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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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Unicharm announced on January 19, 2024 an updated Lifree RefF overnight incontinence pad using recycled pulp recovered from used diapers. The company said supply to hospitals and care…
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Sumitomo Seika’s 2025 report says it began full-scale sales of a high-retention superabsorbent polymer in fiscal 2024. The company describes the material as allowing about a 10 percent…
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Sapporo City lists Sustainable Create’s development of a used-diaper recycling device for medical and care facilities among projects selected for its 2025 healthcare-business support programme.
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Kamakura City’s October 2024 report describes a used-diaper separation and product-development trial involving hospital and nursery waste. Kurita handled separation, while TOPPAN examined the recovered materials and possible…
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Tohoku University’s technology-seed catalogue identifies smart diapers as a possible application for materials that respond differently to gases including ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. The record was updated on…
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