Food
December 9, 2013
Disaster Reconstruction
Monthly Magazine Launched in Japan to Strengthen Consumers' Bond with Food Producers in Earthquake-hit Region
The Japanese non-profit organization "Tohoku Kaikon" -- literally translated as...
November 17, 2013
Food
Fujitsu Testing One of the Largest Low-Potassium Vegetable Factories in Japan
Copyright Fujitsu Group announced that from July 2013 to March 2014, it would ...
October 26, 2013
Food
Donate Excess Calories to Feed Developing Countries
Metavolunteer, an NPO established on May 25, 2009, has been carrying out a p...
October 23, 2013
Food
Kumamoto Prefecture Accelerating Integration of Farmland
Spurred by concern over an increase in unused farmland caused by the decline...
October 18, 2013
Food
Japan's Scallop Fishery in Hokkaido Awarded MSC Certification for Sustainability
The scallop fishery overseen by the Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Coopera...
October 13, 2013
Food
Food Safety Awareness Rising in Japan: 2012 White Paper on Food Education
The 2012 edition of the government's White Paper on Food Education, released...
October 3, 2013
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Three More Agricultural Sites in Japan Designated as GIAHS
At the International Forum on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Syste...
September 17, 2013
Newsletter
Eco-Cooking - Tokyo Gas Co.
"Towards a Sustainable Japan -- Corporations at Work" (No. 104) http://www.to...
September 4, 2013
Food
Food Companies to Launch Delivery-Rules Revision Project to Reduce Food Loss
A working group of 16 major Japanese food companies, working to review busin...
September 3, 2013
Food
Winners of 'Local Production for Local Consumption Outstanding Initiatives Award' Honored
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan announced the w...
August 20, 2013
Newsletter
Food Waste and Disaster Relief from the Perspective of the Food Bank (Part Two)
Food banks receive food donations from a wide variety of sources such as impor...
August 19, 2013
Food
NIAS Identifies How Legume Protein NIN Works, May Contribute to Cutting Nitrogen Fertilizers
Root nodule formed by inducing the function of nodule inception (NIN) Copyrigh...
August 16, 2013
Renewable Energy
Solar Sharing Program through Solar Panels on Farmland Launched
Installing solar panels above farmland, Solar Sharing Kazusatsurumai began op...
August 12, 2013
Food
Machida City Helps Corporations Start Farming on Unused Land
--> Copyright Machida City Machida City in the south of the Tokyo Metropolita...
August 7, 2013
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Kanazawa University Draws Connection between Honeybee Losses and Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Left : Start of experiment , Right : Elapse of 34 days Copyright Kanazawa Univ...
July 31, 2013
Food
Warming Restricts Rice Yield Gains Brought by Higher CO2 Concentrations: Study
Japan's National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences published on March 7,...
July 23, 2013
Newsletter
Food Waste and Disaster Relief from the Perspective of the Food Bank (Part One)
Japan's food self-sufficiency rate based on calories is currently around 40 p...
July 11, 2013
Food
Greenpeace Survey Ranks Five Top Japanese Supermarket Chains for Fish Safety, Finds Problems
Greenpeace, an international environmental non-government organization, anno...
June 30, 2013
Food
High Schools Awarded for Bringing Smiles to Disaster-Hit Areas through Food and Agricultural Initiatives
The Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives, or JA-Zenchu, announced on J...
June 9, 2013
Food
Organic Farmers in Fukushima Open Organic Cafe in Tokyo
On March 16, 2013, two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, "The Com...
May 18, 2013
Food
New Fundraising Project "TAP PROJECT JAPAN" Funds Clean Water Projects in Madagascar
The Japan Committee for UNICEF and a group of people at a Japanese advertising a...
May 17, 2013
Food
World's First Soil Fertility Index Based on Microbial Health Developed
A research group led by Professor Motoki Kubo at the College of Life Sciences, R...
May 8, 2013
Food
Rice Grant Project Helps Students Make Another Home with Farmers
Shougakumai Co. (shogaku-mai means "scholarship with rice" in Japanese), a Japan...
April 24, 2013
Food
Developmentally Impaired Persons Working Together to Produce High Quality Wine in Japan
At Coco Farm & Winery in Tajima Town, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Jap...
