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Online Articles

This section introduces selected articles from the Material Cycles Division’s online magazine.

Basic Information on Waste Management and 3Rs in Japan

Waste management in Japan

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Japan’s Municipal Solid Waste Survey Dataー(1) Review of Total MSW Discharge Amount Through NIES’s Data Viewing System Takatsune KAWAHATA 2022/01 2023/02
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Contained in Construction and Demolition Waste Wood Takashi YAMAMOTO 2020/10 2023/03
Toward Safer Operation of Temporary Ash Treatment Plants Hidetoshi KURAMOCHI 2020/07 2023/02
Rethinking the Sound Material-Cycle Society during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Importance of Waste Management from Public Health Perspective Atsushi TERAZONO 2020/04 2021/07
In the Coming Aging Society, How to Manage Waste Collection Points? Kaoru SUZUKI 2020/01 2021/12
Investigation of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Automobile Shredder Residues Hidenori MATSUKAMI 2019/09 2022/11
Prospects of Japan’s Waste Management and Material Cycles in the Reiwa Era (1): Looking Back on the Showa Era and Heisei Era Tomohiro TASAKI 2019/06 2021/10
Circular System for Farmland Recovery Combining Multipurpose Crop Cultivation with Biogas Production Takuro KOBAYASHI 2019/05 2022/05
Microbial Methylation of Mercury: Toward Safe Management of Mercury Waste in Final Disposal Sites in Japan Yuka OGATA 2018/08 2023/04
Do Flame Retardants Directly Migrate to Indoor Dust? Natsuko KAJIWARA 2016/10 2022/06
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Leaching Test: Roles and Future Development Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2015/06 2021/06
Smoke of Open Burning Hidenori MATSUKAMI 2015/01 2019/11
Development of Low-Carbon, Energy-Saving Technology for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Kaiqin XU 2014/07 2020/09
Waste-to-Methane Fermentation Unit Made from Polyethylene Tube Takuro KOBAYASHI 2014/07 2021/01
Waste Landfill Leachate: Comparison between Japan and Southeast Asia Yuka OGATA 2014/03 2020/07
Different Types of Fly Ash: Waste Incineration Ash and Coal Ash Kazuo YAMADA 2013/12 2020/02
Energy-Saving Wastewater Treatment with Anaerobic Technology Takuro KOBAYASHI 2013/05 2020/04
Initiatives for Improving Accuracy in the Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Yoshitaka EBIE 2013/02 2020/06
Overseas Expansion of Japan's Johkasou
(Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System)		 Yoshitaka EBIE 2012/01 2019/11
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Circular economy in Japan

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Japan’s Municipal Solid Waste Survey Dataー(1) Review of Total MSW Discharge Amount Through NIES’s Data Viewing System Takatsune KAWAHATA 2022/01 2023/02
Recycling of Printed Circuit Boards in E-waste: Resource Recovery and Proper Treatment of Brominated Dioxin-like Compounds Go SUZUKI 2020/05 2022/03
Rethinking the Sound Material-Cycle Society during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Importance of Waste Management from Public Health Perspective Atsushi TERAZONO 2020/04 2021/07
In the Coming Aging Society, How to Manage Waste Collection Points? Kaoru SUZUKI 2020/01 2021/12
Prospects of Japan’s Waste Management and Material Cycles in the Reiwa Era (1): Looking Back on the Showa Era and Heisei Era Tomohiro TASAKI 2019/06 2021/10
Potential of Precious and Hazardous Metal Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2019/03 2022/10
Contribution to the Formulation of Japan’s Resource Circulation Strategy for Plastics Masahiro OSAKO 2018/11 2021/08
New Regulations on Zappin (Mixed Metal or Miscellaneous) Scrap Atsushi TERAZONO 2017/12 2023/05
Per Capita Municipal Solid Waste Generation Kosuke KAWAI 2017/11 2022/01
Solid Recovered Fuels for Paper Mills in Japan and Overseas and Their Quality Kosuke KAWAI 2017/03 2023/01
Collection and Recycling of Batteries in Small Home Appliances in Japan Atsushi TERAZONO 2016/03 2022/09
Recycling Small Home Appliances and Metals in Japan Atsushi TERAZONO 2013/07 2020/05
Strategic and Phased Implementation of 3R/Circular Economy Initiatives and Effort Indicators Tomohiro TASAKI 2013/06 2020/08
Environmental Safety Quality of Recycled Materials Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2013/04 2020/03
Importance of Field Surveys in Analyzing Regional Recycling Effects Rokuta INABA 2012/10 2020/02
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Waste management in Asia

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Per Capita Municipal Solid Waste Generation Kosuke KAWAI 2017/11 2022/01
Solid Recovered Fuels for Paper Mills in Japan and Overseas and Their Quality Kosuke KAWAI 2017/03 2023/01
Do People in Hanoi, Vietnam Recycle at Home? Hide-Fumi YOKOO 2015/11 2020/10
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Disaster-Resilient Waste Management Ryo TAJIMA 2015/07 2021/04
Leaching Test: Roles and Future Development Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2015/06 2021/06
E-waste Recycling and Movement of Hazardous Chemical Substances Go SUZUKI 2015/01 2020/11
Evaluation of Constructed Wetlands at a Waste Landfill Site in Thailand Yuka OGATA 2014/10 2021/02
Development of Low-Carbon, Energy-Saving Technology for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Kaiqin XU 2014/07 2020/09
Waste-to-Methane Fermentation Unit Made from Polyethylene Tube Takuro KOBAYASHI 2014/07 2021/01
Application of Constructed Wetland Technology to Landfill Leachate Treatment in Southeast Asia Yoshitaka EBIE 2014/03 2020/12
Waste Landfill Leachate: Comparison between Japan and Southeast Asia Yuka OGATA 2014/03 2020/07
Waste Stream in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Koji OTSUKA 2013/12 2020/03
Initiatives for Improving Accuracy in the Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Yoshitaka EBIE 2013/02 2020/06
Waste Issues and World Heritage Sites Rieko KUBOTA 2012/07 2020/01
Household Biogas Production System in Rural Asia - A Case Study in China Kaiqin XU 2012/05 2019/12
Overseas Expansion of Japan's Johkasou
(Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System)		 Yoshitaka EBIE 2012/01 2019/11
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Disaster waste management

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Toward Safer Operation of Temporary Ash Treatment Plants Hidetoshi KURAMOCHI 2020/07 2023/02
Disaster Waste Removal and Volunteers Junko MORISHIMA 2020/01 2022/02
Who Bears the Cost of Disaster Waste Management? Ryo TAJIMA 2019/07 2022/12
Circular System for Farmland Recovery Combining Multipurpose Crop Cultivation with Biogas Production Takuro KOBAYASHI 2019/05 2022/05
Supporting “Pre-Disaster” Human Resource Development for Municipal Disaster Waste Management through D.Waste-Net Takatsune KAWAHATA 2017/09 2021/11
Measurement of Radiostrontium in Incineration Ash Takashi YAMAMOTO 2017/01 2022/08
Practical Ideas to Facilitate Sorting of Disaster Waste at Temporary Storage Sites Takatsune KAWAHATA 2016/07 2021/09
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Disaster-Resilient Waste Management Ryo TAJIMA 2015/07 2021/04
How to Develop a Disaster Waste Management Plan to Enhance Preparedness Ryo TAJIMA 2014/04 2020/01
Disaster Waste Carried into Temporary Storage Sites Kazuto ENDO 2012/01 2020/08
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