University / Research institute
November 2, 2012
Environmental Technology
Kagawa University Discovers Fastest-Growing Phytoplankton Ever
Kagawa University announced on July 13, 2012, that the University's Setouchi Are...
September 19, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japanese Professors Provide Technical Assistance for Renewable Energy Development in Kenya
A Japanese team lead by professors Izumi Ushiyama, President of Ashikaga Institu...
September 15, 2012
Environmental Technology
Newly Developed Bio-Polyester Is World's Strongest, Highly Heat Resistant
The Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology announced on May 9, 2012,...
September 14, 2012
Environmental Technology
New Treatment System Decolorizes, Recovers Phosphorus, and Disinfects Livestock Wastewater All at Once
Japan's Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science at the National Agricul...
September 1, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Institute Develops Continuous S Type Rotifer Culture System with No Environmental Stress
Japan's Fisheries Research Agency (FRA), an incorporated administrative agen...
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 ...
August 19, 2012
Environmental Technology
NIMS Develops White Light-Emitting Liquid that Can Be Applied to Any Surface
The National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) announced on May 14, 2012...
August 13, 2012
Energy Conservation
Energy-On-Demand Power Control System for Smart House Energy Management
Kyoto University of Japan announced on May 22, 2012, that a research team of...
July 27, 2012
Climate Change
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report of Japan Submitted in April 2012
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the...
July 23, 2012
Transportation / Mobility
SIM-Drive to Develop Smart Transportation-Type EV
SIM-Drive Corp. (President: Professor Hiroshi Shimizu at Keio University), a...
July 16, 2012
Environmental Technology
New College Building Enables 60% Cut in CO2 Emissions
The Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan announced on April 27, 2012, the comp...
July 15, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Researchers Succeed in Transferring Liquid Hydrogen Using Superconductive Pump System
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Kyu...
July 8, 2012
Renewable Energy
Promising Floating Offshore Wind Farm Project Starts off Fukushima Prefecture
Marubeni, a project integrator, together with the University of Tokyo and ni...
June 23, 2012
Environmental Technology
AIST Develops New Technology for High-Efficiency Low-Cost Hydrogen Production
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) anno...
June 21, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
NEDO Launches Project to Improve Automotive Recycling in Beijing
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO...
June 20, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Team to Start Verification Test on Sewage Heat Pump
Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company, Osaka City University, Sogo Setsubi Consu...
June 15, 2012
Environmental Technology
Fujitsu's ICT Helps to Solve Environmental Issues in Thailand
Fujitsu Ltd., an information and communications technology giant, announced on F...
May 30, 2012
Renewable Energy
City of Kitakyushu Starts Test of Tidal Power Generation in Kammon Straits
The City of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southern Japan, began a full-s...
May 27, 2012
Education
Nagoya University Wins Eco-Friendly Award -- A First for a Large Japanese University
The Campus Climate Challenge Executive Committee announced on October 26, 20...
May 23, 2012
Climate Change
Japan's Meteorological Agency Confirms Gradual Warming of Ocean
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported on February 13, 2012, that th...
May 17, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Researchers Identify Mechanism Behind Deterioration of Organic Thin Film Solar Cells
The University of Tsukuba and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) anno...
May 4, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Research Team to Commercialize Magnesium Fuel Cell in One Year
A collaborative research team consisting of Tohoku University, the National Inst...
May 2, 2012
Environmental Technology
Unmanned Wave-Powered Boat Developed by Tokai University
A research team at Tokai University School of Marine Science and Technology ...
April 27, 2012
Chemicals
Easy-to-Use Technology Developed for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water
Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) announced on January 6, ...
April 20, 2012
Environmental Technology
Biodegradable Plastic-Decomposing Enzymes Successfully Mass Produced
Left: One day after spraying enzyme fluid with water absorptive po lymer / Righ...
April 16, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japanese Agency Concludes Collaborative Agreement with International Renewable Energy Agency
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) sig...
