Ecosystems / Biodiversity
July 21, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
100% Natural Bio Detergent Uses Microorganisms to Remove Stains
Advance Mfg. Co., a Japanese company that produces and sells environmentally fri...
July 17, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Association Established to Promote Forest-Friendly Paper Beverage Container
To popularize Cartocan, a paper beverage can, an association was established in ...
July 17, 2004
Chemicals
Plant that Hyper-Accumulates Cadmium Discovered
The Fujita Corp of Japan, in cooperation with the National Institute for Rural E...
July 16, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Floating Island Restoration and Reforestation Progressing in Shingu
In Shingu City, on the Pacific coast of Wakayama Prefecture, located south of Os...
June 29, 2004
Policy / Systems
Fairwood Campaign Promotes Sustainable Use of Timber
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan has run what it calls its "Fairwood Campaign" c...
June 18, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Survey Shows Increasing Diversity in Forest Volunteer Activities
The Japanese Forestry Agency released the results of a questionnaire survey on a...
June 15, 2004
Transportation / Mobility
Aichi Expo to Exhibit 'Green Maps'
Organizers of the 2005 World Exposition to be held in Aichi, Japan, are planning...
June 14, 2004
Education
Directly Experiencing Nature: the Japan Nature Game Association
"Sharing Nature" is a series of activities created by Joseph Cornell, an America...
June 14, 2004
Policy / Systems
TNC: Guardian of Nature
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the largest nature conservation society in the U...
June 6, 2004
Renewable Energy
Sumita Town in Iwate to Subsidize 3/4 of Pellet Stove Purchase Price
Sumita Town of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, has announced that it will subsidize thr...
June 2, 2004
Policy / Systems
Ministry Releases Findings on Pollution from Chemicals in FY2002
Japan's Ministry of the Environment recently released survey findings for fiscal...
May 31, 2004
Policy / Systems
Government Conducts Poll on Expectations about Forest Functions
The Japanese government's Cabinet Office has released the results of a "Poll on ...
May 28, 2004
Climate Change
Cherry Blossoms Arrive Ten Days Early in Tokyo
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced that cherry trees in Tokyo began...
May 27, 2004
Policy / Systems
METI to Relax Regulations on Factory Production Area and Green Area Ratios
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will revise its ministerial ordi...
May 26, 2004
Chemicals
Minamata Forum Tells of the Legacy of Industrial Pollution
The Minamata Forum is an organization inaugurated in 1997, encouraged by the suc...
May 24, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Sea Turtle Association of Japan Works to Protect Endangered Species
Sea turtles are on the verge of extinction all over the world. The frequency wit...
May 22, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Children's Forest Program
In recent years, a considerable number of Japanese people have been visiting Chi...
May 18, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Finding Wonder in Nature Close to Home--Invitation to Nature Conservation
The Nature Conservation Society of Osaka, or "Nature Osaka," is a group of citiz...
May 14, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kyoto Prefecture to Promote Eco-Friendly Public Works
Kyoto Prefecture in Japan finalized its guidelines for public works projects, tr...
May 8, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Osaka Residents Work Together for 'Satoyama' Conservation
The Osaka Green Trust Organization is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 ...
May 7, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Census Shows Exotic Species Habitat Spreading in Japanese Rivers
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has released a summary of...
May 4, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Forestry Agency to Explore Soothing Effect of Forests
The Forestry Agency of Japan will launch a study on the positive effects of fore...
May 2, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Japan, China Join Hands to Protect Crested Ibis
Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike and Chinese State Forestry Administra...
April 12, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Ishikawa Zoo Implements Eco-friendly Initiatives
The Ishikawa Zoo in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture has been actively taking eco-fri...
April 9, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
National Habitat Distribution Survey Shows Summer Birds May Be Declining in Japan
The Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ), a nature conservation group, conducted a ...
April 2, 2004
Energy Conservation
Mitsubishi Group to Buy Greenhouse Gas Emission Credits for Aichi Expo
Japan's Mitsubishi Group, which consists of 33 companies, reached an agreement i...
