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Stories about Japan, ordered by source date.
Ordered by source date. Undated sources show the WDO publication date.
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Asahi Kasei Microdevices announced on November 12, 2025 an updated smart-diaper demonstration for CES 2026 in Las Vegas. Its description uses urine as an electrolyte and conductive material…
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Daio Paper reported results from an Elleair Attento survey on November 6, 2025, marking a year of its project on sleep and home care. The online survey, conducted…
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Aichi Prefecture announced a trial at Kariya Memorial Hospital on October 29, 2025. Sahashi Special Steel and Shikibo planned to test a friction-grinding and drying process for used…
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Shizuoka Prefecture announced an agreement with Fukuroi City on October 9, 2025 to jointly run a used-diaper resource-recovery trial. Collection was planned from hospitals, care facilities and nurseries,…
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At the Osaka World Expo, 31 designs explored a future with more choice for people who use adult diapers. Seven diaper manufacturers and an underwear company joined the…
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Unicharm’s October 3, 2025 release describes stretch nonwoven fabric around the abdomen and a stretch design at the crotch in Lifree Premium adult pants, scheduled for Japanese release…
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Unicharm announced Lifree thin adult pants with an Organic Cotton Touch design on October 3, 2025, for nationwide Japanese release in early October. The release describes a mesh…
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Unicharm’s October 1, 2025 release describes a thin Lifree insert pad for use with adult pants, scheduled for Japanese release in early October.
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Kao announced on October 1, 2025 that it was starting a used-diaper carbonization trial with Kamikatsu Town in Tokushima, Japan. The town’s Zero Waste Center WHY was the…
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The experiment explores greening applications for used-diaper material; adult-specific feedstock and commercial treatment outcomes are unconfirmed.
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