Non-manufacturing industry
May 4, 2008
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's Innovative Products and Services Win 4th Eco Products Awards
Japan's Eco-Products Awards Promotion Council announced the winners of its fourt...
April 23, 2008
Policy / Systems
Nippon Keidanren Announces Survey Results of Philanthropy for FY2006
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) announced the results of a surv...
April 20, 2008
Climate Change
Eco-Friendly Potato Transport Reduces CO2 Emissions by 53%
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Decembe...
April 20, 2008
Climate Change
Japanese Professional Football Club to Purchase Carbon Credits
A Japanese professional football club, Shimizu S-Pulse, signed a contract on Jan...
April 12, 2008
Renewable Energy
Marubeni Enters Wind Energy Markets in North America
Marubeni Corp., one of Japan's major general trading companies, announced on Dec...
April 12, 2008
Renewable Energy
Retail Chain Switches to Green-sourced Electricity in 98 Shops in the Kanto Area
Yamada Denki Co., a major Japanese mass retailer of consumer electronics, announ...
April 5, 2008
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
JAL Reports 167 Siberian Forest Fires in 2007
Japan Airlines (JAL) has been spotting and reporting forest fires burning in the...
March 30, 2008
Energy Conservation
Energy-Efficient Household Appliance Promotion Forum Established in Japan
The Energy-Efficient Household Appliance Promotion Forum was established on Octo...
March 23, 2008
Renewable Energy
Kyoto City Launches Green Power Certification System to Promote Solar Power
The Miyako Agenda21 Forum--an environmental partnership organization established...
March 23, 2008
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mizuho Bank Launches Green Investment Trust
Mizuho Bank of Japan launched on November 19, 2007 an open-type investment trust...
March 13, 2008
Climate Change
Carbon Offset Japan Launches Online Services for Individuals
On December 13, 2007, Carbon Offset Japan (COJ), a non-profit organization, laun...
March 12, 2008
Transportation / Mobility
New Motor-Assisted Hybrid Power System for Trains Reduces Emissions and Costs
Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) announced on October 23, 2007, that it has de...
March 12, 2008
Energy Conservation
Survey Shows Japanese Companies Improving Environmental Efforts in Offices
Japanese companies are making progress in the office in their efforts to combat ...
March 7, 2008
Climate Change
Japanese Insurer to Save Energy and Cut 15% of CO2 emissions by 2012
Nippon Life Insurance Company, one of the biggest life insurers in Japan, announ...
March 7, 2008
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Yokohama City and Lawson Convenience Stores Agree to Reduce Packaging Waste
Yokohama City and Lawson, Inc., a leading Japanese convenience store chain, sign...
March 6, 2008
Renewable Energy
Citizen-Based Sustainable Energy Fund Launched to Stop Global Warming
Ohisama Energy Fund Co., a Japanese energy business company, started soliciting ...
March 3, 2008
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Local Supermarket Promotes Food Waste Recycling
Yamato Co., a supermarket chain that operates 10 stores in Yamanashi Prefecture,...
March 1, 2008
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Seven-Eleven Japan Simplifies Deli Packaging to Reduce Plastic Use
On October 10, 2007, Seven-Eleven Japan Co., one of the leading convenience stor...
March 1, 2008
Eco-business / Social Venture
Insurance Company Launches Eco-Friendly Loan Service
The Nippon Life Insurance Company launched an eco-friendly loan service targetin...
February 23, 2008
Renewable Energy
Mitsui to Build World's First Hybrid Solar-thermal and Gas-fired Generating Plant in Egypt
Mitsui & Co., a leading Japanese trading company, announced on October 1, 2007, ...
February 23, 2008
Energy Conservation
Energy-Saving House with W Generation System Opened to Public
On October 31, 2007, Osaka Gas Co. of Japan announced that an energy-saving hous...
February 23, 2008
Climate Change
Carbon-Offset Tour to Expand in Hokkaido
The Scenic Byways Resource Center, Japan is an organization that is attempting t...
February 22, 2008
Eco-business / Social Venture
Green-powered Condominiums Debut in Japan
The first condominium project powered with electricity from green sources in Jap...
February 21, 2008
Policy / Systems
New Program in Japan Encourages Child-Friendly Corporations
Under a new government program to encourage companies to better accommodate empl...
February 15, 2008
Energy Conservation
Tokyu Land to Use Energy-Efficient Water Heaters in New Condos
Tokyu Land Corp., a major Japanese real estate company, announced on September 2...
