MEDIA COVERAGE

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CEO Kato spoke at ISL Shizenkan circular futures design center inauguration forum

  • On May 14, 2025
On April 24, our representative Kato spoke at the inauguration forum for the circular futures design center at ISL Shizenkan, an event that brought together circular economy practitioners from Japan and the Netherlands. ISL Shizenkan is a graduate school for working professionals that offers programs in both Japanese and English. Over the past several years, […]
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[IDEAS FOR GOOD] Our documentary The Repair Cafe featured on NHK World

  • On Mar 10, 2025
Harch’s first documentary film “The Repair Cafe” was recently featured on NHK World’s English-language news program. The Repair Cafe is the original short documentary produced by our media platform “IDEAS FOR GOOD” which shares ideas to make society better. Originating in the Netherlands, Repair Cafés are community-driven initiatives where volunteers repair broken items—such as electronics, […]
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Exhibited and presented at “SDGs Week EXPO 2024: Circular Partnership EXPO”

  • On Jan 9, 2025
Harch Inc.(hereafter, Harch), which operates the circular economy-focused startup support program “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO” in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, participated in the “SDGs Week EXPO 2024 (EcoPro)” held from Wednesday, December 4, to Friday, December 6, at Tokyo Big Sight. As part of this event, Harch presented its initiatives at the “Circular Partnership […]
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The Repair Cafe featured in Nikkei’s digital edition

  • On Dec 24, 2024
The original short documentary The Repair Cafe, produced by our media platform IDEAS FOR GOOD, was recently featured in an article on Nikkei’s digital edition. The Repair Cafe is the original short documentary produced by our media platform “IDEAS FOR GOOD” which shares ideas to make society better. Originating in the Netherlands, Repair Cafés are […]
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Circular Yokohama Organizes “Yokohama Sustainable Business Design School” at Kanagawa University

  • On Nov 26, 2024
From December 5, 2024, to January 16, 2025, Circular Yokohama organizes “Yokohama Sustainable Business Design School” at Kanagawa University. Yu Kato, CEO of Harch, will give a lecture in the course. The program contains five-sessions, organized in collaboration with the Yokohama SDGs Design Center, aims to foster the creation of sustainable businesses in Yokohama, a […]
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Harch CEO Yu Kato and Circular Yokohama Participated in the 13th Asia Smart City Conference

  • On Nov 20, 2024
On October 23–24, Circular Yokohama participated in the 13th Asia Smart City Conference hosted by Yokohama City. Our CEO Kato spoke at the stage session and Circular Yokohama showcased its initiatives at the event’s exhibition booth. The Asia Smart City Conference is a global event centered on Asia’s decarbonization efforts, bringing together knowledge, ideas, and […]
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CEO Kato participated in a panel discussion at “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024”

  • On Jun 21, 2024
On May 21, CEO Kato participated in a panel discussion at “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024,” an international event held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024” is a large-scale international event to disseminate future urban models. It attracted up to 500,000 participants and was held from April 27, 2024. The event was expected […]
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Circular Yokohama Representative Yu Kato appeared at “Y-SHIP 2023”

  • On Nov 29, 2023
On November 14, Harch CEO Yu Kato appeared at “Y-SHIP 2023,” an event organized by the City of Yokohama to promote Yokohama, a port city of innovation, to the world. “Y-SHIP 2023” is an international convention that aims to promote open innovation by attracting the vitality of human resources and companies from Japan and abroad, […]
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Harch collaborated with Wholegrain Digital on IDEAS FOR GOOD’s ‘Beyond Circularity 2023 Tour’!

  • On Jul 7, 2023
The visit during our European tour, ‘Beyond Circularity 2023,’ which took place in June and covered three cities – London, Paris, and Amsterdam – was featured on Wholegrain Digital’s website. Wholegrain Digital is a British company that creates sustainable websites. The IT industry is often thought of as an “eco-friendly” industry that does not use […]
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