April 15, 2013
Food
Amita's Waste-to-Food Composting Program Wins 2012 Eco-Products Award
Amita Co., a comprehensive eco-solutions company in Japan, announced on November...
April 7, 2013
Food
Japanese Student Organization Lends Support to Business that Connects Farmers, Consumers
SOLA, an organization formed in 2006 by students interested in agriculture u...
March 27, 2013
Food
'Love Cake Project'-- Food Aid Project for Developing Countries
World Vision Japan, a Japanese non-govermental organization (NGO), launched ...
February 12, 2013
Newsletter
Japanese Fishery Meets Challenge to Reduce Bycatch from World's Oceans (Part Two)
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), one of the world's largest conserv...
February 9, 2013
Food
Winners of "Local Production for Local Consumption School Lunch Menu Contest" Announced
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan announced th...
January 30, 2013
Food
Japanese Non-Profit Working to Expand Food Bank Activities
POPOLO, a Japanese non-profit organization established in 2009 to operate a food...
January 28, 2013
Food
Rice Gene Found to Inhibit Cadmium Uptake
The Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo...
January 26, 2013
Food
Kagoshima University's Environmental Project Marketing "Eco-Sweets" Made from Pumpkins Grown with Kitchen Compost
The Sustainable Campus Project (SCP), an environmental group at Kagoshima Un...
January 15, 2013
Newsletter
Japanese Fishery Meets Challenge to Reduce Bycatch from World's Oceans (Part One)
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), one of the world's largest conservation...
December 29, 2012
Environmental Technology
NEC Starts "Smart" Village Development Study Project in India Using Hydroponic and Info Technology to Improve Lives of the Poor
NEC Corp., a leading Japanese electronics, computer and IT services company, ann...
October 18, 2012
Food
Japanese Manufacturer Makes Complete Switch to Sustainable-Certified Palm Oil
Saraya Co., a Japanese manufacturer of detergents and hygiene products, anno...
September 28, 2012
Food
Skipjack Migration in Pacific Ocean Tracked Using Archival Tags
Ajinomoto Co., a leading food and amino-science company, announced on June ...
August 29, 2012
Food
Rental Organic Farm Provides Farmland for Housing Development Project
Yachimata Fureai Organic Farm, a membership-based allotment garden in Yachim...
August 27, 2012
Environmental Technology
Showa Denko to Market New LED-Based Plant Cultivation Method
Day 14 under fluorescent lamps (left) and Day 14 under LED with Shigyo Method ...
July 6, 2012
Food
Tokyo Restaurant Serves Fresh Organic Vegetables from On-Site Plant Factories
Tamachi Building Co., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) tha...
June 29, 2012
Environmental Technology
Fujitsu Makes Farming Know-How Accessible with Farm-Information Sensing Network
General electronics manufacturer Fujitsu Ltd. announced on March 14, 2012, the s...
June 18, 2012
Food
Japanese Agricultural Company Achieves GLOBALG.A.P. Certification of Barley Leaves
Toyo Green Farm Inc., a Japanese agricultural company, announced on January...
June 11, 2012
Food
JGC Enters Agribusiness with Investment in Plant Factory Venture
On March 7, 2012, JGC Corp., a leading plant manufacturer in Japan, announced an...
June 2, 2012
Food
City of Miyakonojo to Provide School Lunches Using 50 % Locally Produced Food
The city of Miyakonojo in southern Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture formulated a plan...
May 22, 2012
Food
Winners of 2011 Environment-Friendly Farming Competition Announced
The Promotion Committee for Environment-Friendly Farming in Japan announced on F...
April 12, 2012
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Edible Landscape Set Up in Front of Kamakura City Hall
Units of vegetable gardens were installed by two citizen groups in the gree...
April 6, 2012
Food
Marine Eco-Label Japan Certifies Five Types of Fishing Operations in Kochi Prefecture
Two fishery organizations in Kochi Prefecture, Japan -- the Kochi Prefecture...
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 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 9, 2012
Environmental Technology
JA Shin Fukushima Verifies 80% Radioactivity Reduction in Fruit Tree Decontamination Experiment
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