Renewable Energy
February 3, 2005
Renewable Energy
Japanese Institute Succeeds in Continuous Hydrogen Production from Woodchips
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of J...
January 23, 2005
Eco-business / Social Venture
'Iwate Type Pellet Stove' Wins Good Design Award 2004
A wood biomass stove named the Iwate Type Pellet Stove has won Japan's Good Desi...
January 20, 2005
Renewable Energy
'Snow Cooling System' Gaining Popularity in Hokkaido
A unique project to use snow as a clean cooling energy source has been gaining g...
January 18, 2005
Renewable Energy
Environment Ministry Plans Fuel Cell Installations at Schools in FY2005
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment(MOE) is planning a new project to suppo...
January 17, 2005
Renewable Energy
Sharp Releases Roof / Solar Cell Modules
On October 1, 2004, Sharp Corp., a leading Japanese manufacturer of photovolt...
January 11, 2005
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mos Food Services Recycles Food Waste into Methane Gas
Mos Food Services, Inc., a major Japanese burger chain with 1,467 stores across ...
January 3, 2005
Energy Conservation
Honda Develops Fuel Cell Motorbike
Honda Motor Co. announced on August 24, 2004 that it has developed fuel-cell (FC...
December 28, 2004
Transportation / Mobility
NGO Uses High-Profile Adventures to Promote Green Energy
Green Energy Adventure (GEA), a non-governmental organization in Japan, aims ...
December 24, 2004
Renewable Energy
Small, Efficient Solar Power System Developed in Japan
Professor Takeo Saito and his research group of the Graduate School of Environme...
December 17, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Prime Minister's New Official Residence to Get World's 1st Home Fuel-Cell Units
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda announced on September 16, 2004 that the...
December 13, 2004
Renewable Energy
Sony Music Opens Japan's First Studio to Use Green Power
Sony Music Communications Inc. (SMC), an arm of Sony Music Entertainment Inc., s...
December 10, 2004
Renewable Energy
Wood Pellets Draw Attention as New Bioenergy Fuel
Kuzumaki Forestry & Co. in Kuzumaki Town, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, is now produc...
November 17, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan's Largest Wind Turbine to Be Built in Yokohama
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced on August 2, 2004 that it will...
November 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's Transport Ministry Promotes Biofuel Vehicles
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport launched a biofuel ...
November 8, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sharp Corp. to Market Products Combining Solar Power Generation and LEDs
Japan's Sharp Corporation announced it will begin sales of two types of new ligh...
October 29, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
New Hydrogen Gas Compressor Extends Distance Traveled per Fill-up by Fuel Cell Vehicles
Kaji Technology Corporation, a major compressor manufacturer in Japan, announced...
September 30, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan's First Total Waste Management Company Makes Debut
Eco Loop Center, Japan's first private waste management company, was established...
September 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Investment Helps Create Asia's First ESCO/Renewable Energy Fund
Investments from Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co., Hokkaido Electric Power Co., ...
September 21, 2004
Renewable Energy
Project to Build Hydrogen-Based Society Launched in Shimane
Hirata City of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan launched a joint study group ...
September 10, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
NTT DoCoMo Launches Eco-Friendly Cell Phone Station
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile phone carrier, extended the operation of the ...
August 26, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tobu Railway Selling First 'Green-Powered' Homes in Japan
The Tobu Railway Co. of Japan has launched Japan's first enterprise for selling ...
August 24, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kuraray to Expand Biomass Fuel Use in Kurashiki
Kuraray Co., a major chemical company in Japan, announced on June 15, 2004, that...
August 21, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Gasified Wood Biomass Co-generation Demonstration Experiment Launched in Yamagata
A gasified wood biomass co-generation pilot plant started operation in April 200...
August 13, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Creating 'Eco-villages' in Shiga
In an effort to build a recycling-oriented society, a movement to create 'eco-vi...
August 10, 2004
Renewable Energy
Chubu Electric Starts Producing Methanol from Wood Waste
Chubu Electric Power Co., in cooperation with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., ...
August 9, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Eco-Friendly Industrial Complex Project Being Studied in Kitakyushu City
The Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry has established the Kitakyushu ...
August 4, 2004
Nuclear Power
Japan's GHG Emissions in FY2002 Up 7.6% from 1990 Levels
The Global Environment Bureau of Japanese Ministry of the Environment announced ...
July 31, 2004
Renewable Energy
Solar-Powered Mobile Charger for Portable Devices to be Marketed
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan's telecom giant Nippo...
July 30, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Tokyo Gas to Develop 'Tri-Generation' System with Hydrogen Production Capability
Tokyo Gas Co., the largest city gas supplier in Japan, announced on May 17, 2004...
July 27, 2004
Renewable Energy
Solar Power Systems Make Debut in Kyoto Project
The Kyoto Prefectural Government in Japan has completed two photovoltaic (PV) po...
July 22, 2004
Water
Irrigation Channel Power Generation Test Starts
The Electric Power Development Co., a Japanese company known as J-POWER, has bee...
July 19, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's Largest Solar Power Facilities Completed
In April 2004, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technol...
July 15, 2004
Money
Yokote City to Start Biomass Energy Project
Yokote City, located in southern Akita Prefecture and with a population of less ...
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 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
Chubu Electric Power Group Issues Environmental Statement
The Chubu Electric Power Group in Japan announced a new Environmental Statement ...
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 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 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
Nippon Steel to Produce High Purity Hydrogen from Coke Oven Gas
On March 17, 2004, Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan opened a new facility to develop ...
June 6, 2004
Renewable Energy
Sumita Town in Iwate to Subsidize 3/4 of Pellet Stove Purchase Price
Sumita Town of Iwate Prefecture, Japan, has announced that it will subsidize thr...
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 20, 2004
Renewable Energy
NPO and Citizens Establish Joint Solar Power System
The "Sun Den Association," a Japanese non-profit organization aiming to promote ...
May 8, 2004
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Osaka Residents Work Together for 'Satoyama' Conservation
The Osaka Green Trust Organization is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 ...
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 23, 2004
Environmental Technology
High-yielding Sugarcane Developed as Energy Source
Asahi Breweries, Ltd., one of Japan's major alcoholic beverage manufacturers, ha...
April 20, 2004
Environmental Technology
Geothermal Snow Melting System Nearing Practical Application
Many cities in snowbelt areas in Japan spend a large amount of money on snow con...
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...
March 28, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's Largest Solar Power System to Be Installed at Purification Plant
The Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Bureau announced on January 13, 2004, that it ...
March 26, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Biomass White Paper 2004
The Biomass Industrial Society Network (BIN) of Japan completed its Biomass Whit...
March 6, 2004
Education
Free Energy Education Kits to 3,000 Senior High Schools
Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has made energy education kits f...Related
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