Local government
June 28, 2003
Policy / Systems
Latest Trends in Forest Certification in Japan
International efforts are ongoing to develop a system of certifying forests and ...
June 23, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Waste Combat Hero Unit Drama 'Wakerun-ja' a Hit
A new public relations project for separated waste collection started by Fuku...
June 12, 2003
Energy Conservation
Wakayama Schools Score CO2 Reduction Refunds
As part of its "Eco-School Project," the Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education...
June 11, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Considers Trading System for Discharge from Sewerage Works
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has been considering the...
June 9, 2003
Renewable Energy
Osaka City to Use Hydropower at Water Distribution Plant
The Osaka Municipal Waterworks Bureau will install a hydropower system at the Na...
June 8, 2003
Renewable Energy
Iwate Prefecture Introduces Woodchip Boilers
In March 2003 the Iwate Prefectural Forestry Technology Center introduced a boil...
May 23, 2003
Food
Kesennuma Declares Itself a 'Slow Food City'
Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, declared itself Japan's first "Slow Food City...
May 20, 2003
Climate Change
Citizens Concerned as Tokyo Heats Up
More than 90 percent of Tokyo residents who answered a survey felt threatened by...
May 16, 2003
Renewable Energy
Micro Hydro Power Generation with Treated Sewage
In a joint research project with the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the B...
May 15, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ministry Applauds Containers and Packaging Recycling Measures
On January 18, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Teleco...
May 13, 2003
Renewable Energy
Banks Provide Project Financing for Wind Power in City
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, a major Japanese bank, and the Yamaguchi Ba...
May 10, 2003
Food
Local Produce for School Lunches: Iwate Prefecture's Initiatives
Iwate Prefecture has been promoting the use of locally-produced food, especially...
May 6, 2003
Policy / Systems
Sasayama City Achieves Local Food Self-Sufficiency with Rice Bread in School Lunches
In April 2003, Sasayama City in Hyogo Prefecture introduced rice flour bread usi...
May 2, 2003
Energy Conservation
JHFC Establishes Hydrogen Stations and Launches Demonstration Run of Fuel Cell Vehicles
Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project (JHFC) working toward the comme...
April 29, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kyoto City to Test Fish Containers for Experimental Resource Recycling
Kyoto City plans to start a demonstration test this summer (2003) that aims to e...
April 24, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Citizens' Group Opposes Waste of Tropical Timber for Election Poster Boards
A Japanese non-governmental organization named HUTAN (which means "forest" in Ma...
April 15, 2003
Policy / Systems
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law Takes Effect
The Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law took effect in Japan on February 15, ...
April 12, 2003
Education
Rainwater Tanks for Environmental Education in Primary School
In February 2003, the board of education of Yamato City in Kanagawa Prefectur...
April 10, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Community Taxis on the Move
Konan City, population 100,000, is located on the border between Aichi and Gifu ...
April 4, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ishikawa Promotes Environmental Management System for Schools
Ishikawa Prefecture has drawn up the "Ishikawa Environmental ISO for Schools," a...
April 2, 2003
Policy / Systems
Kyoto City to Enact Ordinance on Global Warming Prevention
Kyoto City, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, will enact an ordinance tentat...
March 28, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Seeing is Believing: See-through Garbage Truck Teaches Shinagawa Kids
Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward uses a "see-through garbage truck" to teach nursery sch...
March 20, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Yokosuka City Recycles Raw Garbage into Automobile Fuel
In the fall of 2002, Yokosuka City in Kanagawa Prefecture completed an experimen...
March 15, 2003
Policy / Systems
Nagano Announces "New Deal for Forestry"
Nagano, well- known as one of Japan's mountainous prefectures, has revealed a po...
March 12, 2003
Renewable Energy
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Promotes Fuel Cell Bus Project
In accordance with a fuel cell bus project stipulated by the Tokyo Metropolitan ...
March 7, 2003
Energy Conservation
Yokohama City to Install 100 Solar-LED Lightposts
Yokohama City, in Kanagawa Prefecture, is planning to install 100 energy efficie...
