]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/japan Blog Articles Tagged with 'japan' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=tag&tag=japan I've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak.My host is the U.S. State Department, whose Office ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/joel-makower-two-steps-forward/189873?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189843?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Effect of different catalysts with jat/cat weight ratio = 10. The platinum-rhenium catalyst showed the highest conversion, along with high selectivity for C18. Credit: ACS, Murata et al. Click to enlarge.Researchers at Japan's National Institute of... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189843?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:14:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189867?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MM Automobile Schweiz AG and Switzerland's largest electricity provider Alpiq Holding AG (Alpiq) through which the three parties will work together to promote the... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189867?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189868?rsstype=tag&tag=japan The United Nations Secretary General and the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced have asked the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to conduct an independent review of the IPCC's processes and procedures to further stren... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189868?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/business-of-green/189666?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Diplomats have been negotiating a visit to Washington by Ichiro Ozawa, who is seen as really running the country.... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/business-of-green/189666?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:05:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189592?rsstype=tag&tag=japan A new bill being considered in the Colorado legislature would create Solar Gardens. Solar Gardens allow people to participate financially in owning part of a solar array even if they do not have a suitable site on their own property. My reading of ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189592?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:46:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189272?rsstype=tag&tag=japan The Nikkei reports that Nippon Oil Corp. and its partners plan to develop technology for mass-producing renewable jet fuel derived from Euglena, a single-celled freshwater alga, within five years. Nippon Oil and Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd. taken ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189272?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:43:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/189518?rsstype=tag&tag=japan ATTENTION GREEN SOCCER FANSNike recently unveiled its new team jerseys for the upcoming World Cup and here's the kicker (pun intended) they're made from discarded plastic bottles! That's right, the uniforms, or kits in proper soccer speak, ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/189518?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:00:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189278?rsstype=tag&tag=japan The FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell hybrid. Click to enlarge.Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that i... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189278?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189538?rsstype=tag&tag=japan I just returned from an extraordinary trip to an even more extraordinary place. Laguna San Ignacio, on the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico is a World Heritage Site, a biosphere reserve, a whale sanctuary, a migratory bird sanc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189538?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:36:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/189479?rsstype=tag&tag=japan In a new report, Out of the Running? America Progress's Kate Gordon , Julian L. Wong, and JT McLain explain how Germany, Spain, and China are seizing the clean energy opportunity and why the United States risks getting left behind. The below vi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/189479?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:10:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189542?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Last summer, before I started with NRDC, I asked my boss, Sarah Chasis, to recommend a good book to introduce me to some of the issues that I would tackle in my new position. She recommended Carl Safina's Song for the Blue Ocean, which is a must-re... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/189542?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:11:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189298?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has begun sales of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid trucks in Hong Kong. MFTBC is taking orders for the truck in Hong Kong through Universal Cars Limited (UCL), the Mitsubishi Fuso distributor in the Chinese spe... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189298?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:11:42 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189300?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Elements of the new hybrid drive. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge.Infiniti unveiled its first production hybrid, the M35 Hybrid, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The M35 Hybrid uses an original parallel one motor/two clutch hybrid system and features... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189300?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/189651?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Social innovation is booming, but not many organisations take it seriously yet. What's needed is a way to bring it all together.by Geoff Mulgan Waste is a pressing problem: the need to reduce it led to the formation of Freecycle. Photog... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/189651?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:44:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189566?rsstype=tag&tag=japan EcoGeeks love robots. And recycling. So, what could be better than a robot that helps us recycle?Osaka University and Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co. have designed a robot with laser-sensing technology that can distinguish six different types... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189566?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/189455?rsstype=tag&tag=japan This is part of a trial seriesGreenpeace raises awareness of new nuclear plant plansIn Middelburg, Zeeland, the Netherlands, Greenpeace activists display an anti -nuclear banner at the city hall. The banner recreates cheerful people, smoking chimneys... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/189455?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:16:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/189458?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Today's big stories from the nuclear industry:President Obama: Nuclear Power is neither safe nor clean During President Obama's recent State of the Union speech, Congress applauded as the President announced his intention to expand safe and clea... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/189458?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:08:42 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/188954?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green DailyNissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image galleryThere are a lot of unknowns concerning the upcoming plug-in vehicle market expansion, but we don't often hear that we might have too many lithium-ion batteries in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/188954?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:46:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/188655?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Toda America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toda Kogyo Corp. in Japan, recently concluded a $35-million award contract with the US Department of Energy (DOE), granted under the Recovery Act Electric Device Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Init... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/188655?rsstype=tag&tag=japan Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:46:00 -0500