Non-manufacturing industry
June 12, 2003
Renewable Energy
JNEC to Launch Micro-Hydro Power Business
Japan Natural Energy Company, or JNEC, has decided to launch a micro hydroelectr...
June 11, 2003
Education
This Year's Sompo Japan CSO Learning Scholarship Program Begins
Sompo Japan Environment Foundation is undertaking efforts to promote its "Sompo ...
June 8, 2003
Renewable Energy
Marubeni and J-POWER Acquire Spanish Wind Power Company
Marubeni Corporation (one of the Japan's major general trading companies) and th...
June 6, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan Post to Collect Used Home PCs
Japan Post decided to use its parcel delivery service to collect used personal c...
June 5, 2003
Policy / Systems
METI to Help Launch 'Carbon Fund'
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has established a financi...
June 3, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Tree Planting Online Game to Support Reforestation
On April 1, 2003, Fujitsu Limited, one of Japan's providers of information techn...
June 2, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Railway Company Kintetsu Recycles Commuter Passes
On March 20, 2003, Kinki Nippon Railway Co., known in Japan as Kintetsu, togethe...
May 29, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Consortium Formed to Develop Household Fuel Cell Market
On 16 April 2003, the Japan Research Institute announced that it will form a con...
May 21, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Green Purchasing by Government Reduces Environmental Impact
Japan's Ministry of the Environment conducted a survey on certain items to deter...
May 19, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
World's First Hybrid Rail Car Developed
East Japan Railway Company has developed the world's first prototype of a hyb...
May 17, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Shiga Bank Makes Novelty Goods Green
Japan's Shiga Bank Ltd., based in Shiga Prefecture, has totally switched its pro...
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 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 7, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toppan Printing Gets FSC "Chain of Custody" Certificate for Wood Products
Toppan Printing Co., a major printing company in Japan, acquired a Chain of Cust...
April 21, 2003
Environmental Technology
Magnetic Freezing System: Practical Application on the Horizon
Chubu Electric Power Co., a supplier of electricity in the Chubu region of centr...
April 9, 2003
Policy / Systems
Suruga Bank Offers Net-Banking Help for Mt. Fuji Cleanup Campaign
Suruga Bank Ltd., a Japanese regional bank with 122 branch offices, mainly in Sh...
April 8, 2003
Renewable Energy
"Harmony with the Earth" 24-hour Music Broadcasting by Green Power
Beginning on April 1, 2003, a music channel in Japan known as Viewsic (operated ...
March 31, 2003
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell Cogeneration System Moves Closer to Practical Application
Japan's Ebara Ballard Corporation and Tokyo Gas Company have jointly developed a...
March 26, 2003
Fossil Fuels
Sagawa Express Passes Target of 1,000 Natural Gas Vehicles
Sagawa Express Co., one of Japan's leading transportation companies that special...
March 25, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Food Delivery Truck to Collect Vegetable Waste
Mos Food Services, a Japanese hamburger store chain, announced that the company ...
March 21, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Hokkaido Housing Community Has World's Top Solar Power Ouput
On February 8, 2003, Misawa Homes Hokkaido Co. launched sales at a new housing d...
March 14, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
FamilyMart to Adopt On-Site Microwave Disposer for Food Waste
FamilyMart Co., one of Japan's leading convenience store chains, will install on...
March 11, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mobile Hydrogen Stations for Fuel Cell Vehicles Start Sales
Sumisho Air Water Co. has developed Japan's first mobile hydrogen stations for f...
March 4, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
"Green Purchasing" Grows in Japan
The Green Purchasing Network (GPN) published the results of a survey conducted a...
February 27, 2003
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
ACROS Fukuoka: Manmade "Mountain" Eases Urban Heat Island Effect
ACROS Fukuoka is a cultural and commercial complex located in the heart of Fu...
February 26, 2003
Nuclear Power
TEPCO Runs Energy Saving Campaign; Nuclear Power Plant Problems Lead to Tight Power Supply
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) of Japan is now carrying out thorough inspectio...
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 7, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Type III Eco-labeling Begins in Japan
On June 3, 2002, the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (JE...
February 4, 2003
Renewable Energy
Concerts Set to Get Rockin' and Rollin' on Wind-Generated Power
Hall Network, Inc., the operator of five large "Zepp" concert halls nationwide (...
January 25, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Natural and Health-Conscious Convenience Store Now Expanding
Lawson, Inc., one of Japan's largest convenience store chains, has launched a ne...
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 4, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
World's First On-Site Recycling System Eliminates Waste Concrete
Japan's Fujitsu Limited (a major electronics manufacturer) and Shimizu Corporati...
December 17, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
DME Fuel Synthesized from CO2 in Power Plant Emissions
Kansai Electric Power Co., has successfully synthesized dimethyl ether (DME) fro...
December 10, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Kitaro Held a Concert in Beijing as First "Carbon Neutral" Concert in China
Kitaro, a Japanese artist and composer famous for performing music with a synthe...
November 30, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Power Plant Fueled by Waste Plastic Starts Trial Operation
In the summer of 2002, Sanix Inc., an integrated environmental sanitation compan...
November 29, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MLIT Publishes Manual for Environmentally-Responsible Logistics Management Systems
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) has published a ma...
November 13, 2002
Climate Change
Global Warming Observations from Commercial Jets
An environmental observation and monitoring project started in April 1993 by the...
November 11, 2002
Renewable Energy
Wind Power Generation in Resort Hotel
Japan's Daiwa House Industry Co. has begun generating wind power at a resort hot...
November 10, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
"No Plastic Bag Day" on the 5th of Every Month
The Japan Chain Stores Association (JCA) has set the fifth of every month as "No...
November 6, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Wind Power Generation to Begin at Tokyo Bay in Spring of 2003
Japan's Electric Power Development Co. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established...
October 31, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's First Private Sector Hydrogen Refueling Station for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Toho Gas has built a hydrogen refueling station at its research laboratory facil...
October 28, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
"Green Management Manual" for Japan's Trucking Industry
Japan's Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation...
September 30, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
"We Sell Warmth, Not Heaters"
Nihonkai Gas. Co., Ltd., based in Toyama Prefecture, Japan sells gas as well as ...
August 26, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's First Car Sharing Company Starts Operation
Japan's first private company to promote car-sharing, "CEV Sharing," was set up,...
August 26, 2002
Energy Conservation
One-Kilowatt Cogeneration Unit at Final Testing Phase
Saibu Gas Co. will start to test the world's most compact 1 kW cogeneration unit...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fuel Cell Power Plant Produces Biogas from Food Waste
Japan's first fuel cell power plant that produces biogass from food waste starte...
August 26, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Survey Of Corporate Activities Regarding The Environment
Japan's Ministry of the Environment released findings of survey of corporate act...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
METI Issues Environmental Accounting Workbook
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published an Environmenta...
August 25, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
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