Manufacturing industry
May 27, 2004
Water
Breakthrough: A Waterless Flush Toilet
Asahi Engineering Co., an industrial machinery manufacturer in Hanamaki City, Iw...
May 27, 2004
Policy / Systems
METI to Relax Regulations on Factory Production Area and Green Area Ratios
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will revise its ministerial ordi...
May 25, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Electricity Enables Excavation-free Soil Decontamination
Four Japanese companies, Mirai Group Co., Asanuma Corp., Kubota Corp. and Fuji E...
May 24, 2004
Renewable Energy
Fujitsu Launches Full-Scale Green Process Activity Program
Fujitsu Ltd., one of Japan's top electronics manufacturers, has launched a compa...
May 6, 2004
Renewable Energy
Ministry to Develop, Support Anti-Global Warming Technologies
The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOE) will begin supporting the researc...
May 3, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Bright, Long-life, Energy-efficient Street Light Developed
Matsushita Shokai Co., a Japanese maker specializing in precision plastic produc...
April 30, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Chalk Made from Eggshells Marketed
The Q.P.Corporation (Kewpie), the largest producer of mayonnaise and salad dress...
April 27, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Teijin Fibers Ltd. Develops Complete PET Bottle Recycling System
Teijin Fibers Ltd., a major Japanese polyester manufacturer belonging to the Tei...
April 23, 2004
Environmental Technology
High-yielding Sugarcane Developed as Energy Source
Asahi Breweries, Ltd., one of Japan's major alcoholic beverage manufacturers, ha...
April 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Biwako Bank Signs 'Environmental Covenant' with Local Company
On 20 January 2004, Biwako Bank, Ltd., headquartered in Otsu City, located on La...
April 19, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
NEC Develops Fire-Resistant Bioplastic for Electronics
NEC Corporation of Japan announced on January 26, 2004 that it has successfully ...
April 18, 2004
Transportation / Mobility
Matsushita to Replace All Delivery Trucks with Low-Emission Vehicles
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of Japan, known for its Panasonic brand, anno...
April 15, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Development Bank of Japan's New Loan Program Incorporates Environmental Ranking
The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), a government-affiliated financial instituti...
April 13, 2004
Policy / Systems
Government Establishes Fuel Policy Planning Office
On 5 January 2004, Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy established a...
April 11, 2004
Energy Conservation
Oki Electric to Cut 3,300 Tons of CO2 Emissions through Server Consolidation
Oki Electric Industry Co. of Japan has announced that it will reorganize systems...
April 7, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
31,500 Used Personal Computers Collected from Homes Oct.-Dec. 2003
Starting on October 1, 2003, Japan's computer manufacturers started to collect a...
April 4, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MOE Adopts Five Eco-Community Projects Towards Building a Sound Material-Cycle Society
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) held an open competition soliciting pr...
March 30, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nissan and Seven Other Japanese Auto Manufacturers Join Forces for Shredder Residue Recycling
On 9 January 2004, eight Japanese auto makers revealed their agreement to form a...
March 29, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fujitsu Develops World's First Vegetable-Resin PC Casing
Fujitsu Limited of Japan announced that it has successfully developed the first ...
March 20, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Furniture Sold with Recycling Guarantee
Yamagen Co. of Japan was originally a logging and timber company , but it now of...
March 18, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Photo-catalytic Titanium Apatite Air Filter Catches Viruses
Daikin Industries Ltd., a Japanese leading manufacturer of air conditioning syst...
March 16, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Elementary Schools Participate in Biotope Monitoring Systems
With cooperation from NEC Corporation, in October 2003 the non-profit Asaza Fund...
March 15, 2004
Transportation / Mobility
Mazda's Eco-friendly Paint System Wins Award
Mazda Motor Corporation, one of Japan's leading automakers, announced on Decembe...
March 11, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Dowa Mining Co. to Start Recycling Business in China
Dowa Mining Co., a major Japanese nonferrous metal manufacturer engaged in the r...
