Manufacturing industry
December 31, 2011
Climate Change
Honda to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Global Products by 30%
Honda Motor Co. declared on June 21, 2011, its objective to globally reduce carb...
December 30, 2011
Environmental Technology
Toyota CRDL Succeeds in World's First Artificial Photosynthesis Using only Water and CO2
Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc. (Toyota CRDL) announced on September 20, 2011,...
December 29, 2011
Transportation / Mobility
Japanese Companies to Test New System to Promote Use of Electric-Powered Taxis, Reduce GHGs
Five Japanese companies jointly announced on July 5, 2011, that their experiment...
December 25, 2011
Renewable Energy
Hitachi Zosen Inova AG based in Switzerland Subsidiary Accepts Order to Construct Municipal Energy-from-Waste Plant in UK
Hitachi Zosen Corp. (Hitz), a Japanese company engaged in engineering and manufa...
December 24, 2011
Environmental Technology
Fuji Xerox Develops Bioplastic with More than 50% Plant-Derived Material
Fuji Xerox Co., a major Japanese office equipment maker, announced on Septe...
December 21, 2011
Environmental Technology
Toyota Industries Develops Air-Powered Car
Toyota Industries Corp., one of the Toyota Group companies, announced on Sep...
December 20, 2011
Energy Conservation
Solar Panel Attached to Portable Home Battery Developed
The Replus Division of Access Company, a Japanese company that purchases and reu...
December 19, 2011
Roof Solar Panels Installed Using New Magnet Method
Yuasa Trading Co., a company specialized in machine tools, industrial equipm...
December 17, 2011
Renewable Energy
Public-Private-Academic Partnership in Kyoto to Convert Municipal Solid Waste into Ethanol
The city of Kyoto announced on August 19, 2011 that, together with Hitachi Z...
December 16, 2011
Disaster Reconstruction
Cotton Project Aiming to Support Recovery of Earthquake-Stricken Tohoku Area
On July 14, 2011, the "Tohoku Cotton Project" was launched by agricultural produ...
December 15, 2011
Climate Change
Coca-Cola System in Japan Achieves Significant Reduction of CO2 Emissions
Coca-Cola Japan Co. announced that it had successfully reduced its total car...
December 10, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sales of Energy Saving LED Bulb Surge after Earthquake
An energy saving LED bulb dubbed the "Rescue Bulb" is showing a sharp boost ...
December 9, 2011
Renewable Energy
Kobe Steel to Launch Small-Scale Binary Power Generation System
Kobe Steel Ltd. announced on September 8, 2011, that it will start selling t...
December 8, 2011
Disaster Reconstruction
Toyota to Establish In-House Vocational School in Tohoku to Aid Restoration
Toyota Motor Corp., a major Japanese automobile manufacturer, announced on July ...
December 7, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mazda Recycles Scrapped Bumpers for New Vehicles
For the first time in the world, Mazda Motor Corp., a major Japanese automaker, ...
December 6, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Three Japanese Companies Team Up to Remove Salt from Tsunami-Hit Farmland
Three Japanese companies, Myfarm Co., NTT Docomo Inc. and NEC Corp., announced o...
December 1, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nippon Paper to Use Wooden Rubble from Great East Japan Earthquake as Factory Fuel
Nippon Paper Industries Co. announced on August 22, 2011, that it would acc...
November 30, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Coral Spawning Observed on JFE's Steel Slag Blocks -- Paving the Way for Coral Reef Restoration
JFE Steel Co., a major steel manufacturer in Japan, announced on September 12, 2...
November 28, 2011
Environmental Technology
Fuji Xerox Develops Woody Biomass Plastic
Fuji Xerox Co. of Japan, part of the Fujifilm* group, announced on Septembe...
November 26, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sony Introduces Long-Life Li-ion Storage Battery for Business Use
In September 2011, Sony Corp., a major electronics manufacturer, began sales of ...
November 21, 2011
Transportation / Mobility
EV Car Sharing and Rental Car Home-Delivery Services Offered at Newly Built Condominium
Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., a major Japanese real estate developer, announce...
November 20, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Waste Canning Syrup Utilized as Swine Feed
SEW Daisaikai Farm, a pig farming company in Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefectu...
November 19, 2011
Renewable Energy
Misawa Homes Unveils Home with PV Wall Panels for Year-Round Power Generation
Misawa Homes Co., a major Japanese housing manufacturer, opened an eco-frien...
November 18, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Builder Unveils Eco-Friendly House with High Indoor Air Quality
On July 15, 2011, major Japanese home builder Sekisui House Ltd. unveiled its "A...
