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Mt Fuji railway project receives approval from Yamanashi officials

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2021
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A railway up the mountain aims to eliminate vehicles on the road to the fifth station but the round-trip fare for passengers won’t be cheap. 

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• Japan
• (COK • environment • Fuji • light rail • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • nature • news • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • trains • transport • travel • UNESCO • World Heritage site • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Japanese city changes “burnable trash” bags to “the only option is to burn this trash” bags

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 3, 2020

The Internet rejoices at this new, potent meme fodder: trash bags that declare its contents have no other recourse than to be burnt to a crisp.

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• Japan
• (burnable trash • ecology • environment • garbage • recycling • society • trash • twitter)

New environmental regulations considered for Seto Inland Sea because it has become “too pretty”

• Ingrid Tsai
  Nov 2, 2020

That’s one way to sum up the situation.

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• Japan
• (conservation • environment • environmental issues • government • marine biology • red tide • Seto Inland Sea)

Japanese restaurant chain starts bold new policy: Letting you take your leftovers home with you

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2020

Sustainable development goals cited as reason for change, but there’s probably another factor at play too.

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• Japan
• (ecology • environment • food • food waste • restaurants • society • sustainable development)

Japan government to fine up to one million yen for anyone harboring illegal alien crayfish

• Master Blaster
  Aug 27, 2020

Officials have had enough of these foreign crustaceans abusing our weak border security.

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• Japan
• (animals • crawdad • crawfish • crayfish • crime • environment • invasive species • law • Ministry of Environment • mudbug • pets)

Plastic bag usage at Japanese stores down by 50 percent, but plastic bags sales through the roof

• Master Blaster
  Aug 14, 2020

No good deed goes uncircumvented.

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• Japan
• (business • eco bag • environment • extra charge • law • plastic bags)

Japanese student criticised for campaign against excess plastic packaging

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2020

Some people in Japan just don’t want to part ways with individually wrapped candy.

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• Japan
• (bourbon • candy • chocolates • environment • environmental issues • food • japanese snacks • Kameda Seika • petitions • plastic • plastic waste • rice crackers • snacks)

Decorate your room like a bento box with the new soy sauce bottle light

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2020

Add a taste of Japan to your home decor. 

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• Australia, Japan
• (bento • cool • environment • interior design • lamps • lights • plastic • recycling • soy sauce)

Leading bottled water brand in Japan goes label-free to reduce waste, angers many

• Master Blaster
  Apr 9, 2020

Coca-Cola told to try harder in these trying times.

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• Japan
• (bottled water • business • Coca-Cola • drinks • ecology • environment • I Lohas • label • plastic bottles • recycling)

Uniqlo and GU announce they will now charge for shopping bags in a new, eco-friendly initiative

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 2, 2020

Japan’s most beloved cheap and cheerful fashion brands are taking another step to reduce damage to the planet.

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• Japan
• (eco-friendly • environment • Green • GU • packaging • paid bags • Uniqlo)

Post-meal waste at Japanese sushi restaurant sparks controversy online

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2019

A lesson in what not to do at a revolving sushi joint in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • environment • food • Japanese food • kaiten sushi • restaurants • rice • sushi • travel • twitter)

Shibuya Halloween cosplay cleanup crew wants your help this year!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2019

Become a real-life hero in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplayers • environment • halloween • Halloween 2019 • Nexus Forever • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • trash • volunteer)

Picking seaweed up off the beach and taking it home is illegal in most of Japan, and here’s why

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 25, 2019

What’s the harm in pinching a tiny bit of seaweed? Quite a lot, as our Japanese-language reporter learned.
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• Japan
• (COK • conservation • crime • environment • fish • fishermen • fishing • nature • Ocean • seafood • seaweed • SNJO • society • Tottori)

Why do Japanese recycle bins have two openings but dump everything into the same compartment?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2019

One says cans, one says bottles, but they end up in the same place.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • eco-friendly • environment • recycling • SNJO • society • vending machines)

Starbucks turns its milk packs into notebooks with popular Japanese stationery brand

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2019

Global coffeehouse chain sets out on a sustainable journey in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • drinks • eco • environment • environmentally friendly • merchandise • notebooks • recycling • shopping • Starbucks)

Japanese KitKats swap plastic bags for paper packaging with new origami feature

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2019

There’s a reason to feel less guilty about eating KitKats, now that they’re saving the wildlife from tonnes of plastic each year. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • chocolates • environment • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • KitKats • mint chocolate • Nestle • plastic • sweets)

A tale on the etiquette of using Japan’s plastic umbrella covers

• Master Blaster
  Jun 29, 2019

Our reporter gets a rude surprise while trying to ethically sheathe his umbrella.

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• Japan
• (COK • ecology • environment • P.K. Sanjun • plastic bags • rain • rainy season • SNOJ • society • Tokyo • umbrellas)

Major Japanese restaurant chain introducing bamboo straws to help reduce plastic and save forests

• Master Blaster
  Jun 26, 2019

It’s a double whammy of environmental friendliness.

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• Japan
• (bamboo • cool • ecology • environment • plastic • restaurants • straws • Take Straw • Watami • Zawatami)

Japanese porn company wants to use virgin power to create electricity for romantic Tokyo event

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 12, 2019

VR videos of adult film actresses provide dirty thoughts to be turned into clean energy.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • carzy • clean energy • eco-friendly • electricity • environment • funny • Shibuya • Soft on Demand • virtual reality • VR • weird • white day)

Bug hunt! Some areas offering rewards for alien beetles threatening Japan’s cherry blossoms

• Master Blaster
  Aug 9, 2018

Municipalities and prefectures are hoping they can stop the dreaded red-necked longhorn beetle before they get out of hand.

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• Japan
• (aromia bungii • cherry blossoms • environment • insects • invasive species • Kamakiri Sensei • Osaka • red-necked longhorn beetle • Sakai City • Teruyuki Kagawa • Tokushima • ume)

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