March 9, 2004
Transportation / Mobility
NGK's Diesel Particulate Filter Installed in Mazda Diesel Vehicles
NGK Insulators, Ltd., a major supplier of electrical insulators and ceramic prod...
March 4, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Microwave Radiation Detoxifies Dioxins
In cooperation with Professor Shozo Yanagida of Osaka University Graduate School...
March 1, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mitsubishi Electric to Expand Photovoltaic Production Capacity
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Japan announced on December 16, 2003, that it will ...
February 28, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Nissan to Launch Limited Leasing of Fuel Cell Vehicles
Nissan Motor Co. of Japan acquired approval from the Minister of Land, Infrastru...
February 27, 2004
Climate Change
Matsushita's Household Environmental Scorecard Program Helps Cut CO2 Emissions
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. in Japan, known as Panasonic worldwide, is ru...
February 26, 2004
Policy / Systems
Forest Owned by Oji Paper Receives Forest Stewardship Accreditation
Oji Paper Co. announced that it's 210 hectare forest in Shizuoka Prefecture has ...
February 23, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Teijin Launches "Bottle-to-Bottle" Recycling
The corporate group of Teijin, Ltd., a major polyester manufacturer in Japan, in...
February 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Compact Windpower Generator a Big Hit
A compact windpower generator developed by Shinko Electric Co. has been drawing ...
February 20, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
New Honda Fuel-Cell Vehicle Is Official Car in 80th "Ekiden" Relay Race
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. provided its FCX-model fuel-cell vehicle, equ...
February 14, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Car-sharing to Start in New Osaka Suburb
In a large-scale new suburb being developed in the northern part of Osaka Prefec...
February 12, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Gains Momentum
Japan's JFE KANKYO Corp., mainly involved in the recycling business, announced t...
February 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
Matsushita Ecology Systems to Market Wind and Solar-Powered Streetlights
Matsushita Ecology Systems Co. introduced three models of streetlights named "Ka...
February 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
JFS Office Now Wind-Powered!
Japan for Sustainability (JFS) started using wind power for all the energy requi...
February 6, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
INAX Starts Water Conservation Project
On December 4, 2003, INAX Corporation, a major supplier of building materials an...
February 3, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fuji Xerox Develops Digital Copier Using 70% Recycled Parts
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. in Japan has developed a new digital copy machine model, th...
February 3, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toshiba Develops Palm-Sized Fuel Cell for Portable Devices
Toshiba Corporation announced on October 3, 2003 that it has succeeded in develo...
January 22, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Green Co-op Revives Glass Milk Bottles
The Green Co-op Consumer's Co-operative Union (with 330,000 household union memb...
January 17, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sony EMCS Installs 'Eco-Friendly' Solar Power System
Sony EMCS Corporation installed a photovoltaic (PV) system to generate electrici...
January 12, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Hitachi Develops Assessment Program to Compute Life Cycle Costs and CO2 Emissions
Hitachi Ltd., one of Japan's major electric appliance manufacturers, has develop...
January 9, 2004
Chemicals
Low-Cost Equipment Uses Water to Remove Dioxins from Incineration Exhaust
A research team led by Tateo Usui, professor of chemical reaction engineering at...
January 8, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sharp Corp. to Produce Solar Cell Modules in Europe
Sharp Corporation, world's leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, wi...
January 6, 2004
Policy / Systems
Modal Shift Contributes to 3.9% Increase Over Last Year in Container Transport by Rail
Japan Freight Railway Company has announced that the volume of containers transp...
January 4, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
International Symposium on Green Purchasing Held
The International Symposium on Green Purchasing was held in Tokyo, December 11 a...
December 30, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Winners of the 6th Japan Green Purchase Awards Announced
The Green Purchasing Network (GPN) presented its 6th "Green Purchasing Awards" t...
December 26, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Nikkei Environmental Award Grand Prize Goes to Daihatsu's Intelligent Catalyst Development Group
As reported in Japan's Nihon Keizai newspaper (the Japan Financial Times), Daiha...
December 22, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Motor Show Opens & Features Environmental Technologies
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