April 8, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japanese Research Institute Forecasts Drastic Expansion of Geothermal Power Generation Market
Yano Research Institute Ltd., a marketing research company in Japan, released on...
April 5, 2012
Renewable Energy
Nagano Prefecture Generates Most Electricity from Small Hydro in Japan
The Kurasaka Environmental Research Laboratory at Chiba University and the Insti...
March 21, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japan, India Joint Project on CDQ System Proves Energy Conservation
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and...
March 2, 2012
Renewable Energy
One of Japan's Largest Pilot Projects to Start Integrated Production of Bioethanol from Woody Biomass
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)...
February 27, 2012
Environmental Technology
Digital Grid Consortium Launched for Practical Use of New Electricity Network
The Digital Grid Consortium, a nonprofit Japanese incorporated association, was ...
February 26, 2012
Environmental Technology
Tokyo Gas and Chiba University Launch Research Applying Recovered CO2 for Tomato Cultivation
On November 24, 2011, Tokyo Gas Co. and Chiba University announced the launc...
February 23, 2012
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Climate Model Predicts Longer Rainy Season in Future Japan
The Atmospheric and Ocean Research Institute (AORI) of the University of Tokyo i...
February 5, 2012
Environmental Technology
New Facility Opens for Testing Air-Conditioning System that Uses Groundwater, Heat Pumps
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) announc...
January 29, 2012
Nuclear Power
IGES Survey Shows Over 80% Support Phasing Down Nuclear Power in Japan
The Fukushima No. 1 plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Shot on Nov. 21...
January 18, 2012
Renewable Energy
Fifty Two Municipalities in Japan are Energy Self-Sufficient with Renewables
The Kurasaka Research Laboratory at Chiba University and the Institute for ...
January 11, 2012
Climate Change
Ozone Depletion Creates Largest Ozone Hole in Arctic
Created by the National Institute for Environmental Studies based on the data p...
January 4, 2012
Climate Change
Japanese Institute Evaluates Carbon Balances of Tropical Forests in Southeast Asia, Deforestation Effects using New Model
Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) on September 28,...
December 28, 2011
Climate Change
Temperatures at Higher Latitudes of Northern Hemisphere to Rise More than Predicted
The gap between temperature change and GCM averages estimated in this study Cop...
December 22, 2011
Environmental Technology
Japanese University Grows Vegetables at Wastewater Treatment Plant
Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) announced on September 29, 2011, that i...
December 18, 2011
Environmental Technology
AIST Succeeds in Extracting Cesium from Contaminated Soil Using Low-Level Acid
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ...
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 14, 2011
Energy Conservation
'Networking for Prevention of Blackouts' Announcing Emergency Level of Power Shortage Proves Effective for Household Electricity Saving
The Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), established by the Japanese Sc...
December 13, 2011
Environmental Technology
Japanese University Develops Superconducting Technology to Transmit Solar Power from Desert Areas
A team of scientists including Dr. Sataro Yamaguchi, a professor at the Dep...
December 5, 2011
Environmental Technology
Japan Has 55 Percent of World's Renewable Energy Patents
Japan boasts the world's highest number of patent applications in the field...
December 2, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Large Warm-Core Eddy Plays Crucial role in Arctic Marine Ecosystem
Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology identi...
November 25, 2011
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Japanese Agricultural Institute Launches Website on Biodiversity of Domestic Agricultural Ecosystems
The National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES) announced August ...
November 16, 2011
Environmental Technology
Vegetables Being Grown without Soil Using New Dry Fog Aeroponics System
Remarkably growing root hairsCopyright Agricultural and Marine Product Division...
November 12, 2011
Environmental Technology
Automatic CO2 Monitoring System Developed for Use at Summit of Mt. Fuji
The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) of Japan announced o...
November 7, 2011
Environmental Technology
University's Housing Project to Revive Communities in Tohoku Region's Disaster-Stricken Areas
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