Tag: Japan - Page 6
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Japan Needs to Completely Phase Out Nuclear Power, Says Prime Minister
Photo: Flickr, CC A Change of Heart The words above are those of Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister. He used to be in favor of nuclear power, as long as the proper safeguards were in place, but the neverending crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi seems to have
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Japanese Whalers Say Sea Shepherd Is Their Main Obstacle
For most TreeHugger readers and watchers of Animal Planet's Whale Wars, that Sea Shepherd has been having a huge impact on Japanese whaling in the Antarctic is well known. Now the whalers admit that it sees the harassment from Sea Shepherd as the
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Just What We Needed Dept.: Blue Cooling Foam In A Can
It's hot out there! Time for TreeHugger to roll out another silly Japanese waste of propellant and metal. This is Hokkyoku Monogatari, which actually translates as "Tales of the North Pole". Japan Trends says " The blue foam feels like a giant ball
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Japan's Rare Earth Mining on Pacific Ocean Floor Puts Marine Ecosystems at Risk
Image: Wikipedia, CC Mining 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea It looks like two stories from the past year are combining into something that could both help the environment and damage it (probably more of the latter than former, sadly). China has been
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Solar Smooths Energy Shortage After Fukushima Disaster
From Toyota's 4.1MW solar array at a UK factory to a solar rooftop on a refrigerated warehouse in Baltimore, there are so many companies installing solar these days that it would be pointless to try and report on them all. So why then, is itnews that
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Daiwa's Post-Apocalyptic Expanding Container House Is Coming To America (Video)
TreeHugger first showed the Daiwa EDV-1, the amazing robotic shipping container instant house, back in January. Now the prototype is coming Stateside (no doubt carried by supersonic helicopters) in July for Little Tokyo Design Week in Los Angeles. The
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Japan Steps Up the Heat to Conserve Energy
Japan is getting increasingly serious in its push for energy efficiency: earlier this month, the government called on businessmen to go to work in sandals and Hawaiian shirts to help keep cool. Now, the country is embracing
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Nuclear Power Oversight Poor In Both Japan & United States, AP & IAEA Reports Show
Two reports out today on the lapses in oversight of the nuclear power industry in both Japan and the United States, and the resultant risks: The Guardian's Damian Carrington sums up the first quasi-independent
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Japan Businessmen Encouraged to Wear Sandals & Hawaiian Shirts to Keep Cool, Save Energy
Japan is no stranger to finding creative ways to keep cool, but the government's "Super Cool Biz" campaign might be the most surprising. Businessmen are being asked to wear Hawaiian shirts, t-shirts and sandals to work
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Japanese Company Eyes Building 6,800 Mile Solar Array On Moon, Constructed By Robots
It's baaaaaaack. After the quake in Japan, everyone has their eyes on how renewable energy that is far safer than nuclear and coal might be scaled up to power our cities. And that includes going back to some rather
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Japan's 'Sunrise Plan' Could Require Solar Panels on All New Buildings by 2030
Photo: Dominic's Pics, Flickr, CCSun's Rising... And Solar Panels are There to Catch ItNuclear power isn't exactly popular right now in Japan, so the government is looking at other sources of power to secure the country's future energy needs. A new
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Japan's New Energy Policy Goes Cold on Nuclear
Two on nuclear power: Japan's PM says its energy plan must be started again from scratch due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster; and, closer to home for most TreeHugger readers, the biggest threat to US nuclear power
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Table That Doubles As Bike Stand Could Do Yet More
PIT IN is a clever table with a built in bike rack, so you never have to find a place to put your bike when you hit the café. The Designers STORE MUU say that it is "a table for a bicycle whose saddle functions as a chair.
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Tsunami Inspires Community Garden, Makes Case for Resilience
The Japanese tsunami and the nuclear crisis that followed may have prompted many to rethink the value of nuclear power. But, according to one voice from Japan, it may also be encouraging a broader rethink of how we organize ourselves for resilience and
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Could Mushrooms Remediate Japan's Nuclear Contamination?
Paul Stamets is famous for his assertions that mushrooms can help heal the world. From myco-pesticides to cleaning up oil spills, he argues that mushrooms are nature's ultimate recyclers and colonizers, and as such can help to meet many of the
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From E-Waste to Geek Chic: Upcycled Jewelry by Yuma Fujimaki
If you're the type of girl that shudders at the idea of frilly accessories or jewelry, check out these pieces of geek chic by Japanese designer Yuma Fujimaki. Made from recycled electronic waste, Fujimaki's elegantly cerebral
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Half of All Mangroves Destroyed, But Why Does It Matter? (Video)
After the big Tsunami of 2005, there was renewed interest in protecting Mangrove swamps and other coastal ecosystems, not just for their conservation value—but for their role in buffering the effects of tsunamis on
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Tsunami-Swept Baby Porpoise Rescued From Rice Field
Amid the devastation left behind by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, there still exists a glimmer of hope -- and sometimes that hope comes in the most unlikely of packages. Animal rescue volunteer Ryo Taira and his team