November 14, 2011
Climate Change
Sony Achieves Over 30% Reduction in CO2 Emissions from its Business Sites
Sony Corp. announced on July 26, 2011, that it has ended its period for carrying...
November 11, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mitsubishi Motors, Others Announce Devices to Convert EV Battery Power for Home Use
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announced on July 6, 2011, a technology to supply ...
November 3, 2011
Environmental Technology
Fujitsu's Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis Contributes to Biodiversity Conservation
Fujitsu Ltd., a major producer of communication and information processing syste...
October 30, 2011
Transportation / Mobility
Major Japanese Breweries Share Logistics to Cut CO2 Emissions
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. and Kirin Brewery Co., two major Japanese brewers, announc...
October 29, 2011
Environmental Technology
Nitto Denko to Co-Develop Novel Renewable Energy Powered by Osmosis
Nitto Denko Corporation, a leading Japanese manufacturer of diversified material...
October 28, 2011
Environmental Technology
Toyota to Introduce Power-Supply System to Its Hybrid Vehicles
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. announced on July 19, 2011, the introduction of a pow...
October 27, 2011
Food
Mitsubishi Plastics Group Starts Verifying Tomato Cultivation at Solar Light Plant Factory
Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. announced on June 14, 2011, that it has completed ...
October 26, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Panasonic Releases Portable Solar Light
Panasonic Corp. of Japan announced on August 26, 2011, to release a new comp...
October 24, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan Unveils First Condo with PV Panels and Visualized Power Check for Each Unit
Sankei Building Co., a real-estate leasing and dealing company, announced on Jun...
October 23, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Suntory Focuses on Fisheries and Children for Earthquake Recovery Support
Suntory Holdings Ltd., a major Japanese beverage and brewing company, announced ...
October 22, 2011
Renewable Energy
Solar-Powered Shelter with LED Lighting Jointly Developed for Street Facilities
Sekisui Jushi Corp. (SJC), a leading Japanese manufacturer of street materia...
October 21, 2011
Energy Conservation
Growing Energy Awareness Boosts Demand for LED Lighting
GfK Marketing Services Japan, a company that conducts surveys on consumer el...
October 20, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Company Starts Selling "Water Cells" To Generate Electricity Using Only Water
Nakabayashi Co., a Japanese company specializing in products and services fo...
October 19, 2011
Energy Conservation
NEC Launches Home-Use Power Storage System with Lithium-Ion Battery
NEC Corp., a leading Japanese electronics company, has commercialized a power st...
October 17, 2011
Environmental Technology
Kitakyushu to Test Dynamic Pricing for Electricity in FY2012
The city of Kitakyushu in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture, which aims to be one o...
October 14, 2011
Environmental Technology
Toshiba Donates Portable Organic EL Lighting Devices to Shelters in Japan's Disaster Areas
Toshiba Corp. announced on May 30, 2011, that it has developed a lighting device...
October 11, 2011
Renewable Energy
Idemitsu and Inpex to Conduct Geothermal Development Survey
Idemitsu Kosan Co., a Japanese petroleum company, and Inpex Corp., a Japane...
October 6, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Restaurant Chain Introduces Non-Electric Automatic Sliding Doors
Ohsho Food Service Corporation, a company running a nationwide Chinese resta...
October 5, 2011
Renewable Energy
Kyocera Supplies 2 MW of PV Modules to Expressway
Kyocera Solar Corporation, a domestic sales subsidiary of Kyocera Corp., ann...
September 24, 2011
Renewable Energy
Japanese Compact System Generates Electricity from Hot Water at only 90 Degrees Celsius
ULVAC-RIKO Inc., which manufactures and sells heat-analysis devices, announced M...
September 23, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota Home, Toyota Smile Life Launch 'Smart House'
Home builder Toyota Housing Corporation (Toyota Home) and real estate compan...
September 22, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Air Conditioning Manufacturer Supports Businesses' Power-Saving Efforts
Daikin Industries, Ltd., a leading Japanese manufacturer of air conditioning...
September 16, 2011
Renewable Energy
Ajinomoto Supplies Production Residue to Biomass Power Station as Fuel
On June 22, 2011, Ajinomoto Co., a major Japanese food and seasonings manufa...
September 14, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
PC Makers Improving Power-Saving Functions in PCs
PC manufacturers are providing services to improve power-saving functions and ar...
September 9, 2011
Energy Conservation
NEC Group Providing Employee Households with Online Support to Save Power
NEC Corp., a leading Japanese electronics company, announced on June 20, 2011, t...
September 5, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Companies Launch Cloud Services for Power Saving in Summer
In the summer of 2011, reductions are required for peak power consumption, as el...Related
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