Taiwan inspired by Japan-led initiative on biodiversity conservation

Taiwan inspired by Japan-led initiative on biodiversity conservation

Kindergarteners perform a skit at the New Taipei City government building on Jan. 23, 2016. The children were invited by the city to attend the declaration of the Taiwan version of the Satoyama Initiative, a Japan-led international initiative on living in harmony with nature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Taiwan inspired by Japan-led initiative on biodiversity conservation

Taiwan inspired by Japan-led initiative on biodiversity conservation

New Taipei Deputy Mayor Chen Shen-hsien (R) and Ho-Chen Tan (L), chairman of the Taiwan Ecological Engineering Development Foundation, hold a placard of the "Jinshan Eco-network Initiative" at the city government building on Jan. 23, 2016. The initiative is modeled on the Satoyama Initiative, a Japan-led international initiative on living in harmony with nature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New hotel in central Japan

New hotel in central Japan

Photo taken in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Oct. 6, 2020, shows a guest room of Fairfield by Marriott Gifu Seiryu Satoyama Park, a newly opened hotel run by Sekisui House Ltd. and Marriott International Inc.

New hotel in central Japan

New hotel in central Japan

Photo taken in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Oct. 6, 2020, shows a lobby at Fairfield by Marriott Gifu Seiryu Satoyama Park, a newly opened hotel run by Sekisui House Ltd. and Marriott International Inc.

New hotel in central Japan

New hotel in central Japan

Photo taken in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, Oct. 6, 2020, shows Fairfield by Marriott Gifu Seiryu Satoyama Park, a newly opened hotel run by Sekisui House Ltd. and Marriott International Inc.

Sightseeing train in eastern Japan

Sightseeing train in eastern Japan

Kominato Railway's Satoyama Torocco, a sightseeing train pulled by a diesel locomotive, arrives at Yorokeikoku station in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 22, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo