Fierce competition and rising prices for exports of used cooking oil from Japan are linked to the growing demand for alternative aviation fuels like SAF.
A team of researchers is using iPS cells to generate the reproductive cells of the northern white rhino, a species with only two females left on...
A new study showed that fish are not eating microplastics by accident, but are actively feeding on them, with implications for the marine plastic waste issue.
Corporate efforts to reduce carbon emissions are increasingly targeting the production process, not only at major corporations, but even at craft breweries.
In part one of a two-part series, J2E columnist Tsuneo Taguchi shines a spotlight on a new recycling company in Hanoi and its determined and enterprising...
For all its showmanship, some decisions made at COP are highly questionable. But Japan still has much to contribute to the global fight against climate change.
After COP27, letting China avoid paying for releasing the highest volume of pollutants globally would be the height of dishonesty.
Two leading municipalities in recycling in Kagoshima Prefecture have partnered with Unicharm, which will soon launch a new product from recycled adult diapers.
At a side event of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the cities of Yokohama and Tokorozawa shared their leading initiatives on transitioning to net zero...
Masayuki Kurechi, only the third Japanese national to win the Ramsar Award, did not forget to credit his "beloved geese" in his acceptance speech.
On November 11, the JARE-64 expedition set sail for Antarctica and will for the first time deploy an AUV to analyze the impacts of global warming...
It's "time to act" stressed Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike at COP27. Tangible and intangible strategic action is needed "to achieve net zero emission by 2050."