...
January 13, 2004
Water
Used Wine Barrels Recycled into Home Rainwater Tanks
Co-op Yamanashi, a consumers' cooperative in Yamanashi Prefecture, has been prom...
January 10, 2004
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Network Restores Traditional Japanese Houses
The Old Japanese Houses Reconstruction Network, working to revive Japanese cultu...
January 9, 2004
Chemicals
Low-Cost Equipment Uses Water to Remove Dioxins from Incineration Exhaust
A research team led by Tateo Usui, professor of chemical reaction engineering at...
January 7, 2004
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Total Cost of Nuclear Fuel Cycle to Reach 19 Trillion Yen
The Federation of Electric Power Companies, a body composed of 10 electric power...
December 30, 2003
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Winners of the 6th Japan Green Purchase Awards Announced
The Green Purchasing Network (GPN) presented its 6th "Green Purchasing Awards" t...
December 29, 2003
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JFS Wins Special "GENKI" Award for Communication Role
Japan for Sustainability (JFS) recently received a special award as part of the ...
December 18, 2003
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Recycling of Used Home PCs Starts in October 2003
A recycling system for used personal computers (PCs) from homes started operatin...
December 4, 2003
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Nagano to Use Voluntary Agreements to Reduce and Treat Industrial Waste
Nagano Prefecture in central Japan is launching a system to reduce and properly ...
December 3, 2003
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Recyclable Takeout Food Container Developed
Shuei Co. Ltd., a paper container manufacturer in Higashi-Osaka City, announc...
November 24, 2003
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Tokyu Hotels Donate 160,000 Seedlings through 'Green Coin' Program
Tokyu Hotels, a major Japanese hotel chain, has been promoting what it calls the...
November 22, 2003
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Unitika Develops High Heat-Resistant Biodegradable Container
Unitika Limited, a major Japanese manufacturer of polymers and advanced fiber ma...
November 21, 2003
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Sony Music Using Recycled-Paper CD Jackets
Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. (SMEJ), one of the largest corporations in t...
November 8, 2003
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New Development in Sendai to Create Hydrogen from Sewage Sludge
Sendai City and Tohoku University in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly started t...
November 4, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Used Cooking Oil Recycled as Bio-diesel Fuel
RCS is an incorporated nonprofit organization located in Kyoto, Japan, that aims...
November 3, 2003
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Kamikatsu Township Eyes Zero Waste -No Incineration or Landfill -by 2020
The town council of Kamikatsu, located in Tokushima Prefecture in Japan's southw...
November 1, 2003
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Kurume City Draws Up Basic Environment Plan for Bicycle Use
Kurume City in Fukuoka Prefecture has drawn up a basic environment plan for bicy...
October 29, 2003
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Japan Post to Use Recycled Paper for All Postcards
Japan Post announced on July 16, 2003, that starting this November it will use r...
October 22, 2003
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Consumer Survey on Environmental Aspects of Beverage Containers
The Japan Steel Can Recycling Association conducted a questionnaire survey in Ap...
October 20, 2003
Food
Whole-bean Tofu Now on Sale
Taishi Food Inc., one of Japan's major tofu (soybean curd) manufacturers, has st...
October 16, 2003
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Garbage-Fueled Power Plant Explodes
Two explosions occurred on August 14 and 19, 2003, in a refuse-derived fuel (RDF...
October 15, 2003
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Seiyu Store Chain to Cut Power Consumption by 6% and Save 400 Million Yen
Seiyu Ltd., a major Japanese supermarket operator announced that the company wil...
October 11, 2003
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'Green Bicycle' Project Popular in Nagano City
In the spring of 2003, a citizens' group called NASL International Environmental...
October 9, 2003
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Seiko Epson Starts Closed Recycling of HF Semiconductor Wastewater
Seiko Epson Corp., a Japanese electronics manufacturer, has developed a technolo...
October 8, 2003
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Sanyo Electric Railway Starts Selling 'Ticket Charcoal'
Japan's Sanyo Electric Railway Co., operating between the Osaka-Kobe area and Hi...
September 27, 2003
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Thermal Power Generation from Sewage Sludge
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