Climate Change
May 25, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sapporo to Use Warm Water from a Sewage Plant for Clean Heating
Sapporo City in Hokkaido will utilize heat pump technology to recover heat from ...
May 19, 2006
Renewable Energy
Biomass Co-Combustion with BDF Cuts CO2 Emissions from Coal Thermal Plant
Electric Power Development, Co., known as J-Power in Japan, has gathered new inf...
May 14, 2006
Climate Change
Joint Japan-UK Research Project Launched For Low Carbon Society
The joint Japan-UK research project, "Developing Visions for a Low Carbon Societ...
May 10, 2006
Climate Change
New Water-Retentive Pavement Cools Road Surface
A new pavement system developed by Nihon Kogyo Co. lowers road surface temperatu...
May 7, 2006
Climate Change
Yokohama Rubber Cuts CO2 Emissions by Installing Cogeneration Systems
Yokohama Rubber Co., a major Japanese tire manufacturer, introduced two cogenera...
May 7, 2006
Policy / Systems
Japan's Corporate Leaders Propose Carbon Tax
The Japan Association of Corporate Executives released on January 11, 2006, a pa...
May 3, 2006
Climate Change
Toray Accelerates its GHG Emission Reduction Program
Toray Industries Inc. has achieved its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission target - a ...
April 26, 2006
Climate Change
Japan's Major Industries Achieve CO2 Emission Targets for 5th Straight Year
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) announced on November 18, 2005 ...
April 23, 2006
Climate Change
Shiga Prefecture Sustainability Vision to Half CO2 Emissions by 2030
The Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute in Shiga Prefecture, western Japa...
April 20, 2006
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota Hybrid Sales Top 500,000 Units Worldwide
Cumulative global sales of hybrid vehicles manufactured by Toyota Motor Corp. ex...
April 13, 2006
Energy Conservation
Environment Ministry's Guide on Eco-Friendly Offices in Winter
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE), in November 2005, released a gui...
April 13, 2006
Transportation / Mobility
New Educational Website Encourages Public Transport Use
Val Laboratory Corp., a Japanese software developer, started a website service o...
March 30, 2006
Transportation / Mobility
Ministry Subsidizes 14 'Green Distribution' Model Projects
It was learned on October 24, 2005 that the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastru...
March 16, 2006
Climate Change
Low-Carbon Society Scenarios: 70% Reduction CO2 Emissions by 2050
A study group presented scenarios to cut Japan's annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emi...
March 11, 2006
Climate Change
Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Measured Continuously Using Commercial Airliners
A Japanese project team has succeeded in the world's first attempt to make regul...
March 8, 2006
Climate Change
Cooler Business Clothes Helped Cut CO2 Emissions in 2005
An estimated 460,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were cut during the ...
March 4, 2006
Climate Change
Weather Agency Links Global Warming to Increased Rainfall in Japan
The Japan Meteorological Agency released on its website on October 28, 2005 a re...
February 26, 2006
Renewable Energy
Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized from Woody Biomass
Chugai Ro Co., a major Japanese thermal technology company, and Koromogawa villa...
February 24, 2006
Climate Change
24 Anti-Global Warming Activities Win Environment Minister's Award for 2005
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced the winners of the environmen...
February 15, 2006
Climate Change
Campaign Starts to Boost Use of Domestic Timber
Japan's Forestry Agency started a publicity campaign in fiscal 2005 to boost use...
February 12, 2006
Energy Conservation
Environment Ministry Unveils Carbon Tax Plan
On October 25, 2005, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment unveiled its plan ...
February 2, 2006
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Weather Agency Publishes Marine Health Report on Web
The Japan Meteorological Agency started publishing its Marine Diagnosis Report o...
February 2, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Coal Ash Pavement Technology to Mitigate Heat Island Effect
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on October 4, 2005, that it has devel...
January 30, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Takamatsu City Shops Encourage Customers to Carry Chopsticks, Protect Forests
Since October 2005 some restaurants in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, in wes...
January 25, 2006
Climate Change
Matsushita Group Extends 'Light Down' Project through March 2006 to Cut CO2 Emissions
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., a major Japanese consumer electronics manufa...
