Policy / Systems
December 2, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Heiwa Paper Starts Selling Printing Paper from Plantation Thinning
Heiwa Paper Co., a leader in the Japanese paper industry, started offering a new...
November 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Free Software Conducts Air Pollutant Risk Assessments
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), a J...
November 24, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Tokyu Hotels Donate 160,000 Seedlings through 'Green Coin' Program
Tokyu Hotels, a major Japanese hotel chain, has been promoting what it calls the...
November 22, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Unitika Develops High Heat-Resistant Biodegradable Container
Unitika Limited, a major Japanese manufacturer of polymers and advanced fiber ma...
November 16, 2003
Money
Aid Giant JBIC Implements New Environmental Guidelines
On October 1, 2003, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan's...
November 11, 2003
Policy / Systems
Green Management Certification System Launched in Japan's Trucking Industry
Japan's Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation...
November 10, 2003
Renewable Energy
12 Geothermal Projects Win Subsidies in Japan
On August 26, 2003, Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Org...
November 6, 2003
Policy / Systems
Anti-Global Warming Tax of 3,400 Yen per Ton of Carbon Seen Necessary
On 29 August, 2003, Japan's Ministry of the Environment released a detailed repo...
November 5, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Nissan Diesel to Utilize Urea Solution to Reduce NOx in Truck Emissions
Nissan Diesel Motor Co. announced that it will begin next year to market heavy-d...
November 3, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kamikatsu Township Eyes Zero Waste -No Incineration or Landfill -by 2020
The town council of Kamikatsu, located in Tokushima Prefecture in Japan's southw...
November 1, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kurume City Draws Up Basic Environment Plan for Bicycle Use
Kurume City in Fukuoka Prefecture has drawn up a basic environment plan for bicy...
October 29, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan Post to Use Recycled Paper for All Postcards
Japan Post announced on July 16, 2003, that starting this November it will use r...
October 29, 2003
Policy / Systems
Shiga Prefecture to Draw Up Guidelines to Control GM Crop Cultivation
Shiga Prefecture in western Japan will draw up guidelines of its own to control,...
October 23, 2003
Policy / Systems
Housewives' Association Creates Criteria to Evaluate Corporate Management
In May 2003, Japan's Housewives' Association formulated what it calls Evaluation...
October 19, 2003
Policy / Systems
Fukuoka City Enacts Water-Saving Ordinance
On July 4, 2003, Fukuoka City Council adopted Japan's first ordinance to promote...
October 15, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Seiyu Store Chain to Cut Power Consumption by 6% and Save 400 Million Yen
Seiyu Ltd., a major Japanese supermarket operator announced that the company wil...
October 12, 2003
Policy / Systems
Forestry Agency Sets Up Volunteer Support Office
In August 2003, Japan's Forestry Agency opened a support office in its Forest En...
October 9, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Seiko Epson Starts Closed Recycling of HF Semiconductor Wastewater
Seiko Epson Corp., a Japanese electronics manufacturer, has developed a technolo...
October 7, 2003
Energy Conservation
MOE Works Out Scenarios for Anti-Global Warming Technologies
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE), has set up a Panel on Core Technologi...
October 5, 2003
Food
New Trust System: Growing Virtual Rice Linked to Real Paddy Experience
Yanagida, a village in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, has started a new rice-farm...
September 27, 2003
Energy Conservation
Matsushita Starts In-house Emissions Trading System
Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. announced that in July this year (200...
September 27, 2003
Money
Teachers' Mutual-Aid Association Uses Pension Funds for Socially Responsible Investment
The Teachers' Mutual-Aid Association of Tokyo has disclosed that, starting in 20...
September 27, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Green Purchasing Network Releases Checklist on Companies
The Green Purchasing Network, a Japanese network that encourages companies, gove...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Formulates Guidelines for Companies to Calculate GHG Emissions
On July 8, 2003, Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released a draft set ...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Sagawa Express Partners with WWF in Climate Savers Program to Cut CO2 Emissions
In July 2003, Sagawa Express Co., one of Japan's leading transportation companie...
September 27, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Ricoh Establishes Environmental Standard on Paper Products
Ricoh Co., a major Japanese manufacturer of office equipment and supplies, has e...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Japan Olympic Committee Obtains ISO 14001 Certification
On July 11, 2003, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) obtained ISO 14001 certif...
September 27, 2003
Energy Conservation
Environmental NPO Starts Recruiting Monitors for Energy-Saving Fridges
The Edogawa Citizens' Network for Climate Change (ECCC), an environmental non-pr...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Suntory Project "Forest of Natural Water" Protects Mt. Aso National Forest
Suntory Limited, one of Japan's leading producers and distributors of alcoholic ...
September 27, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mitsubishi Plastics Starts Eco-Labeling
Mitsubishi Plastics Inc. has established an environmental labelling system and i...
September 27, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
World's Largest Life Cycle Assessment Database Goes Live
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has been developing a database f...
September 27, 2003
Education
Environmental Education Law Enacted
The Law Relating to the Increase of Motivation for Environmental Conservation an...
September 27, 2003
Money
Biwako Bank¡Çs Financial Services Support Environmental Activities
Biwako Bank in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, has started to offer a variety of financ...
September 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Nippon Paper Industries Aims for Forest Certification
Nippon Paper Industries Co. in Japan has developed action guidelines that includ...
August 16, 2003
Renewable Energy
Prefecture Seeking Ideas and People to Fight Global Warming
Nagano Prefecture in Japan has formulated a prefectural Plan to Reduce Global Wa...
August 12, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fuji Xerox Launches Business Printer Recycling Nationwide
Japan's Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. started collecting used business printers from cust...
August 8, 2003
Policy / Systems
Matsushita Electric (Panasonic) Early to Halt Use of Specified Hazardous Substances
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., best known for its Panasonic brand, announce...
August 7, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
NEC Establishes Home-PC Recycling System
Japan's NEC Corporation has established a recycling system for used personal com...
August 3, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Rubber Wood Biomass Project in Thailand Approved as CDM Project
A project to generate electricity in Thailand using biomass (in this case, scrap...
August 1, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Idea Competition for "Eco-Community" Project Funding
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) held an open competition on proposals ...
July 28, 2003
Policy / Systems
Anglers Awarded Coupons in Exchange for Non-native Fish Caught
Shiga Prefecture announced that it will launch a pilot program in July 2003 to e...
July 28, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota Unveils Eco-Vehicle Assessment System
Toyota Motor Corp. announced plans to introduce a unique and comprehensive envir...
July 26, 2003
Policy / Systems
National Inter-Agency Eco-Driving Committee Holds First Meeting
To effectively promote environmentally friendly driving, for example by eliminat...
July 25, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Matsushita Group Attains 98.2% Recycling Rate at Domestic Plants
Japan's Matsushita Group, consisting of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and i...
July 14, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
New Mazda Technology Reduces Diesel Emissions
Japan's Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a clean diesel engine that signifi...
July 12, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Musashino City Starts 'Green Partner' Registration System
Musashino City, a part of Tokyo, launched a new system that allows eco-friendly ...
July 11, 2003
Policy / Systems
Environmental Accounting Guidelines Created for Private Railways
The Association of Japanese Private Railways has formulated Environmental Accoun...
July 8, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry Promotes Transportation "Modal Shift"
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport put together an action pl...
July 7, 2003
Policy / Systems
Eco Delivery Label to Promote "Green Delivery" Service
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has cre...
July 5, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ministry to Establish Certification for Small Business Environmental Management Systems
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) will establish an environmental manage...Related
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