WORLD INSIGHT - Environment

October 26, 2023
Trucks Running on Ramen: How Fukuoka Invented Pork Bone Broth Biodiesel Fuel

“There’s a company in Kyushu that makes diesel oil from tonkotsu ramen broth and runs trucks with it.”

By Kenrei Takeuchi

April 18, 2023
Japan Works on Treaty towards Ending Plastic Pollution

“I grew up with the sea, and poverty for me was sumptuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries grey and poverty unbearable.”

By Takeshi Akahori
May 13, 2022
The Trend in Plastic Free: “Bag Charge” Is Just the Beginning

More than a year has passed since the introduction of mandatory surcharge for plastic shopping bags on July 1, 2020.

By Ryoko Seguchi
October 12, 2021
The Great Transformation with Decarbonization

China‘s Formidable Ambition to Become an Environmental Powerhouse at Breakneck Speed

By Kazuaki Sato

September 6, 2021
“It’s Quick, Cheap, and Runs!” Even Toyota Is Amazed? Japanese EV Ventures Surprise the World with Breakthrough Power

“Electric vehicles (EV) are an extension of radio-controlled model cars. We developed at a speed unimaginable for conventional car developers. We’ve clashed countless times with the engineer who had an experience managing car development,” says President Masanori Yoshida of Aspark, an engineer staffing company in Osaka.

By Ryuichi Kaneyama and Tatsuya Oobori

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Diseases are treated with smartphone apps prescribed by the doctor—that’s the world we now live in.

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World Cup Qatar: Why Foreigners in Samurai Blue Jerseys Are Rooting for Japan

While covering the latest World Cup, there was something that struck my attention.

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