February 15, 2008
Energy Conservation
Kobe City to Subsidize Maritime Transportation to Oita Port in Kyushu
Kobe City in Japan announced on October 10, 2007 its decision to subsidize modal...
February 15, 2008
Energy Conservation
New ESCO Service Guarantees Reduced CO2 Emissions
Japan Facility Solutions (JFS), an energy saving company (ESCO) jointly establis...
January 31, 2008
Energy Conservation
Aichi Prefecture New Tender Requires Local Power Supplier to Cut 416 Tons of CO2 Emissions per Year
The government of Aichi Prefecture, in central Japan, introduced a new tender re...
January 28, 2008
Climate Change
Marubeni Enters International Emissions Trading Market
One of Japan's major general trading companies, the Marubeni Corporation, announ...
January 28, 2008
Energy Conservation
Japan's Voluntary Emissions Trading Scheme Surpasses Reduction Target
On September 11, 2007, Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released the re...
January 28, 2008
Food
Seven-Eleven Launches New Box Lunch to Promote Food Education
In response to Wakayama prefecture's campaign on food education during the month...
January 28, 2008
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Over 2 Million People Say No to Plastic Bags
The Green Purchasing Network (GPN) consists of local governments and companies p...
January 24, 2008
Renewable Energy
First Localized Biogas Business Launched in Japan
Japan's first renewable energy supply venture in the gas business was jointly la...
January 18, 2008
Renewable Energy
Japanese Pro Baseball Game Powered by Renewable Energy
An official game of Japanese pro baseball teams held at Meiji Jingu Stadium in T...
January 14, 2008
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Convenience Store Chain Establishing a System to Recycle 100% of its Unsold Food
Seven & i Holdings Co., the parent company of the major convenience store chain ...
January 14, 2008
Fossil Fuels
Mitsubishi Launches Biopellet Fuel Business
Mitsubishi Corp., a major Japanese trading company, announced August 20, 2007, t...
January 10, 2008
Renewable Energy
World's First 2nd-Gen Biodiesel City Bus to Run in Tokyo
On September 21, 2007, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Nippon Oil (ENEOS), To...
January 10, 2008
Energy Conservation
Japan's Energy Agency Reports Progress Renewable Energy Use Law
On July 9, 2007, Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy released a repo...
January 4, 2008
Eco-business / Social Venture
Abandoned Bicycles Reused For Free Rental as 'Eco-Bicycles'
Bike Off Co., a Japanese motorcycle dealer, opened a website called "Ecochari.co...
January 4, 2008
Policy / Systems
'Marine Ecolabel Japan' to Start in 2008
The Japan Fisheries Association (JFA) is planning to establish a Japanese certif...
December 30, 2007
Climate Change
Japanese Publisher Offers World's First 'Carbon Offset Subscription'
Kirakusha Inc., a Japanese ecological publisher, started a "Carbon Offset Subscr...
December 20, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's First CO2 Emission-Free Eco-Tours on Sale for Individual Tourists
JTB Kanto Corp., a major travel agency located in the Kanto area, started sellin...
December 12, 2007
Climate Change
Major Japanese Industries Commit to Join Fight to Prevent Global Warming
In June 2007, at a joint meeting of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus...
December 12, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
Biwako Bank Entices Customers to Reduce their CO2 Emissions with Higher Interest Rate
Japan's Biwako Bank in Shiga Prefecture announced on August 7, 2007, that it is ...
December 12, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Supermarket Selling Carbon-Offset Products
Carbon-offset is the act of mitigating, or offsetting, the sometimes unavoidable...
December 12, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
Carbon Offset New Year's Postcard on Sale in Japan
The Japan Post Group released new Carbon Offset New Year's postcards for sale on...
December 7, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
New Japanese Joint Venture to Focus on Investing in the Energy and Environment Sectors
SBI Holdings Inc. announced July 18, 2007, that it concluded a stakeholders' agr...
December 6, 2007
Energy Conservation
Green Electricity Used in TV Broadcast of World Championships in Athletics
In a first for a major broadcaster in Japan, Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS...
December 4, 2007
Eco-business / Social Venture
Organic Farming Activist Chosen as One of the World's Top 100 Social Entrepreneurs
Daichi-o-Mamoru-Kai (Association to Preserve the Earth) is a Japanese nongovernm...
November 29, 2007
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japanese Companies Develop Technology to Recycle Construction Sludge
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