The design for the staff uniforms for the City of Yokohama's exhibition "Information Hub Utilizing Building Spaces" at GREEN×EXPO 2027 has been finalized. The uniforms incorporate clothing collected from residents as part of their raw materials.
On September 3–4, 2026, the "Asia-Pacific Circular Cities Forum 2026" will be held in Yokohama. We spoke with Toshikazu Yazawa (谷澤寿和) of the City of Yokohama's Policy Management and International Strategy Bureau—the official leading the planning of this inaugural forum—about the vision behind it.
When more people feel that "the sea is wonderful," more people come to love their community — and more people want to make the future a better place. That vision gave rise to "umi to mirai," a fieldwork program set against the waters of Kanazawa-Hakkei. The program was conceived by […]
Artiql Inc. (Minato, Tokyo; Co-CEOs: Yu Kato, Hideyuki Arifuku, Daijiro Kake), which operates the circular city transition platform "Circular Yokohama" in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Route Design LLC (Fujimi, Nagano; Representative: Kao Tsuda), which operates "PILE," a coworking space for creatives, have announced the opening of "Sta.R (Station R)," a new creative hub for circular…
To comprehensively advance its environmental policies, the City of Yokohama has been formulating its Environmental Management Plan based on the "Basic Ordinance on the Conservation and Creation of the Yokohama Environment." Following the conclusion of the previous plan's term, the city announced on July 29, 2026, the adoption of a new Yokohama Environmental Management Plan…
*This article is a translated and edited version of a story originally published in January 2026 on “Green Hub in Asia,” a platform managed by the City of Yokohama’s International Affairs Bureau. It was produced by Harch Inc., the operator of Circular Yokohama, based on interviews with Yokohama City officials. In Vol.3, we explored the…
*This article is a translated and edited version of a story originally published in January 2026 on “Green Hub in Asia,” a platform managed by the City of Yokohama’s International Affairs Bureau. It was produced by Harch Inc., the operator of Circular Yokohama, based on interviews with Yokohama City officials. Located in the center of…
*This article is a translated and edited version of a story originally published in January 2026 on “Green Hub in Asia,” a platform managed by the City of Yokohama’s International Affairs Bureau. It was produced by Harch Inc., the operator of Circular Yokohama, based on interviews with Yokohama City officials. What enables some cities to…
*This article is a translated and edited version of a story originally published in January 2026 on “Green Hub in Asia,” a platform managed by the City of Yokohama’s International Affairs Bureau. It was produced by Harch Inc., the operator of Circular Yokohama, based on interviews with Yokohama City officials. Reducing household waste by 43%…
Circular Yokohama received the Dissemination and Promotion Division award at the Kanagawa Decarbonization Award in2026 organized by Kanagawa Prefecture. What is the Kanagawa Decarbonization Award In order to achieve a decarbonized society by 2050, this award system honors individuals, businesses, schools, and other entities that have implemented outstanding initiatives related to decarbonization. It is jointly…
We have added a new circular project “SDGs Locker” in our database. SDGs Locker is an unmanned, locker-type vending system designed to reduce food waste by selling items that are still safe and within their best-before date, but would otherwise be discarded. Introduced in Yokohama in January 2024, the project connects food producers and retailers…
We have added a new circular project “Reusable Toner Cartridges” in our database. The Reusable Toner Cartridges is a long-running initiative by Hara Trading Co., Ltd., based in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, that offers a concrete alternative to disposable office printing supplies. Since 1994, the company has been collecting spent genuine toner cartridges, carefully inspecting and…
