Japan for Sustainability (JFS) is a non-profit communication platform to disseminate environmental information from Japan to the world, with the aim of helping both move onto a sustainable path.

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In the May 2006 issue of the JFS Newsletter:

- Japanese Farmer-Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka: Natural Farming Greening the Deserts

- Towards a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 42 Accepting the Challenge to Reduce Net CO2 Emissions (Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.)

- Towards a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 43 Bring "Change Method" into Management (Change Agent Inc.)

[Annoucement]

- JFS supports the Candle Night Summer Solstice 2006

Turn off the lights, and take it slow, for two hours from 8 to 10 p.m. on the night of June 21, 2006.

Candle Night encourages people to turn off the lights and spend some quality time in the candlelight.

For more information and registration for the Candle Night Newsletter, please visit at http://www.candle-night.org/

[JFS Web Site Additions of the Month]

- We have renewed our "Environmental Laws" and "International Convention" pages. 4 more regulations and 9 more conventions were added with segmented classification. (2006/5/1)

Environmental Laws
http://www.japanfs.org/en/japan/laws.html

International Conventions
http://www.japanfs.org/en/outside/conventions.html

- We present this month a new cartoon, "Simple wisdom from the past" on the High Moon Gallery. (2006/5/10)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/cartoon/index.html

- We updated JFS Newsletter No.44, featuring:

The Development of Green Servicizing Businesses in Japan

Towards a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No.40 Pursuing an Optimized System through the eKOsystem (Coca-Cola (Japan) Co.)

Towards a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No.41 Teijin Group's "Semi-Perpetual" Fabric Recycling Revolutionizes the Apparel Industry
http://www.japanfs.org/en/newsletter/200604.html

Updated Contents in Kids' "Create your future" website
(23 - 29 May 2006)

GIFTS FROM THE FOREST
-The Earth Is Turning Brown?! (2006/5/29)
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/ourfuture/000032.html

ALL LIVING THINGS ARE OUR FRIENDS
-What Can We Do to Protect Wildlife from Extinction?
(2006/5/29)
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/ourfuture/000033.html

LET'S NOT BE WASTEFUL
-There is No Waste in Nature (2006/5/29)
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/ourfuture/000034.html

[Annoucement]

JFS's Co-Chief Executive Speaks in Washington, D.C.

Junko Edahiro, a Co-Chief Executive of JFS, will speak at a panel during the Business and Sustainable Development Conference on June 21-22, 2006. The conference will address issues in "Managing for Economic, Environmental and Social Value in the Global Market Place." She will speak as a panelist at the general session "Communicating Performance: What's at Stake?" For more information and registration, please visit at
http://www.conference-board.org/

<Event> The 2006 Business and Sustainable Development Conference
<Organizer> The Conference Board
<Sponsor> World Business Council for Sustainable Development
<Date> June 21 - June 22, 2006
<Venue> The Fairmont Hotel, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

We hope you enjoyed this issue of the JFS Newsletter.

We will be delivering more information every month from Japan on activities and developments in the field of the environment. Please visit our website for the latest news!
http://www.japanfs.org/index.html And please send your comments or requests to us at info@japanfs.org.

We will be back next month with more news.

Junko Edahiro
Hiroyuki Tada

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