According to the Plastic Waste Management Institute ... Misawa points out that global issues are at stake. Japan ranks second in the world, after the United States, in per capita plastic container ...

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced on Friday the plan of Osaka-based Kanadevia Corporation to invest in a ...

In 2002, NUMO, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan, began hunting for a storage ... his intent to hold a referendum on the issue, an approach that Kamoenai Mayor Takahashi Masayuki ...

Waste management in Japan is a different ballgame ... to learn about waste issues,” said an Instagram user. “I'll happily pay a tax of 25 percent for a life like this,” read a remark.

The issues were uncovered during a broader review of hazardous waste management by the DOD in Japan. The units involved — the 374th Airlift Wing and 5th Air Force — have since addressed the ...

For a nation that prides itself on efficiency and minimal waste, Japan is facing an embarrassing problem — food waste. In 2022, there was a reported 4.72 million tons of ...

The visit aims to strengthen cooperation and friendly relations between Japan and Indonesia ... a big city can handle environmental problems effectively," said Mutai. "This shows Jakarta's potential ...

Food waste, including leftover rice from making onigiris, is turned into high-value animal feed through fermentation (Credit: Rachel Nuwer) Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique ...

Food waste problems are not unique to Japan, of course. However, for the country holding the second-most Michelin 3-starred restaurants (second only to France), it is easy to link high standards ...