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.
The Brief #17 Toward “zero waste,” Homeless photographers
https://youtu.be/t1AqdYn9SNg A small Japanese town has become a global model for sustainability by recycling over 80%...
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A ‘zero waste’ town deep in the Japanese mountains
J-STORIES - The town of Kamikatsu, which is nestled deep in the mountains of the southern...
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Turning bone china into fertilizer
J-STORIES - Bone china is admired for its creamy white color and luminous, translucent sheen. Although...
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The Brief #16 Re-inventing the wheelchair, Recycling plates into fertilizer
https://youtu.be/C0FwA9FtOkY A Tokyo startup is reinventing the wheelchair as a stylish and autonomous mobility device for...
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An alcoholic drink made from trees
J-STORIES - Alcohol is often made using an easily available local produce, such as wine from grapes,...
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Cheaper and more efficient rare earth metal recycling
J-STORIES - Rare earth metals are indispensable to the high-tech industry, but production is limited to just...
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The Brief #14 Liquid hydrogen, Fish farm out of water, Taste-altering chopsticks
https://youtu.be/PCUUlNRp9T0 A Japanese industrial group has completed the world's first sea transport of liquid hydrogen as...
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Transporting liquefied hydrogen from Australia to Japan
J-STORIES - Before leaving Australia, the cargo on the ship was compressed to one eight-hundredths of...
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The Brief #13 Liquid hydrogen, Fish farm out of water, taste-altering chopsticks
https://youtu.be/OTKfiDsx1cI A Japanese industrial group has completed the world's first sea transport of liquid hydrogen as...
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Turning air into water
J-STORIES ー Atmospheric water generators (AWGs) are devices that extract water from the air. They can...
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