The 2025 theme is #BeatPlasticPollution. You can choose to follow along with the current theme and their movement through https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/, or you can focus on environmental issues within your community.

Peace is a concept that we are all familiar with in varying capacities.  To the fortunate, it is a part of their everyday life.  To others, it is a hope for the future.  There will always be people who crave chaos and seek to sow it into the world, but where there is darkness, there will always be light.  That light can be seen in people who strive to promote peace with their actions and words.  A beacon of that peace can be seen in the peacekeepers stationed throughout the w

From early June to mid-July, Japan enters its tsuyu, or rainy season. The days become warm and humid, and sudden downpours are common. But amid the misty evenings and damp air, a beautiful seasonal event begins—the arrival of fireflies. Known in Japanese as hotaru, these glowing insects have long been symbols of summer, nostalgia, and the quiet magic of nature.

If you’re looking for a fun, heartwarming, and unforgettable cultural experience in Japan this spring, make sure to mark your calendar for Sunday, May 18, 2025. That’s when the Kobe Festival, the city’s biggest annual event, will light up the streets with music, dance, parades, and community spirit!

Every spring, Japan bursts into color with its iconic cherry blossoms—but have you ever heard of fuji? Known in English as wisteria, this cascading bloom is one of Japan’s most cherished flowers, both for its beauty and the deep cultural meaning behind it.

Pay It Forward is a term that many of us have heard.  However, do you know the meaning behind it?  The easiest way to define paying it forward is receiving money or help from someone and feeling moved to ‘pay it forward’ to the next person.  If this feeling compels the next person, the result is usually a long chain of people helping the next person.  The ‘pay’ can be the same thing you received or something that you see someone needs.  

Check out the Impact Women's Weekend presentation by our Global Community Team Leader, Jasmine Tsunoda, presented by We Are The Impact and Tokyo Innovation Base.

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a mountain sightseeing route that connects Tateyama Town in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture. From April 15 to June 25, a part of the snow corridor around Murodo will be open to pedestrians.