Reports
Latest articles on Japan’s circular economy
Reports
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Systems Over Awareness: How Totoya’s Zero-Waste Franchise Is Driving Cultural Change
Insights
Why Resource Circulation Is Becoming a Security Issue: What Japan-Finland Cooperation Reveals About the Circular Economy’s New Role
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Toward Responsible Production and Consumption, and Reliable Collection and Circulation Systems: Industry, Government and Academia Explore the Implementation of Sustainable Fashion
Interviews
A community’s strengths can be built from its waste. Why Japan needs Zero Waste® facilitators now more than ever
Interviews
Where Is Yokohama’s Circular Journey Headed? “Circular City Yokohama” Today [Yokohama City and the Circular Economy: Vol. 2]
Interviews
How Did Yokohama Cut Household Waste by 43%? Resource Circulation Built on 15,000 Conversations — Yokohama City and the Circular Economy: A Journey, Vol. 1
Reports
Giving Circular Business a Tangible Form: Prototyping Essentials with Daijiro Mizuno [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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No one chooses a product just because it’s “good for the environment.” Lessons in circular business from disposable vinyl umbrellas and Kyoto’s traditional crafts [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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Who Is Your “Roller-Coaster Craftsman”? A Cross-Industry Circular Ecosystem Taking Shape in Kyoto [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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Circularity Lives in “Joy”: Lessons from Keihoku’s Mountains and People on Business and Life with a Long View [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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“Lasting a Thousand Years Was the Result, Not the Goal” — The Circular Economy as Seen in the Streets of Kyoto [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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What Does a Distinctly Kyoto Vision of “Circulation” Look Like? A Report from the Circular Business Design School Kyoto Kick-off Event
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Toward a “Rational” and “Enjoyable” Circular Economy: The Future of Yokohama-Style Circular Design, Shaped by Government, Industry, Academia and Citizens — Minato Mirai Circular Economy Conference 2026 [Event Report]
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The Happier We Get, the Greater the Burden on the Planet? Questioning How to Move Beyond the “False Dichotomy” Between Environmental Issues and Well-Being [ASCC 2025 Report]
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A Place to Connect Intentions and Resources: How GREEN×EXPO 2027 Is Designing a Circular Society You Can Experience [ASCC 2025 Report]
Reports
Collaboration Across the Value Chain and the Recycling Industry Is the Key to the Circular Economy: How the YRC Platform Is Connecting Businesses and Unlocking the Potential of Resource Circulation [ASCC 2025 Report]
Opinion
The Many Dimensions of the Circular Economy: A Reading for the New Cabinet Era
Interviews
Making Clothing Repair Mainstream: CYKLUS’s Vision for a Co-Creative Repair Center
Interviews
Kamakura Circular Award: Fostering Circular Startups Through the “Circulation of Knowledge” (2) Exploring Its Characteristics
Interviews
Kamakura Circular Award: Fostering Circular Startups Through a “Circulation of Knowledge” (Part 1) — Interview with the Organizers
Interviews
Special Dialogue with Akihiro Yasui: Envisioning a Kyoto-Style Circular Economy [Kyoto CE Feature]
Interviews
Sorting “By Color” Is Transforming Clothing Recycling: colourloop Promotes Circulation of Blended-Fiber Textiles [Kyoto CE Special Feature]
Interviews
Actually, an Honor Student Among Circular Materials: How Rakusai Shikou Turns Cardboard into a “Tool” for Social Transformation [Kyoto CE Feature]
Interviews
Aiming for Comfort That Lasts a Thousand Years: How Hotel THE THOUSAND KYOTO Is Redefining Hospitality Through Circularity [Kyoto CE Special Feature]
Interviews
How “Unused” Off-Spec Produce Can “Captivate” People: Minato Co., Ltd., the Food Platform Connecting Production and Consumption [Kyoto CE Feature]
Interviews
Redyeing the Future with Dye His Father Almost Threw Away: How Kyoto’s Bamba Dyeing Works and Its “Blacker Than Black” Are Reshaping Tradition [Kyoto CE Feature]
Interviews
In Kyoto’s 1,200-Year History Lies a Clue to the Circular Economy: The City’s Vision for a Future Where Environment and Industry Coexist [Kyoto CE Feature]
Opinion
Toward the Circular 15-Minute City: Designing Circular Neighbourhoods That Bring Prosperity to Communities
Opinion