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[Circular Yokohama] awarded the Grand Prize at the 31st Yokohama Environmental Activities Award

  • On Feb 27, 2025
Circular Yokohama, a platform dedicated to promoting the circular economy in Yokohama, has been honored with the Grand Prize at the 31st Yokohama Environmental Activities Award for its contributions to advancing local environmental initiatives. About the Yokohama Environmental Activities Award The Yokohama Environmental Activities Award recognizes individuals, organizations, businesses, and students actively engaged in environmental […]
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Circular Yokohama delivers a career education lecture at Yokohama Mine elementary school

  • On Feb 7, 2025
On December 16, 2024, Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting the circular economy in Yokohama, delivered a career education lecture to sixth-grade students at Mine elementary school in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City. The school actively promotes career education by inviting professionals from various fields, helping students envision their future paths. Mine elementary school is located just […]
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Imagining Circular Futures: transitioning to a circular society through design, technology, and lifestyle —Special open academic session of CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO—

  • On Jan 17, 2025
As global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource constraints, and increasing security risks and conflicts gain prominence, the transition to a circular economy is becoming an urgent priority worldwide. In response to this trend, there is a growing expectation in Japan for the emergence of startups and innovations to drive this transition. To […]
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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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[CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO] Event Report | 5th Circular Business Design Lecture: “Circular Economy and Finance”

  • On Jan 9, 2025
As part of the second phase of “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO”—a startup support program specializing in the circular economy, conducted in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government—Harch Inc. held the 5th lecture of the Circular Business Design series, titled “Circular Economy and Finance”. *This article is a republished report from CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO titled “[Event Report] […]
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[CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO] Event Report | 4th Circular Business Design Lecture: “Circular Economy and Product Design”

  • On Jan 7, 2025
As part of the second phase of “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO”—a startup support program specializing in the circular economy, conducted in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government—Harch Inc. held the 4th lecture of the Circular Business Design series, titled “Circular Economy and Product Design”. *This article is a republished report from CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO titled “[Event […]
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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 STARTUP TOKYO] Event Report | 3rd Circular Business Design Lecture: “Circular Economy and Service Design”

  • On Dec 20, 2024
As part of the second phase of “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO”—a startup support program specializing in the circular economy, conducted in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government—Harch Inc. held the 3rd lecture of the Circular Business Design series, titled “Circular Economy and System Design.” *This article is a republished report from CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO titled “[Event […]
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IDEAS FOR GOOD held online event: “Designing the transition together—exploring the potential of ‘revised’ plastics (Climate Creative Cafe.16)”

  • On Dec 18, 2024
IDEAS FOR GOOD, a media platform collects ideas to make society better, hosted the online event “Designing the transition together—exploring the potential of ‘revised’ plastics (Climate Creative Cafe.16)” on December 2 in collaboration with Members Co.,Ltd.. As part of the Climate Creative project, which tackles the climate crisis through creative ideas, communication, and business model […]
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Circular Yokohama held a seminar: “Why Companies Should Embrace Nature Positive Practices: Building Cities in Harmony with Nature”

  • On Dec 17, 2024
On November 28, Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting the circular economy in Yokohama and operated by Harch, held a seminar (in-person and online) titled “Why Companies Should Embrace Nature Positive Practices: Building Cities in Harmony with Nature.” Circular Yokohama is one of the operating companies in the Yokohama SDGs Design Center, a regional intermediary organization […]
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