Articles
-query word : Environment
February 19, 2010
Regulatory Reform for Japan's Watershed Forests: Protecting a Public Good
Who is buying up Japan's forests? Foreign-owned businesses hoping to exploit their water resources, according to one theory. Whatever the ...
February 03, 2010
Economic Policy Priorities in 2010
Exports to Western markets have significantly declined following the global economic crisis of 2008, preventing the Japanese economy from staging ...
January 08, 2010
Vol. 25: Yakihata Turnips
Swidden agriculture, known in Japanese as yakihata ("burned field") farming, has been conducted in Japan for several centuries. In contrast ...
November 24, 2009
Vol. 24: Pan-Fired Tea (2)
Japanese owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While smed s are far more common, there is ...
November 04, 2009
Vol. 24: Pan-Fired Tea (1)
Japanese tea owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While steamed teas are far more common, there is ...
August 07, 2009
The DPJ Platform on Climate-Change—A Reality Check
With a critical election looming and an international climate-change conference just over the horizon, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan ...
July 02, 2009
Securing Supplies of Rare Metals for Environmental Technology
Securing supplies of rare metal resources is vital if cutting-edge environmental technology is to be put to widespread use. Currently, ...
May 20, 2009
Japan's Watershed Forests in the Cross Hairs
The Tokyo Foundation has been engaged in research on the crisis facing Japan's watershed forests and recently announced proposals for ...
January 29, 2009
Vol. 7: Yukina
Yukina is a rare vegetable with a distinct flavor and texture made by transplanting turnip stalks at the end of ...
September 30, 2008
Vol. 6: Salmon Sacchep
The Ainu, an indigenous people who inhabited the northern part of Japan and part of Russia, produced sacchep, made by ...
