YOKKAICHI, Mie -- A department store and hotel here have decided to launch a campaign calling for people to bring their own chopsticks to restaurants as an environmental measure, it has been learned.
The Chubu-Kintetsu department store in Yokkaichi and the Yokkaichi Miyako Hotel will launch the campaign in June, as part of their efforts to prevent global warming.
The Japan Department Stores Association says it has never heard of such an approach by a depar [...]
SENDAI -- Cushions made of subway seat cloth have gone on sale at a station here.
The Sendai City Transportation Bureau and a workshop for the handicapped in Sendai have jointly produced the orange, smooth-textured cushions out of material used for repairing seats on Sendai municipal subway trains.
The cloths became available after the city recently renovated the subway cars and changed the colors of the seat cloths.
Members of a local handicappe [...]