Tag: Japan - Page 5
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Japanese Flair For Detail Elevates 'Earth-bricks' House By Atelier Tekuto
Photos: Toshihiro Sobajima for Atelier Tekuto Earth building is unusual in Japan, a nation better-known for its high-tech and ultra-modern architecture. That's why this single-storey earth-brick residence in Chiba, Japan by Atelier Tekuto is so striking:
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"Poop As You Go" Biogas Bike To Go On 600 Mile Tour Of Japan
Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true as Japan's biggest toilet maker, TOTO, takes the toilet on the road with its launch of the Toilet Bike Neo, a bike that's powered entirely by human
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Un-TreeHugger: World's Biggest Sushi Overload (Video)
With over 75 percent of the world's oceans being overfished and knowing the large carbon footprint of sushi, it's hard to be a green sushi-lover nowadays.
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Heart-Warming Story From Japan: Tsunami Survivors Making New Livelihoods from Destroyed Fishing Nets
Six months after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we've gotten word of a heart-warming project that has been turning the damaged tools of one trade into
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Radioactive Waste Is Piling Up in Japanese Sewage Treatment Plants, Some Sold as Fertilizer
The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of
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Japan Steps Toward More Renewable Energy With New Feed-In Tariff
photo: Bernd/CC BY-SA Japan's post-Fukushima energy rethink continues, with the legislature approving a new bill establishing a strong feed-in tariff for renewable energy. As Wind-Works reports, the new law will go into effect in July 2012 and, though
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In Tokyo, Parking Cars Makes More Money Than Parking People
Land assembly is tough in Tokyo; families often have owned little tiny plots for generations. These become their main source of income and they rarely sell them, to develop them, they often build really silly and
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The Robot Diaries: Fukushima Robot Operator Tells All (Until His Blog Mysteriously Vanishes)
The operator of one of the robots that are being using in the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been blogging about his experience, until one day about a month ago, after the blog received more social media exposure, everything
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Residents Near Fukushima Power Plant May Not Be Able To Go Home For Decades
It may have slipped from the headlines for most of us, but the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster is still front and center for people who used to live nearby. Citing Japanese government sources, The Guardian reports that the area around the plant
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Japan's Solar Surge Continues (Video)
With Japan's internet business giants pursuing renewable energy, its "sunrise plan" pushing for solar on all new buildings, and Tokyo's residents cutting energy use 15%, it's fair to say that the Fukushima disaster may turn out to be
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10 of the World's Most Dazzling Natural Hot Springs (Slideshow)
The same geothermal heat that can help you reduce your electricity bill is responsible for some of the world's most stunning natural wonders: Hot springs.
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10 of the World's Most Dazzling Natural Hot Springs
The same geothermal heat that can help you reduce your electricity bill is responsible for some of the world's most stunning natural wonders: Hot springs. When hot water bubbles up through the Earth's crust, the resulting pools are soothing, mineral-rich
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Japan's Internet Giants "Clash" Over Solar. Everybody Wins.
The tragic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan seems to have transformed the nation's relationship to energy. Tokyo's citizens have already slashed energy use by 15%, and from plans for solar on all new
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A Nuclear Engineer on Fukushima And The Future Of The Industry
I was sitting on the deck talking to a young nuclear engineer, J, who suggested that the Fukushima disaster may actually be good for the nuclear industry. He remembers reading
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Japanese Citizens Cut Energy Use in Tokyo by 15%
So, Japan's per capita energy use is already half that of the United States. Half. And that's the energy consumption of one of the world's richest, most technologically advanced nations. That stat should make us ashamed of ourselves. But this might be
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Taiji, Japan Holds Security Drill To Prep For Dolphin Hunt Activists
Japan must be expecting a response from activists when the next season of dolphin hunt opens. Officials held a security drill this week, practicing dealing with a boatload of activists messing with fishing nets inside
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Japanese Cattle Fed Radioactive Hay From Fukushima Double Initial Estimates
Take this as another indicator that the Fukushima nuclear disaster will continue to have greater impacts than is readily admitted: As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the amount of cattle fed with hay contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima
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History and Design of the Bathroom Part 6: Learning from the Japanese
Siegfried Giedion, in Mechanization Takes Command, writes:
