As environmental pollution caused by plastic waste becomes serious, Japan’s awareness still remains in low gear. Japan opposed the “Ocean Plastics Charter” for the regulation of marine plastic waste jointly proposed by the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Q …
An expert panel of the Central Environment Council, an advisory body to the Minister of the Environment, endorsed in February this year a draft strategy for reduction of disposable plastic, including a mandatory charge for shopping bags. It set a goal to cut the annual discharge of plastic was …
As environmental pollution from plastic waste gets worse, leading U.S. coffeehouse chain Starbucks announced last July that it will discontinue using disposable plastic straws at its all stores across the world by 2020. The move comes amid the ongoing trend mainly among American companies to do away …
According to newspaper reports, Britain’s Brunel University London announced in 2018 that it investigated shells sold at eight supermarkets across the country and detected microplastics from all varieties of sample shells. Specifically, it found that an estimated 70 microplastics were contained in e …
For children who cannot afford to attend cram schools or preparatory schools for economic reasons, more and more municipalities are conducting activities such as learning support. One of such projects is “Tama Study Support” (TSS), which has been carried out since two years ago by Tama city, in west …
Last year, the South Korean male idol group “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” (BTS) ranked top in the U.S. Billboard 200 for their album “LOVE YOURSELF”, the first feat attained by Asian artists. One of reasons for their global hit can be the powerful political messages the group has …
A growing number of Japanese companies have been carrying out demonstration experiments introducing self-checkout cash registers and unmanned stores in recent years. The moves gained impetus from an initiative launched two years ago by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which came o …
Takanori Nakamura, 35, who graduated from Chuo University in 2005, served as a life planner at Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (at the time of this interview in June 2018) after his career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC. He is currently in charge of internal auditing. As a sales manager at Sony, he u …
◎好きなことに一生懸命に 自動車を愛する川島豊臣さん Graduates of Chuo University are active in various fields. By knowing how they spent their school days, we students may be able to get some clues in making their college life more meaningful. The first alumnus Hakumon Herald features is Toyotomi Kawashima, aged 79. Kawashi …
As environmental pollution caused by plastic waste becomes serious, Japan’s awareness still remains in low gear. Japan opposed the “Ocean Plastics Charter” for the regulation of marine plastic waste jointly proposed by the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Q …
An expert panel of the Central Environment Council, an advisory body to the Minister of the Environment, endorsed in February this year a draft strategy for reduction of disposable plastic, including a mandatory charge for shopping bags. It set a goal to cut the annual discharge of plastic was …
As environmental pollution from plastic waste gets worse, leading U.S. coffeehouse chain Starbucks announced last July that it will discontinue using disposable plastic straws at its all stores across the world by 2020. The move comes amid the ongoing trend mainly among American companies to do away …
According to newspaper reports, Britain’s Brunel University London announced in 2018 that it investigated shells sold at eight supermarkets across the country and detected microplastics from all varieties of sample shells. Specifically, it found that an estimated 70 microplastics were contained in e …
Last year, the South Korean male idol group “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” (BTS) ranked top in the U.S. Billboard 200 for their album “LOVE YOURSELF”, the first feat attained by Asian artists. One of reasons for their global hit can be the powerful political messages the group has …
For children who cannot afford to attend cram schools or preparatory schools for economic reasons, more and more municipalities are conducting activities such as learning support. One of such projects is “Tama Study Support” (TSS), which has been carried out since two years ago by Tama city, in west …
