Kawasaki City, Kanagawa and Denmark have one thing in common: their endeavors to be more environmentally friendly. While Kawasaki is active in answeri

Kawasaki City, Kanagawa and Denmark have one thing in common: their endeavors to be more environmentally friendly. While Kawasaki is active in answering to the Green New Deal, Denmark with its top-level wind-powered electric generators is holding the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP15 at the end of this year. The forum stresses only on the cooperation between Kawasaki and Denmark but also among the eco-friendly firms of both parties.

It will includes a speeches on A More Environmentally Friendly Japan by the ambassador of Denmark to Japan Franz-Michael S. Mellbin and The Environmental Problems and the Japanese Industry by Urano Mitsuhito of Nichirei, a company involves in transportation of fresh food products. There will also be panel discussion on the environment from individuals of various industries.

The event is free and scheduled on August, 25 from 2 pm to 5 pm at the first floor of Kawasaki Institution of Industrial Promotion Hall. Those interested can also participate in the banquet afterwards for 2000 yen.

Applications are accepted via fax to ０４４－２００－３９２０ with the following information: your name, address, telephone number, workplace, whether you are participating in banquet. You can also apply online via this application form available in Japanese.

Kawasaki and Africa?

Ambassadors and embassy staff from 23 African countries visited Kawasaki for an Eco-town Tour on July 29, 2009. The event was held by Kawasaki City and UNIDO.

They visited local companies with unique environmental technologies such as;
petbottle recycling, water cleaning using bycicle power and paper recycling.


Many Japanese will associate Kawasaki with one of the four major industrial pollutions. The city has overcome the painful days through legal and technical effort, which they are willing to share with the rest of the world.
They will be holding a public exhibition on February 4th and 5th of 2010, introducing environmental technologies and products from Kawasaki.