January 20, 2006
Energy Conservation
Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 0.8% in FY 2004
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2004 totaled 1.329 billion tons (carb...
January 18, 2006
Energy Conservation
Japanese Corporations Embrace 'Warm Biz' Climate-Friendly Office Wear
Teikoku Databank Ltd., a major Japanese credit research company, announced in Oc...
January 13, 2006
Energy Conservation
More Urban Office Workers Wearing Lighter Summer Clothes
Cool Biz, a lighter summer businesswear campaign promoted by the Japanese Minist...
January 5, 2006
Climate Change
Office Attire Policy Helps Reduce CO2 Emissions by 14% at Oji Group Headquarters
The member companies of the Oji Group, headed by Oji Paper Co., a major paper ma...
December 25, 2005
Renewable Energy
Wind-Powered Sewage Treatment Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions by 96%
Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, and the Japan Sewage Works Ag...
December 21, 2005
Energy Conservation
'Warm Biz' Logo and Handling Rules Decided
On August 22, 2005, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment decided to give the...
December 21, 2005
Transportation / Mobility
Awareness Campaign in Japan Encourages Eco-Friendly Railway Travel
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is cooperating with ...
December 16, 2005
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Woody Biomass Power Generation in Place
Woody biomass has now become a practical fuel for power generation. Shikoku Elec...
December 16, 2005
Energy Conservation
Schools to Receive Subsidy for Energy-saving Efforts
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan is an international environmental NGO, and has ...
December 8, 2005
Climate Change
Five Japanese Firms Earn Certified Emission Reduction Credits
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board awarded the world's first ...
December 2, 2005
Energy Conservation
An Estimated 6.64 Million People Join 'Lights Down' Event 2005 to Fight Global Warming
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment conducted what it calls its "Light Down...
November 30, 2005
Energy Conservation
'Reduce CO2 Emissions by Wearing a Green-Power Certified T-Shirt' Project Starts
The Japan Natural Energy Co. and the Governance Design Laboratory Inc. launched ...
November 20, 2005
Climate Change
Grass Planting in Schoolyard Cools the Thermal Environment
Taisei Corp., a major Japanese general construction contractor, has used a study...
November 20, 2005
Climate Change
Japan-China CDM Promotion Meeting Held in Beijing
A meeting to promote Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, which allow emi...
November 16, 2005
Climate Change
Water-retentive Pavement and the Heat Island Effect in Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and T...
November 9, 2005
Climate Change
Toshiba - Steadily Striving For a 25% Annual CO2 Emissions Reduction by FY2010
Japan's Toshiba Group has been carrying out various projects aimed at achieving ...
November 4, 2005
Climate Change
Japan Proposes Long-Term Global Warming Target
The Sub-Committee for International Climate Change Strategy, which operates unde...
November 2, 2005
Climate Change
Tokyo Gov't Registers 26 Companies as Global Warming Business Specialists
A total of 26 companies have been registered as global warming business speciali...
October 29, 2005
Climate Change
2005 Environment White Paper Calls for Global Warming Efforts
With the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol in February 2005, the Japanese...
October 28, 2005
Policy / Systems
Japan's Weather Agency Sets Up Global Environment and Marine Dept.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reorganized its structure and established ...
October 26, 2005
Chemicals
Environment Ministry Releases FY2004 Data on Fluorocarbon Destruction
The total amount of fluorocarbons destroyed in fiscal 2004 was 2,976 tons, up 23...
October 24, 2005
Climate Change
Tokyo Hosts 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport hosted the World Sus...
October 19, 2005
Climate Change
FY2004 Results of Model CO2 Emission Control Projects Disclosed
The Japan Center for Climate Change Actions (JCCCA) compiled the results of CO2 ...
October 14, 2005
Chemicals
Coca-Cola Japan to Convert Completely to HFC-free Vending Machines by 2020
Coca-Cola Japan Co. announced on May 27, 2005 that it will replace its approxima...
October 14, 2005
Transportation / Mobility
Smaller Municipalities Responsible for 68% of Vehicle CO2 Emissions: Survey
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