Earth
Japan's response to the climate crisis is generating some of the world's most compelling innovation stories — and JStories is where they're told. Our Earth section covers Japan's green innovation ecosystem across five frontiers: AgriTech and sustainable food systems, disaster resilience technology, advanced materials science, SpaceTech, and clean energy transition.
Japan brings unique strengths to the climate challenge: world-class engineering culture, deep corporate R&D investment, and an island geography that makes climate resilience existential. JStories spotlights the startups, researchers, and established players turning these challenges into exportable solutions — from Hokkaido's regenerative agriculture pioneers to next-generation battery materials and satellite-based disaster monitoring.
New spin on old wool
J-STORIES - The central Japan region of Bishu In Gifu Prefecture has a wool-producing heritage to rival...
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‘Edible’ homes not just a load of rubbish
J-STORIES - It sounds like the story of "Hansel and Gretel," but this is no fairy...
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Paste-on resin provides earthquake resistance
J-STORIES - Masaomi Suzuki, a second-generation construction company president, witnessed firsthand the damage caused by the...
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The Brief #23 Energy from trash, Inclusiveness from language
https://youtu.be/VydWpz7Aerg A Japanese city is turning food waste and sewage into biomass electricity that powers nearly...
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Citizens help energize food waste
J-STORIES - Residents in a central Japanese city are getting creative with their trash, creating an...
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The Brief #22 Fermented fabric, Online learning for refugees, Vegetable sheets
https://youtu.be/c9jyLYHHefM A Japanese startup has developed a sustainable artificial protein fiber inspired by spider silk that...
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Vegetable sheets keep food from going to waste
J-STORIES - There are pasta sheets for making lasagna and seaweed sheets for making sushi rolls,...
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Making eco-friendly fabric by fermenting protein
J-STORIES - As a graduate student, Kazuhide Sekiyama researched artificial spider silk, hoping to develop a strong...
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The Brief #21 Horizontal Spaceport, AI pig farming
https://youtu.be/l_93ryu0C78 A Japanese prefecture is set to become Asia's first horizontal spaceport, launching satellites from a...
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Turning waste food into animal feed
J-STORIES - It was humble bread crusts that inspired Yuichiro Yoshikado’s AI-powered farming project. As the CEO...
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