March 3, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Record Numbers of Protected Geese Wintering at Lake Biwa
The numbers of Middendorf's bean geese, a protected species in Japan, hit record...
February 24, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Three Prefectures to Charge for Transboundary Industrial Waste
The prefectural assemblies of Aomori, Iwate, and Akita in the northern Tohoku di...
February 17, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fukuoka Enacts Ordinance on Storage of End-of-life Vehicles
Fukuoka Prefecture in southern Japan recently enacted a prefectural ordinance to...
February 17, 2003
Renewable Energy
First Wind Turbine Completed on Tokyo Bay Waterfront
J-WIND TOKIO, a Japanese company implementing wind power generation along the wa...
February 14, 2003
Renewable Energy
Natural World Heritage Site Yakushima Aims for Fossil Fuel-Free Society
On Japan's Yakushima Island, famous for its 7,200 year-old Jomon Sugi (Jomon ced...
February 12, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Kakegawa Declares Itself a "Slow Life City"
Shizuoka Prefecture's Kakegawa City a town of 80,000 residents located south of ...
February 4, 2003
Policy / Systems
Kochi to Introduce Forest Environment Tax
In December 2002, Kochi Prefecture announced its view on Japan's first local tax...
February 2, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Arase Becomes First Operating Dam To Be Demolished in Japan
Kumamoto Prefecture's Governor Yoshiko Shiotani has announced plans for the remo...
January 31, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sheep Help Improve River Environment
To encourage communities to "adopt-a-river" and promote activities to create bet...
January 17, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Desalination of Nakaumi and Shinjiko Lakes Cancelled
Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tadamori Oshima, offici...
January 12, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Exhibition of Environmentally Friendly Products and Services Attracts 100,000 Visitors
The Eco Products 2002 Exhibition, cosponsored by Japan Environmental Management ...
January 10, 2003
Policy / Systems
Shiki City Considers Pedestrian-Friendly One Way Streets
Shiki City in Saitama Prefecture plans to increase the number of one-way local s...
December 30, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Taiheiyo Cement Recycles Municipal Waste as Raw Material for Cement
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, Japan's largest cement manufacturer, has launched a...
December 30, 2002
Food
First National Millet Summit Held in Japan
Amid a growing trend to take a new look at millet as a nutrient-rich health food...
December 17, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Recycling Model Project of Building Demolition-Reconstruction
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is promoting a model project on a city-operate...
December 12, 2002
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
New Ramsar Sites Designated: Miyajima-numa and Fujimae-higata
Japan's two wetlands, Miyajima-numa in Hokkaido and Fujimae-higata in Aichi Pref...
November 29, 2002
Policy / Systems
Tokyo to Make CO2 Cuts Mandatory for Major Firms
Despite various countermeasures taken so far, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fro...
November 29, 2002
Policy / Systems
About 30 Companies in Mie Prefecture To Join Emissions Trading Simulation
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) will implement a greenhouse gas emissi...
November 24, 2002
Policy / Systems
New Ordinance Bans Release of Exotic Fish in Lake Biwa
The local government assembly of Shiga Prefecture in western Japan passed and en...
November 24, 2002
Policy / Systems
International Conference on Community Currencies
More than 300 people gathered in Kuriyama, Hokkaido, on August 22 and 23, 2002, ...
November 16, 2002
Policy / Systems
Winners of Japan's 5th Green Purchasing Awards
The Green Purchasing Network of Japan (GPN) presented the 5th "Green Purchasing ...
November 16, 2002
Renewable Energy
New at Tokyo City Hall: Rooftop Greenery, Solar Power
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is proceeding with a greening project of metro...
November 13, 2002
Policy / Systems
New City Regulation: Compensate Damage to Environment by Restoration Elsewhere
The city council of Shiki in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, passed a nature restorat...
November 10, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
"No Plastic Bag Day" on the 5th of Every Month
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