April 1, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Special Wooden Chopsticks Help Conserve Forests
With the slogan "Let's protect Japanese forests with disposable chopsticks," the...
March 29, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fujitsu Develops World's First Vegetable-Resin PC Casing
Fujitsu Limited of Japan announced that it has successfully developed the first ...
March 27, 2004
Environmental Technology
UNIDO Introduces Japanese Timber Drying Technology to Developing Countries
The Tokyo branch of the Investment and Technology Promotion Office of the United...
March 26, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Biomass White Paper 2004
The Biomass Industrial Society Network (BIN) of Japan completed its Biomass Whit...
March 24, 2004
Climate Change
The Forest of Life Project
Due to the rapid loss of tropical rainforests worldwide, the percentage of the E...
March 22, 2004
Policy / Systems
Himi City Sets Out to Protect a Threatened Fish, the Itasenpara Bitterling
Himi City in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, started capturing and breeding an endange...
March 17, 2004
Fossil Fuels
Japan's First Power Generation Using Gasified Woody Biomass in Iwate Prefecture
Koromogawa Village in Isawa County, located in northern Japan's Iwate Prefecture...
March 16, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Elementary Schools Participate in Biotope Monitoring Systems
With cooperation from NEC Corporation, in October 2003 the non-profit Asaza Fund...
March 12, 2004
Policy / Systems
The 'Association to Protect Northernmost Dugong'
The existence of Dugong (Dugong dugon) in Okinawa, once believed to be extinct d...
March 8, 2004
Policy / Systems
MLIT Decides to Cancel Tokura Dam Project
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) decided on De...
March 5, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Satellite Tracking Shows Honey Buzzard Migrates More Than 10,000 Kilometers
The oriental honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), one of the few raptors that visit ...
March 2, 2004
Policy / Systems
MLIT Launches Full Scale River Report Card System
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) conducted a r...
February 26, 2004
Policy / Systems
Forest Owned by Oji Paper Receives Forest Stewardship Accreditation
Oji Paper Co. announced that it's 210 hectare forest in Shizuoka Prefecture has ...
February 24, 2004
Renewable Energy
MOE Conditionally Approves Wind Turbines in National Parks
An advisory panel of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) decided to s...
February 23, 2004
Policy / Systems
New 'Green Corridor' to be Established in FY2004
The Tohoku and the Kanto Regional Forest Offices of Japan's national Forestry Ag...
February 18, 2004
Policy / Systems
Saitama Prefecture Sets Guidelines to Use Local Wood for Buildings
Saitama Prefecture in Japan announced that it has drawn up guidelines to promote...
February 14, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Gene Bank for Trees Launches Gene Rescue Service
The Forest Tree Breeding Center (FTBC), an incorporated administrative agency in...
February 4, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Over 60% of Turtles in Japan are Foreign Species
It has become clear that more than 60 percent of all turtles in the country are ...
January 30, 2004
Policy / Systems
Tokyo's Minato Ward to Subsidize Rooftop Greening
On December 1, 2003, Tokyo's Minato Ward, one of the 23 wards comprising Metropo...
January 29, 2004
Education
Dropouts and Reclusive Students Given Help Through Environmental Education Programs
Programs based on experiencing the natural environment are becoming more popular...
January 28, 2004
Civil Society / Local Issues
People-to-People Network Linking Cities with Forests
A citizens' group, the MORI-MORI Network, has been active in promoting exchanges...
January 24, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
'2003 Firefly Summit' Held in Tokyo
On October 13, the Tokyo Firefly Club held the 2003 Firefly Summit in cooperatio...
January 20, 2004
Policy / Systems
MOE Holds First Meeting of Eco-tourism Promotion Council
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of Japan held a meeting of a new eco-touri...
January 20, 2004
Policy / Systems
Forestry Agency to Set Up Local Timber Distribution and Processing System
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