The team’s findings were recently detailed in a scientific paper published ... found the plastic sheet measuring 106 centimeters by 118 cm and a PET bottle label, written in Japanese, stuck ...

And the Japanese government's own figures suggest ... Last year, Lawson began serving its small-sized ice coffees in paper cups rather than plastic. Lawson now sells its small iced coffees in ...

Numerous outlets of the stores in the Kansai region began charging customers for plastic and paper bags, while some restaurant chains continued to provide them for free, but switched to ones ...

In an effort to tackle this problem, Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan, have developed a new type of plastic that maintains its ...

As part of its efforts to be more eco-friendly, roughly five years ago Starbucks Japan switched from plastic straws to paper ones. However, consumers haven’t been happy with paper straws in general, ...