Climate Change
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 11, 2003
Policy / Systems
Green Management Certification System Launched in Japan's Trucking Industry
Japan's Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation...
November 10, 2003
Renewable Energy
12 Geothermal Projects Win Subsidies in Japan
On August 26, 2003, Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Org...
November 9, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
IBM Japan Offers Electrical 'Peak Shifting' Software for ThinkPad Laptops
IBM Japan Ltd. has added a feature that will help reduce electricity use at peak...
November 6, 2003
Policy / Systems
Anti-Global Warming Tax of 3,400 Yen per Ton of Carbon Seen Necessary
On 29 August, 2003, Japan's Ministry of the Environment released a detailed repo...
October 31, 2003
Renewable Energy
Fuel-Cell Bus Makes Test Runs
On 28 August 2003, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport starte...
October 29, 2003
Climate Change
Tokyo's Lowest Temperature Up 4 C Over Last 100 Years
On August 7, 2003, Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released a report o...
October 21, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
"Eco-Friendly" Driving Declarations in Japan Expected to Exceed 500,000
The Japan Automobile Federation (JAF), a public-service organization for automob...
October 15, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
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 12, 2003
Policy / Systems
Forestry Agency Sets Up Volunteer Support Office
In August 2003, Japan's Forestry Agency opened a support office in its Forest En...
October 11, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
'Green Bicycle' Project Popular in Nagano City
In the spring of 2003, a citizens' group called NASL International Environmental...
October 7, 2003
Energy Conservation
MOE Works Out Scenarios for Anti-Global Warming Technologies
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE), has set up a Panel on Core Technologi...
October 4, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Velotaxis Gliding through Tokyo Streets
"Velotaxis," pollution-free pedicabs developed in Germany, are up and running ...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Environment Ministry Studying Wind Turbine Installation in National Parks
Japan's Ministry of the Environment established an advisory panel on August 1, 2...
September 27, 2003
Climate Change
New to Tokyo: Rooftop Buckwheat Farming
A buckwheat field is growing this summer on a rooftop in Kanda, a business distr...
September 27, 2003
Energy Conservation
Matsushita Starts In-house Emissions Trading System
Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced that in July this year (200...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Formulates Guidelines for Companies to Calculate GHG Emissions
On July 8, 2003, Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released a draft set ...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Sagawa Express Partners with WWF in Climate Savers Program to Cut CO2 Emissions
In July 2003, Sagawa Express Co., one of Japan's leading transportation companie...
September 27, 2003
Energy Conservation
Environmental NPO Starts Recruiting Monitors for Energy-Saving Fridges
The Edogawa Citizens' Network for Climate Change (ECCC), an environmental non-pr...
September 27, 2003
Climate Change
Let's Cool Down Tokyo! -- Edo-Period Sprinkling Campaign
"If it's sunny on August 25, 2003, sprinkle water at the gates of your homes and...
August 16, 2003
Renewable Energy
Prefecture Seeking Ideas and People to Fight Global Warming
Nagano Prefecture in Japan has formulated a prefectural Plan to Reduce Global Wa...
August 4, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Greening with Moss!
Moss Catch System Yamagata Co. has developed a system that uses "moss mats" t...
August 3, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Rubber Wood Biomass Project in Thailand Approved as CDM Project
A project to generate electricity in Thailand using biomass (in this case, scrap...
July 30, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Citizens' Network Established to Revive Streetcars
Groups of streetcar enthusiasts have established a network to help revive street...
July 29, 2003
Renewable Energy
First Liquid Hydrogen Refueling Station Opens in Tokyo
A hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell vehicles was inaugurated at Ariake in...
July 26, 2003
Policy / Systems
National Inter-Agency Eco-Driving Committee Holds First Meeting
To effectively promote environmentally friendly driving, for example by eliminat...
July 17, 2003
Climate Change
Annual Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Japan
The Japan Meteorological Agency recently released an analysis of long-term chang...
July 8, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Promotes Transportation "Modal Shift"
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport put together an action pl...
July 7, 2003
Policy / Systems
Eco Delivery Label to Promote "Green Delivery" Service
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has cre...
July 4, 2003
Energy Conservation
Newly Registered Low-emission Cars Reach 1.35 Million in Second Half of FY2002
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that 1,353,369 l...
June 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Forestry Agency Establishes Help Desk for CDM Forestation
Japan's Forestry Agency has established a help desk on Clean Development Mechani...
June 20, 2003
Renewable Energy
Japan's First JI and CDM Projects Approved
On December 12, 2002, two projects were approved by Japan's Liaison Committee fo...
June 16, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Report Recommends 75-85% Cut in Two-wheeled Vehicle Hydrocarbon Emissions
The Central Environment Council, an advisory body to the Ministry of the Environ...
June 14, 2003
Policy / Systems
Trucking Industry Establishes Original Environmental Management Certification System
Japan's Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation...
June 12, 2003
Energy Conservation
Wakayama Schools Score CO2 Reduction Refunds
As part of its "Eco-School Project," the Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education...
June 11, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Considers Trading System for Discharge from Sewerage Works
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has been considering the...
June 9, 2003
Policy / Systems
New Programs toTrain Global Warming Experts
The ChuoAoyama PwC Sustainability Research Institute, established by ChuoAoyama ...
June 5, 2003
Policy / Systems
METI to Help Launch 'Carbon Fund'
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established a financi...
June 4, 2003
Climate Change
Atmospheric CO2 Rising in Japan and Worldwide
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on March 19 that concentrations ...
May 20, 2003
Climate Change
Citizens Concerned as Tokyo Heats Up
More than 90 percent of Tokyo residents who answered a survey felt threatened by...
May 19, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
World's First Hybrid Rail Car Developed
East Japan Railway Company has developed the world's first prototype of a hyb...
April 29, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kyoto City to Test Fish Containers for Experimental Resource Recycling
Kyoto City plans to start a demonstration test this summer (2003) that aims to e...
April 23, 2003
Energy Conservation
NEC Aims for Zero Net CO2 Emissions in FY2010
Japan's NEC Corporation recently announced its environmental management plan, th...
April 21, 2003
Environmental Technology
Magnetic Freezing System: Practical Application on the Horizon
Chubu Electric Power Co., a supplier of electricity in the Chubu region of centr...
April 17, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
International Workshop on CDM/JI in the Transport Sector Convened
In the context of efforts to combat global climate change, an International Work...
April 14, 2003
Policy / Systems
'Green Car' Taxes To Be Limited in Fiscal 2003
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has announced that, in fi...
April 13, 2003
Policy / Systems
Carbon Tax To Be Introduced in FY2005
Japan's Environment Minister Shunichi Suzuki stated at a press conference after ...
April 2, 2003
Policy / Systems
Kyoto City to Enact Ordinance on Global Warming Prevention
Kyoto City, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, will enact an ordinance tentat...
April 1, 2003
Policy / Systems
Global Warming to Be 90% of National Global Environment Budget
On January 30, Japan's Ministry of the Environment, released draft budgets propo...
March 31, 2003
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell Cogeneration System Moves Closer to Practical Application
Japan's Ebara Ballard Corporation and Tokyo Gas Company have jointly developed a...Related
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