Food
September 5, 2005
Civil Society / Local Issues
Hokkaido Farm Village NPO Working for a Sustainable Society
The Oshamambe Dream Club, a Japanese non-profit organization in Oshamambe, Hokka...
August 22, 2005
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Oyster Shells Increase Nameko Mushroom Yield by 10 %
As of March, 2005, the Ishikawa Forest Experiment Station in Ishikawa Prefecture...
August 14, 2005
Food
School of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Opens in Miyagi University
Miyagi University opened its School of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Scie...
June 21, 2005
Food
1% Increase in Local Food Self-Sufficiency Would Bring 19 Billion Yen Annual Gain
The 77 Bank, Ltd., headquartered in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, recentl...
June 13, 2005
Education
'Food Serving Measurement by Hand' Program Wins 2004 Grand Prix in Food Education Contest
An award ceremony for the 2004 Community-Based Food Education Competition was he...
May 19, 2005
Policy / Systems
Shiga Prefecture Promoting Green Farming
Shiga Prefecture in Japan has been promoting a certification and producer-agreem...
May 2, 2005
Policy / Systems
Hokkaido to Regulate Genetically Modified Crop Cultivation
In February 2005 the government of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, pr...
April 1, 2005
Environmental Technology
Research institute discovers drought-tolerant gene
A Japanese independent administrative institution, the Institute of Physical and...
March 26, 2005
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mos Food Inc. and Dai Nippon Printing Track Beef with IC Tags
Mos Food Services, Inc. and Dai Nippon Printing Co. announced on November 30, 20...
February 25, 2005
Food
Japan's Food Self-Sufficiency Ratio Resists Improvement
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on September 1...
February 21, 2005
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
NPOs and Organic Farming Group Join to Revitalize Kasumigaura Area
Three organizations announced on October 28, 2004 that they have concluded an en...
February 1, 2005
Food
Slow Food Movement in Japan Establishes a National Organization
Thirty-two Japanese organizations engaged in the Slow Food movement held a gener...
January 15, 2005
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
School Lunch Milk Cartons Recycled in Masuda City
The Board of Education of Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, has ...
January 14, 2005
Chemicals
Kyoto Univ. Students Making Pesticide Database
For years, a voluntary study group, the Kyoto Group for the Reduction of Agroche...
January 12, 2005
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
'Gardening Rafts' Tested for Ability to Purify Reservoir
The Oita Prefectural Bureau of Public Enterprises has launched an experimental t...
December 16, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mitsubishi Paper and Partners Develop Sugarcane-Fiber Shirts
Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd., Shikibo Ltd. and Shinnaigai Textile Ltd. of Japan ...
December 15, 2004
Education
All Generations Welcome at the Foundation for Global Peace & Environment
The Foundation for Global Peace and Environment was established in May 1991 and ...
December 14, 2004
Food
QR Code Enables Easy Access to Food Production Data via Cell Phone
An increasing number of businesses in Japan have been introducing QR (Quick Resp...
December 3, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sapporo Succeeds in Cutting CO2 by 60% in Spent Grain Treatment Test
On August 3, 2004 Sapporo Breweries Ltd., one of Japan's major brewers, announce...
November 15, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Vegetable-Based Polymer Approved for Food Packaging in Japan
A new material, vegetable-based polylactide polymer, was approved by the Japan H...
November 8, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Slightly Down in FY 2003
A FY 2003 survey conducted by the Japan Aluminum Can Recycling Association found...
November 4, 2004
Food
Program to Use Local Produce in School Lunches Starts in Tokushima
Tokushima Prefecture in western Japan launched a program in June 2004 to promote...
October 26, 2004
Environmental Technology
Natural Enemy Used to Exterminate Fruit Pest
The Oita Prefectural Agricultural Research Center in southwestern Japan has comp...
October 5, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Biodegradable Plastic Made from Beer Residue
The Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing (ARIF) of Akita Prefecture, Jap...
September 2, 2004
Food
Imports Are Top Food Safety Concern for Japan's Consumers
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has released the re...
August 21, 2004
Climate Change
How Will Global Warming Affect Fruit Production?
The National Institute of Fruit Tree Science (NIFTS), which operates under the a...
August 19, 2004
Food
'Tanada Network' Protects Terraced Paddy Fields by Linking Rural Areas and Cities
Approximately 70 percent of Japan's national land consists of semi-mountainous a...
August 17, 2004
Chemicals
'Japan Offspring Fund' Working for Future Generations
The Japan Offspring Fund (JOF), an environmental non-governmental organization, ...
August 11, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Beef from Shorthorn Cattle Long-grazed Naturally on 100% Domestic Feed Marketed
The Association to Preserve the Earth, a Japanese non-governmental organization ...
July 27, 2004
Food
Oyster Farming Method Purifies Seawater
The Nagasaki Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences a...
July 1, 2004
Food
School for Training Rural Leaders in Asia and Africa Still Thriving
The Asian Rural Institute's Rural Leaders Training Center (ARI) is a private, no...
April 8, 2004
Food
A Campaign to Save Power by Fasting on the Winter Solstice 2003
Following last year's summer solstice "Night by Candlelight" on June 22, 2003, a...
April 5, 2004
Food
Workshop with Children in Akita: Rethinking Traditional and Local Foods
The Fresh Association, a women's association of Japan Agricultural Co-operatives...
March 31, 2004
Food
IC-Tagged Vegetables on Sale
The T-Engine Forum, a Japanese nonprofit organization that is developing an oper...
February 10, 2004
Policy / Systems
MAFF to Promote Agricultural Policy Reform
On November 21, 2003, the Agriculture Minister of Japan announced a plan to prom...
January 22, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Green Co-op Revives Glass Milk Bottles
The Green Co-op Consumer's Co-operative Union (with 330,000 household union memb...
January 15, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Advances in Research on Nature-Sustaining Agriculture
The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Environments was established in May 200...
December 3, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Recyclable Takeout Food Container Developed
Shuei Co. Ltd., a paper container manufacturer in Higashi-Osaka City, announc...
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...
October 29, 2003
Policy / Systems
Shiga Prefecture to Draw Up Guidelines to Control GM Crop Cultivation
Shiga Prefecture in western Japan will draw up guidelines of its own to control,...
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 5, 2003
Food
New Trust System: Growing Virtual Rice Linked to Real Paddy Experience
Yanagida, a village in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, has started a new rice-farm...
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
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mobile Dishwashing Truck Eliminates Event Trash
Local festivals are an important part of community life in Japan, and food stall...
September 27, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Concern about Rice Harvest Raises Wholesale Prices in Japan
Concern about farm products is growing due to prolonged low temperatures and a s...
July 21, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ueno Zoo Uses Recycled Meals: Animals are Delighted
The Ueno Zoo, one of Japan's best-known zoos, has been recycling waste material ...
June 14, 2003
Chemicals
System for Tracing Farm Products by Cell Phone Offered
Noah, Inc., a Japanese website design and software development company, has put ...
May 31, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
By-Product of Beer Makes Tomatoes Sweet
Japan's Asahi Ecology Co., jointly established by Asahi Breweries Ltd. and Shin ...
May 23, 2003
Food
Kesennuma Declares Itself a 'Slow Food City'
Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, declared itself Japan's first "Slow Food City...
May 10, 2003
Food
Local Produce for School Lunches: Iwate Prefecture's Initiatives
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