Policy / Systems
March 27, 2003
Policy / Systems
Budget Proposal for FY2003: Environmental Allocations Total 2.7 Trillion Yen
Japan's Ministry of the Environment announced that the budgetary allocations for...
March 24, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Environment Ministry to Create PCB Waste Database
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) is working to create a database on pol...
March 17, 2003
Policy / Systems
Environment Ministry Recruits Chemical Advisors
Japan's Minister of the Environment recently launched a pilot project to train "...
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...
February 28, 2003
Energy Conservation
Fuel Efficiency Standards for LPG Cars to Be Established
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has been considering the...
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 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 20, 2003
Policy / Systems
Ban on Use of White Asbestos
Concerning various types of asbestos that been proven carcinogenic, the Ministry...
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 13, 2003
Policy / Systems
"Climate Point System" Shelved
The implementation of a "climate point system," proposed by Japan's Ministry of ...
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
Policy / Systems
Kochi to Introduce Forest Environment Tax
In December 2002, Kochi Prefecture announced its view on Japan's first local tax...
January 29, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fluorocarbons in Fridge Insulation To Be Recovered and Destroyed
Japan's Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ...
January 21, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
IBM Japan and Hitachi Strengthen Business PC Recycling System
Aiming to enhance the recovery and recycling of used PC products (computers and ...
January 16, 2003
Policy / Systems
Canon Introduces Company-wide Environmental Performance Assessment System
Canon Inc. has been promoting environmental management based on four central pil...
January 15, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Environment Ministry Announces Its Environmental Targets under ISO 14001
Japan's Ministry of the Environment is managed based on ISO 14001 and monitors i...
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...
January 4, 2003
Renewable Energy
Japan Green Fund For Renewable Energy Established
Japan Green Fund was established in Japan on 7 December 2002 with the aim of spr...
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 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 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 29, 2002
Policy / Systems
Applications Begin for Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism Projects
The government of Japan recently created the Coordinating Committee for Use of t...
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 6, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Oki's New Accounting System to Enhance Management Efficiency and Reduce Burden on Environment
Oki Electric Industry Co. in Japan intends to reduce the number of accounting sl...
October 22, 2002
Policy / Systems
Nagoya City to Ban Car Commuting by Public Employees
Takehisa Matsubara, the mayor of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, announced on Sep...
October 20, 2002
Policy / Systems
Report Cards for Rivers
Working with citizens' groups, Japan' Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Trans...
October 16, 2002
Policy / Systems
Japan Becomes Party to POPs Treaty
The Japanese Cabinet endorsed the ratification of "Stockholm Convention on Persi...
October 13, 2002
Policy / Systems
Environment Ministry to Subsidize Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has decided on a policy to subsidize t...
October 11, 2002
Eco-business / Social Venture
Fuel Cell Vehicles to be Tax-Exempt
On August 21, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) deci...
October 9, 2002
Policy / Systems
Car Sharing Starts on Campus
A group of students at Kyushu University has joined a car sharing project that u...
October 8, 2002
Policy / Systems
MAFF to Freeze Construction of Large-Scale Forest Roads
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Japan (MAFF) has decided,...
October 1, 2002
Policy / Systems
METI to Launch On-line Market for Emissions Trading
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will establish an on-line...
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 ...
September 27, 2002
Policy / Systems
Environmental Ministry to Release Database on Corporate Environmental Reports
Japan's Ministry of the Environment will make available to the public an "Enviro...
September 8, 2002
Policy / Systems
IBM Japan Tops Environmental Management Survey
The fifth Nihon Keizai Shimbun environmental management survey of manufacturing ...
August 29, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Tama City Adopts Environmental Accounting
Tama City (located in the Tokyo metropolitan region in Japan) recently introduce...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
"Acorn Bank" in Kagawa Prefecture
The Acorn Bank is a bank that handles not the normal notes and coins, but actual...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Promotes Next-Generation"Eco-Ships"
The Fiscal 2002 Marine Affairs Report states that Japan's Ministry of Land, Infr...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
Tokyo Sets First Guidelines on Leaded Paints
The Environmental Bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government recently formulate...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
Matsushita and Hitachi Cooperate on Environmental Management Indexes and Technology
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. agreed to jointly deve...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Matsushita Sells Lighting Services
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in Japan started a new business called ...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
PET Bottle Recycling Rate Is Over 40%
According to a summary by Japan's Ministry of the Environment, the amount of PET...
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
One Year after PCB Treatment Law Enacted
One Year after PCB Treatment Law Enacted
August 26, 2002
Policy / Systems
Oki Reduces Its Distribution CO2 Emissions
By rerouting its air transport routes for semiconductor chips from August 2002, ...
August 26, 2002
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MLIT Conducts "Green Diagnosis" to Existing Government Office Buildings
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) is planning to con...Related
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