Non-manufacturing industry
July 16, 2004
Energy Conservation
Japan's First Carbon Fund to be Launched This Summer
Two government-affiliated financial institutions, the Japan Bank for Internation...
July 12, 2004
Renewable Energy
Kyowa Exeo to Sell Vibration Insulated Windpower Generators
Kyowa Exeo Corp., a major telecommunications company in Japan, announced on A...
July 10, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
First Energy Service Company (FESCO) Starts New Wastewater Treatment Business
The First Energy Service Co. (FESCO), an energy service company (ESCO) in Japan,...
July 9, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Kobe Steel Now Japan's Largest Independent Power Producer (IPP)
When Kobe Steel, Ltd. started commercial operation of its second power plant on ...
July 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
Chubu Electric Power Group Issues Environmental Statement
The Chubu Electric Power Group in Japan announced a new Environmental Statement ...
July 5, 2004
Mitsubishi Corp. Builds World's 1st High-Pressure Hydrogen Generator Without a Compressor
Mitsubishi Corporation, one of Japan's major trading companies, announced on Apr...
July 2, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kokuyo Develops Industry's First Carpet Tile Recycling System
Kokuyo Engineering Co., a subsidiary of Kokuyo Co., Japan's largest manufacturer...
June 28, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan's Largest Methane Fermentation Plant to Recycle Food Waste
The Bioenergy Co. of Japan has decided to construct a power plant in Tokyo Bay t...
June 25, 2004
Policy / Systems
Kobe Steel Initiates Transportation Modal Shift
Kobe Steel, Ltd., one of Japan's leading steel manufacturers, has been conductin...
June 24, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Coca-Cola Japan Introduces Biodegradable Plastic Bags to Supermarkets
Starting on March 15, 2004, the Coca-Cola System in Japan introduced polyethylen...
June 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toppan Launches World's First Mass Production of 'Electronic Paper'
Japan's Toppan Printing Co. announced on March 25, 2004, that it has begun mass ...
June 21, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Nissan Leases Fuel Cell Vehicles to Kanagawa and Yokohama
Nissan Motor Co. of Japan on April 7, 2004 delivered one "X-TRAIL FCV" high-pres...
June 15, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Gas to Market Home Fuel Cell Co-generation System in 2005
Tokyo Gas Co. has plans to start marketing a residential fuel cell co-generation...
June 11, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Miyagi Prefecture Hires 'Coordinators' to Promote Industrial Waste Recycling
Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan stepped up its efforts to reduce and recycle...
June 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
MOL Launches World's First Test of Shipboard Windpower Generator
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), one of Japan's major shipping firms, has develo...
June 4, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
The Sustainable Management Rating Institute Releases 2nd Round of Results
The Sustainable Management Rating Institute (SMRI) of Japan, an environmental ra...
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 12, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Co-op Kobe Reduces Cost of Industrial Waste Disposal by 90%
The Consumer Co-operative Kobe (Co-op Kobe), a major Japanese consumer cooperati...
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...
April 28, 2004
Renewable Energy
Kyushu Electric Starts Testing Geothermal Binary Power Generation
Kyushu Electric Power Co. announced on February 18, 2004, that it has started te...
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 16, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Power Generation Using Chicken Manure Incineration Heat to Start in Miyazaki
Miyazaki Biomass Recycle Co. in Kawaminami Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, in souther...
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 14, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Social Investment Forum Japan Launched
The Social Investment Forum Japan (SIF-Japan) was established in November 2003 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...
April 2, 2004
Energy Conservation
Mitsubishi Group to Buy Greenhouse Gas Emission Credits for Aichi Expo
Japan's Mitsubishi Group, which consists of 33 companies, reached an agreement i...
April 1, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Special Wooden Chopsticks Help Conserve Forests
With the slogan "Let's protect Japanese forests with disposable chopsticks," the...
March 31, 2004
Food
IC-Tagged Vegetables on Sale
The T-Engine Forum, a Japanese nonprofit organization that is developing an oper...
March 3, 2004
Renewable Energy
PanaHome Launches Homes Featuring Solar Power and Rooftop Greenery
PanaHome Corp. (a leading Japanese housing manufacturer and corporate member of ...
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 14, 2004
Climate Change
Fuji Research, J-Power Launch Information Service on CO2 Emission Credits and Global Warming
The Fuji Research Institute Corporation (Fuji-RIC), a major Japanese research in...
February 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
JFS Office Now Wind-Powered!
Japan for Sustainability (JFS) started using wind power for all the energy requi...
February 2, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Gas Starts Energy Management Service for Commercial Buildings
On October 1, 2003, Tokyo Gas Co. started a low-priced service, called "TG Green...
January 28, 2004
Money
Bank Creates Lending System to Promote Eco-Friendly Management
The Development Bank of Japan, established based on the Development Bank of Japa...
January 26, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Offshore Wind Turbines on Trial Run
Japan's first offshore wind turbines have started trial operations in Setana, a ...
January 23, 2004
Nuclear Power
Three Power Firms Give Up Plans for Nuclear Plant in Suzu
Three major Japanese power companies, Kansai Electric Power Co., Chubu Electric ...
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 20, 2004
Policy / Systems
Forestry Agency to Set Up Local Timber Distribution and Processing System
The Forestry Agency of Japan will launch a new distribution and processing syste...
January 18, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Test Marketing of Residential Fuel Cell Launched
New Japan Eco System Co., a consulting and engineering company specializing in e...
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 13, 2004
Water
Used Wine Barrels Recycled into Home Rainwater Tanks
Co-op Yamanashi, a consumers' cooperative in Yamanashi Prefecture, has been prom...
January 7, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Total Cost of Nuclear Fuel Cycle to Reach 19 Trillion Yen
The Federation of Electric Power Companies, a body composed of 10 electric power...
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 5, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Agency Evaluates Retailers' Efforts to Promote Energy-Efficient Products
Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has developed a program to evalu...
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 29, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Power from Kansai Electric's Grid Wins 'EcoLeaf' Label
Grid Electricity of Kansai Electric Power Co., a major power utility in Japan, h...
December 25, 2003
Climate Change
Rooftop Garden and Water-Permeable Pavement Mitigate Heat Island Effect
Obayashi Corporation, a major Japanese construction company, announced on Octobe...
December 15, 2003
Renewable Energy
Ban Lifted on Sale of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline - Industry Reacts
A ban on the sale of gasoline blended with up to three percent bioenthanol was o...
December 10, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toppan Printing Develops Non- Petroleum Solvent Ink
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