Jul 31, 2018
From August 2002 to July 2018 the non-profit group Japan for Sustainability (JF...
Jul 31, 2018
Newsletter
Sixteen years ago, in 2002, where were you and what were you doing? Japan for S...
Jul 31, 2018
Newsletter
Japanese Governmental Efforts toward the SDGs and 'SDGs Future Cities' In resp...
Jul 30, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Jul 28, 2018
Food
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Ministry of ...
Jul 26, 2018
Food
The "Kodomo-Takushoku" project launched in 2017 as a food home delivery service...
Jul 24, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Jul 22, 2018
Renewable Energy
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), a nonprofit organization, rel...
Jul 20, 2018
Corporate
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. announced on May 15, 2018, that it had established a...
Jul 18, 2018
Nuclear Power
What aspects of Fukushima's image should be updated, in what way, and from who...
Jul 16, 2018
Newsletter
The JFS newsletter has introduced a selected series of examples of good compan...
Jul 15, 2018
Environmental Technology
Osaka City University announced on April 25, 2018, that it succeeded in develop...
Jul 13, 2018
Energy Policy
The Renewable Energy Institute, a public interested corporate foundation in Jap...
Jul 11, 2018
Food
A new initiative in Japan is tackling the global issue of food loss and waste ...
Jul 8, 2018
Nuclear Power
How is the current situation in Fukushima being communicated today, and how ar...
Jul 6, 2018
Policy / Systems
Japan's Ministry of the Environment has been testing a new "nudge" policy appro...
Jul 4, 2018
Environmental Technology
An International Study Group consisting of Kyoto University, Japan and Mutah Un...
Jul 2, 2018
Nuclear Power
The Executive Committee of "Update Fukushima" on February 10, 2018, cohosted a...
Jun 29, 2018
Newsletter
Junko Edahiro, chief executive of Japan for Sustainability, delivered a presen...
Jun 25, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Jun 18, 2018
Climate Change
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) reported on ...
Jun 15, 2018
Newsletter
The Seikatsu Club Consumers' Co-operative Union (Seikatsu Club) is a joint ass...
Jun 11, 2018
Climate Change
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the University of ...
Jun 5, 2018
Civil Society / Local Issues
A citizens' group, the Kodomo-Shokudo Safety and Security Improvement Committee...
Jun 3, 2018
Climate Change
The Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the Mete...
May 31, 2018
Newsletter
Japan's Basic Act on Energy Policy directs the government to draft a Basic (or...
May 27, 2018
Food
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and NTT Docomo announced on January 15, 2018,...
May 23, 2018
Corporate
A trial for a unique new service to virtually "keep" surplus power temporarily...
May 20, 2018
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Skitterphoto. Japan's Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced on December 8, 201...
May 16, 2018
Newsletter
The JFS newsletter introduces a selected series of examples of good companies ...
May 13, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
May 10, 2018
Corporate
Fujitsu Research Institute, a Japanese research and consulting company, announc...
May 7, 2018
Civil Society / Local Issues
Meguro City (Tokyo) announced on December 25, 2017, that it will purchase woody...
May 4, 2018
Environmental Technology
A new power generation method using weeds as fuel has been developed in Japan....
Apr 30, 2018
Education
At JFS we believe that environmental education has a very important role to pl...
Apr 27, 2018
Newsletter
The Asahiyama Zoo, located in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, Japan, opened in 1967 ...
Apr 23, 2018
Corporate
LIXIL Corp., a Japanese living and housing solutions company, announced on Nove...
Apr 19, 2018
Others
The Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), a non-profit organ...
Apr 15, 2018
Newsletter
In depopulated mountain villages of Japan, it's mostly elderly people who are ...
Apr 12, 2018
Environmental Technology
With permission from Smart Japan, a news site providing the latest information...
Apr 8, 2018
Energy Policy
The Japanese government formulated on Dec. 26, 2017, a basic strategy for promo...
Apr 4, 2018
Environmental Technology
The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Japan's National Institute for M...
Mar 30, 2018
Newsletter
The February 2018 issue of the JFS Newsletter reported on a Japanese village's...
Mar 28, 2018
Corporate
The SAVE JAPAN Project of the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. was recogniz...
Mar 25, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Mar 22, 2018
Climate Change
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on November 27, 2017, that it h...
Mar 19, 2018
Corporate
As co-chair of the Hydrogen Council, Toyota Motor Corporation issued a statemen...
Mar 15, 2018
Newsletter
This JFS newsletter series introduces selected examples of good companies in J...
Mar 12, 2018
Climate Change
The Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Oct...
Mar 8, 2018
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary) is a weekly feature in the To...
Mar 4, 2018
Civil Society / Local Issues
Bono Inc., a Japanese startup, launched a community nurse project as a new bus...
