By TAKUMI WAKAI/ Staff Writer
May 10, 2021 at 07:30 JST
Impurities are separated by hand at a recycling facility in Saitama’s Kita Ward on April 6. (Takumi Wakai)
Beverage makers plan to set up “cleaner” recycling bins at the ubiquitous drink vending machines around Japan and improve treatment technology to raise the plastic bottle reuse ratio to at least 50 percent. [Read More]
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Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.