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SUSTAINABILITY

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Sustainability August 11, 2025

Hard to Beat: Japan’s Champion of Circular Retail

Hard-Off Corporation discusses how its circular retail model is fueling sustainable growth at home as well as powering its global ambitions across Asia and beyond.
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Sustainability August 10, 2025

News Release: Bookoff Posts Strong Q1 Gains as Reuse Retailer Expands Premium and Global Footprint

Japan’s leading reuse retailer, Bookoff Group Holdings, has kicked off its fiscal year with strong momentum, achieving a remarkable surge in profit while deepening its global and premium service...
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Sustainability July 20, 2025

Environmental Solutions for a Sustainable Future

ECC has been at the forefront of environmental consulting in Japan, offering comprehensive services in air, water, and soil investigation and analysis, as well as environmental impact assessments, to...
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Sustainability October 19, 2024

Pantech: A leading provider of plastic recycling services

Established in 1996, Pantech is a Japanese company that provides comprehensive waste plastic recycling services. It specializes in collecting plastic scrap generated by the consumer goods industry,...
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Sustainability January 25, 2024

Nippon Recycle Center: Navigating the complex world of battery recycling

In this insightful interview with the CEO of Nippon Recycle Center, we explore the company's history, recycling methods, global partnerships, and the challenges and opportunities in the evolving...
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Sustainability January 19, 2024

Pantech: The international plastic recycling specialists

The Japanese firm Pantech has established itself as a leading provider of plastic recycling services, working with partners in Japan and overseas.
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Sustainability October 19, 2023

Nitto Kohki holds advantage having foot in both EV and hydrogen vehicle markets

With its pioneering technology, Nitto Kohki is eyeing increased presence in LiB manufacturing and couplings for hydrogen fuels as the shift to the next-generation of vehicles continues to take place.
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Sustainability August 22, 2023

Tsukishima Kankyo Engineering Ltd.: contributing to environmental protection through its innovative technologies

Semiconductors are the building blocks of our digital world, but in their production there are emissions that need to be treated, and environmental considerations that must be taken into account Japanese...
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Sustainability July 26, 2023

Breaking boundaries in recycling: Ishizaka's quest to convert waste into resources

We sat down with President Noriko Ishizaka to get the low down on transforming waste into resources, embracing technology, and leading Japan's Circular Economy for a sustainable future
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Sustainability June 02, 2023

Pursuing a circular society through automobile recycling

With over five decades’ experience and accumulated data to match, Kaiho Industry is seeking to establish alliances in order to boost car recycling worldwide.
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Sustainability March 23, 2023

Championing renewables in Japan

Renewable Japan provides end-to-end services for renewable energy development, from EPC to financing, asset management, and O&M, which is a unique business model in Japan.
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Sustainability March 17, 2023

Asaka Riken: The SME realizing a LiB to LiB recycling scheme

Former Asaka Riken CEO and Circular Economist Yusaku Yukita breaks down the key challenges for a achieving a legitimate recycling scheme for End of Life EV batteries, and the role Japan can play overcoming...
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Sustainability November 25, 2022

Building sustainability through wastewater treatment

Through its  proprietary turbo blowers, TOHIN INDUSTRY is able to achieve a 20% reduction in energy costs for industrial wastewater and sewage facilities.