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Kumamoto City Wins Grand Prize in UN 'Water for Life' Best Practices Award 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Kumamoto City was awarded the Grand Prize for Best Water Management Practices at the UN's "Water for Life" Award Ceremony held in Hague, Holland, on March 22, 2013. Kumamoto City was the first applica...
Hand-Made Soap Product that Supports Women in Business Wins Japan's First Social Products Awards 26 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The Association for the Promotion of Social Products held its "First Social Products Awards" ceremony on May 16, 2013. The winner of the award of excellence was a high-quality, fair-trade soap made fr...
Hydrogen Refueling Station Incorporated in Retail Gasoline Station Opens 25 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) announced on April 19, 2013, that it opened Japan's first hydrogen refueling station incorporated in a retail gasoline station ...
'Renewables Japan Status Report 2013' Reveals Latest Trends and Challenges 24 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), a Japanese non-profit organization, released the "Renewables Japan Status Report 2013" in May 2013. Responding to the dominance of fossil fuels an...
Survey Shows Link between People's Hopes for the Future and Childhood Reading Level 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The National Institution for Youth Education (NIYE) in Japan, on February 23, 2013, released the results of its national survey and research on the state, as well as the impacts and effects, of childr...
'Life Work Balance,' Together with Fellow Coworkers 22 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
A non-profit company, Polaris, launched its businesses in August 2011 with the aim of providing a diverse working environment for parents by combining cloud computing and a coworking space.
World's Smallest Power Station: Miniature Home Solar System 21 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
In a drive to promote renewable energy, Ecology Online, a Japanese non-profit organization, launched sales on April 20, 2013, of its "Nano Power Station Set" -- a combined system that includes a 40-wa...
[Newsletter] Food Waste and Disaster Relief from the Perspective of the Food Bank (Part Two) 20 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
JFS Newsletter No.131 (July 2013) Food banks receive food donations from a wide variety of sources such as importers, food companies, wholesalers, retailers, and individuals. They then deliver these ...
What a wonderful natural environment... 19 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
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NIAS Identifies How Legume Protein NIN Works, May Contribute to Cutting Nitrogen Fertilizers 19 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in Japan announced on March 19, 2013, that it has determined the function of nodule inception (NIN), a protein that plays a key role in the for...
