Seeds of SDGs
Together tackling challenges to improve relations and contribute to a stronger global economy
Toyama City Demonstrating a Solution for SDGs
Cities across the globe, working toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, are looking to Toyama City’s aging-society-friendly town planning
Opening the Way to a Hydrogen Society
The world’s first demonstration projects for hydrogen supply chains aims at the wider use of carbon-free, next-generation energy
Contributions to the Paris Agreement from Outer Space
GOSAT (Ibuki) is the world’s first satellite for observing greenhouse gases. To help achieve SDGs, windows on global warming have been opened in outer space
Optimal Medical Treatment for Everyone
In Japan, research into the new field of precision medicine is advancing, and a goal has been set “to achieve good health and longevity,” which is one of Japan’s priority areas for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Life-Saving Blue Mosquito Net
Data from WHO show that malaria infected 216 million people in 91 nations and regions in 2016, with 445,000 deaths.[1] Aiming to eradicate the “devil’s disease,” Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. of Japan offers an “insect-proof mosquito net.”
UPDATE
Kutchan: Hottest Winter Town
POWER OF INNOVATION
Close, Long-Standing Public-Private Partnership
GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR: Japanese Individuals Contributing Worldwide
Urban Planner Passionate for Myanmar’s Future
GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR: Friends of Japan
Conveying Local Charm with Warm Hospitality
GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR: The JET Programme
Bringing Okinawans Closer with Peru
PORTRAITS OF JAPAN:
Late Autumn, When Nostalgia Whispers in the Wind
PORTRAITS OF JAPAN:
Niigata’s Proud Tradition
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Nanako Murata Sawayanagi
Did a Japanese Ship Rescue Hundreds of Greek Refugees from Smyrna a Century Ago?
KIX Airport Resiliently Bounces Back and Welcomes the World
Prime Minister in Action
Vol.33
Autumn 2018
Vol.33
Autumn 2018
In November 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a Tokyo ceremony marking the launch of the new “Michibiki” Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) for enhanced satellite positioning services. The constellation of satellites in the Michibiki system will supplement existing GPS systems, making possible more precise and stable satellite positioning.
