Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (second from left) and Ministry of the Environment Zero Plastic Waste Ambassadors (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun at the launch ceremony. June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (second from left) and Ministry of the Environment Zero Plastic Waste Ambassadors (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun at the launch ceremony. The power of each one of us is weak, but we should work together to make an effect. All the speakers posed with Kiyoshi Nishikawa's joke, "Start with small things and work your way up. (June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Ms. Naomi Trauden, a zero plastic waste ambassador of the Ministry of the Environment. June 25, 2020, Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Ministry of the Environment Ministry of Economy

Shinjiro Koizumi, Minister of the Environment (second from left) with his own bag, and (from left) Naomi Trauden, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, and Sakana-kun, ambassadors of the Ministry of the Environment for zero plastic waste. (Akasaka Intercity AIR, Minato-ku, Tokyo, June 25, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)