<Event Announcement> Special Lecture to be held on June 14, 2026, at Ecoru Togoshi, Shinagawa Ward, to Commemorate 'Environment Month' and 1 Million Visitors

Ecoru Togoshi, a public environmental learning and exchange facility in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo (Director: Yasuyuki Nakakura), will hold a special lecture on Sunday, June 14, 2026, to coincide with the Ministry of the Environment's 'Environment Month' in June and to commemorate the facility reaching 1 million visitors.

June's Environment Month serves as a crucial opportunity for governments, municipalities, companies, and organizations to promote initiatives toward a sustainable society, such as global warming countermeasures, resource circulation, and biodiversity conservation.

Among these, 'food loss' has become a particularly prominent issue in recent years. In Japan, it is estimated that approximately 4.64 million tons of food that could still be eaten are discarded annually, which equates to 37 kilograms of food loss per person per year. Food loss is not only a factor in increasing the burden of waste disposal and greenhouse gas emissions but is also deeply related to the global issue of food shortages, making it a critical issue that affects both the environment and society.

For this lecture, we have invited Hiroyuki Baba, a member of the comedy trio 'Robert' and a 'Food Loss Reduction Ambassador' appointed by the Consumer Affairs Agency, as our guest speaker. Known for his culinary skills, Mr. Baba shares tips on reducing food loss that can be practiced at home and ideas for cooking without wasting ingredients, proposing an environmentally friendly lifestyle that is fun to engage in.

On the day, he will talk in an easy-to-understand and enjoyable way about hints for reducing food loss that anyone can immediately practice in their daily lives, as well as ideas that lead to environmentally friendly actions.

As our facility reaches the milestone of 1 million visitors, we would like to express our gratitude for your visits and continue to expand understanding and action on environmental issues together with the local community. We aim for this lecture to be a catalyst for moving from 'knowing' about the environment to 'taking action.'