Feb 28, 2018
Newsletter
Nishiawakura is a "village" ("mura," Japanese rural district) with a populatio...
Feb 24, 2018
Corporate
Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, announced the winners of its first b...
Feb 19, 2018
Population Decline
Professor Hidefumi Kurasaka and his team at Chiba University Graduate School ma...
Feb 15, 2018
Newsletter
Nihonkai Gas's PaaS Model Fan Heater Rental Service In our July 2017 issue, we...
Feb 11, 2018
Climate Change Adaptation
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced on October 11, 2017, that i...
Feb 8, 2018
Environmental Technology
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Japan announced on N...
Feb 4, 2018
Education
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Jan 31, 2018
Newsletter
Japan's economy grew rapidly after World War II and its industrial productivit...
Jan 29, 2018
Climate Change
The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released the WMO an...
Jan 26, 2018
Money
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension...
Jan 23, 2018
Newsletter
The April 2017 edition of the JFS newsletter introduced Kamakura Management In...
Jan 20, 2018
Corporate
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced on March 7, 2017, that it has entere...
Jan 16, 2018
Environmental Technology
A group of scientists from RIKEN, a comprehensive chemical institute in Japan, ...
Jan 12, 2018
Newsletter
The ISO Student Committee at Tokyo City University held its 19th Environment I...
Jan 9, 2018
Well-Being
The Science Council of Japan released on August 24, 2017, the deliberation res...
Jan 6, 2018
Education
A team of three Japanese child-rearing mothers, "Enra Enra," formed in 2015, is...
Jan 1, 2018
Food
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Dec 28, 2017
Newsletter
The last issue introduced the town of Shimokawa, Hokkaido, whose industrial pr...
Dec 25, 2017
Environmental Technology
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) an...
Dec 21, 2017
Newsletter
A contest in Japan to award junior high and high school student groups for out...
Dec 18, 2017
Education
The Green Power Work Shop, a business school organized by the Agency of Natural...
Dec 13, 2017
Newsletter
Vineyards cover a steep slope in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture. The land was or...
Dec 10, 2017
Policy / Systems
Professor Yoshinori Hiroi and colleagues of Kyoto University's Kokoro Research...
Dec 8, 2017
Food
Japanese Institutions, including the Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences ...
Dec 4, 2017
Diversity
KOBO-SYU, a welfare institution established in 2002, turns artwork created by ...
Nov 30, 2017
Newsletter
Introduction Japan has entered an era of population decline. While young people...
Nov 29, 2017
Environmental Technology
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and IH...
Nov 23, 2017
Policy / Systems
To report on national progress with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) J...
Nov 20, 2017
Newsletter
Sewage systems play an important role in making our lives safe and comfortable...
Nov 17, 2017
Civil Society / Local Issues
Nara Medical University announced on October 12, 2016, that it has launched the...
Nov 12, 2017
Newsletter
In recent years, there has been a worldwide trend to rely not only on Gross Do...
Nov 9, 2017
Eco-business / Social Venture
Smart Japan Tokyo's Shibuya City and Tokyo Electric Power Company announced pla...
Oct 30, 2017
Newsletter
"Shapla Neer=Citizen's Committee in Japan for Overseas Support" is a Japanese ...
Oct 21, 2017
Newsletter
Nishiawakura is a "village" (Japanese "mura," essentially a rural district) lo...
Oct 18, 2017
Environmental Technology
Japan's Ministry of the Environment announced on July 25, 2017, that it had dra...
Oct 14, 2017
Energy Policy
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released on June 23, 2017, i...
Oct 10, 2017
Newsletter
Imagine all the shops disappearing from where we live; what could we do on suc...
Oct 7, 2017
Well-Being
SoooooS. Company, a company specializing in the development of social businesse...
Oct 4, 2017
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...
Sep 29, 2017
Newsletter
To launch discussions on the nation's Strategic Energy Plan, Japan's Agency fo...
Sep 27, 2017
Renewable Energy
Simple and easy-to-install micro hydro generators are being introduced on a bro...
Sep 25, 2017
Newsletter
According to data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015, th...
Sep 22, 2017
Corporate
The Fujitsu Group released the FUJITSU Climate and Energy Vision, a medium- to...
Sep 16, 2017
Well-Being
Kids' Door was established in January 2007 to support children in Japan. The J...
Sep 11, 2017
Newsletter
In many communities, activities are carried out by citizens for citizens, such...
Sep 7, 2017
Energy Policy
Aug 31, 2017
Newsletter
Japan has various school lunch programs in effect nationwide that involve advan...
Aug 27, 2017
Disaster Reconstruction
Tohoku Fukko Nikki (Tohoku Reconstruction Diary), a weekly feature in the Toky...