To its great credit Japan has many excellent environmental programs in development or in operation with a focus on sustainability. (I should credit electronics industry giant Matsushita here as well. After spending a good bit of time on their website, it is clear that they have some exceptional environmental and sustainability programs of their own) For those who might have some interest in what is happening in Japan this arena, a monthly e-newletter is published by Japan for Sustainability is available.  

http://www.japanfs.org/mail/index.html

Kind regards,
Joe