Paper straws need to take a seat and make way for these all new environmentally friendly shaved wood straws that can be made at home! ...
As readers who have lived here for any length of time will recognize, Japan has been slow to introduce restrictions on smoking. For example, smoking...
Second of Four Parts Part 1: Islands of Abundant Nature Spoiled by Ocean Waste Part 3: ‘Port of Humanity’ Tackling Ocean Waste Part 4: Pursuit...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a decoupling movement, as states try to disentangle their supply chains and political commitments from an increasingly...
First of Four Parts Part 2: Protect the ‘Singing Sands’ from Ocean Waste Part 3: ‘Port of Humanity’ Tackling Ocean Waste Part 4: Pursuit of Clean...
Picture Courtesy of Japan Nuclear Agency: Core of a HTTR About 3 Meters Wide Comprised of Hexagonal Blocks, Very Different from Classic Light Water Nuclear...
On December 17, 2019, the Toba Aquarium in Toba City, Mie prefecture announced that a Zoantharia coral raised at the aquarium has been recognized as...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Akira Yoshino, together with Stanley Whittingham and John Goodenough, for their...
Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino was one of three 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners honored for their role in the development of lithium-ion batteries,...
In a move to address the global issue of marine pollution by plastic waste, the Japanese government is set to push ahead with the task...
Human history began with a hunter-gatherer lifestyle based on hunting animals and gathering plants for food. Up to the present day, taking the lives of...
A blanket ban on commercial whaling is therefore clearly and totally misguided as a method of protecting these endangered species. The year 1972...