Our CEO, Maeda, spoke at the “Matching Pitch 2024” event hosted by the Cabinet Office.

Our Vice President, Okudera, spoke at the “39th New Membrane Technology Symposium 2024” hosted by the Membrane Society of Japan.

WOTA has won the Grand Prize at “GRIC PITCH,” the global pitch stage of “GRIC2024,” one of the largest growth industry conferences in Japan.

WOTA’s efforts in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake were mentioned in Prime Minister Ishiba’s video message at GRIC2024.

WOTA has won the Excellence Award in the ESG category at the “Sustainable Japan Award 2024” hosted by The Japan Times.

We briefed Prime Minister Ishiba and his cabinet member the “WOTA BOX” currently deployed in the disaster-affected areas during visit to Ishikawa Prefecture.

Our Vice President, Yamada, spoke at the “MUSUBU! JAPAN DAY” event hosted by the Japanese Bankers Association.

WOTA Selected for “Norrsken Impact/100 2024”

September 1st is Disaster Prevention Day.

WOTA has begun installing “WOTA BOX” water-recycling showers in Sakata City to support bathing in the wake of the heavy rain disaster in Yamagata Prefecture.

An interview with our CEO, Maeda, was featured in the Water Industry News.

Our company’s pilot projects that promote residential “small-scale decentralized water recycling systems” in Ehime and Hiroshima prefectures was featured in the Japan Waterworks Daily.

Our efforts were featured in the “2024 White Paper on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism” published by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Our “Small-Scale Distributed Water Circulation System” for residential use was introduced at the 2024 Hiroshima-Ahime Exchange Conference by Governor Nakamura and Governor Yuzaki.

Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for our support of hand washing and bathing in the Noto Peninsula earthquake-stricken area.

The Japan Water Supply Newspaper reported that the government’s cabinet decision “Basic Policy 2024” includes “water circulation showers” and “decentralized systems” as a new method for disaster management.

Interview with CEO Mr. Maeda was featured in the 10th anniversary issue of “Forbes JAPAN”.

The Spanish web media “Haz revista” covered our efforts and products as Japan’s response to the water problem.

The Ministry of the Environment’s 2024 edition of the “Environmental White Paper” features a case study of the WOTA system’s support for the area where water has been cut off due to the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

CEO Mr. Maeda spoke at the Japan Medical Association Symposium “Disaster Medicine for the Next Generation”.

WOTA was selected as one of the “Indo Pacific Climate Tech 100” and our member spoke at the IPEF Clean Economy Investor Forum held in Singapore.

Mr. Maeda, our CEO, was appointed as an “Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Mr. Asami, our employee, participated in a talk session at the “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Global Startup Program”

WOTA releases “Noto Peninsula Earthquake and ‘Disaster Water Stress’ Report in National Disaster Class Disasters (Second Report)”.

Our earthquake relief efforts and products were featured in the Japanese government’s international public relations web magazine “KIZUNA”.

WOTA’s products were featured as a case study of their contribution to evacuation shelter management at the “2nd Water Supply and Sewerage Earthquake Countermeasures Study Committee” of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

WOTA BOX” was featured in Sanseido Publishing’s 2025 edition of “Contemporary Japanese,” a Japanese language textbook for junior high school students.

Mr. Maeda’s speech as one of the “Culture Planners” (cultural entrepreneurs) was featured in the activity report of the “Kyoto City Urban Strategy to Create a Virtuous Circle between Culture and Economy,” a joint project by Kyoto City and Loftwork.

Mr. Ochi, Executive Officer, spoke at “J-STARTUP HOUR No. 153: What Role Impact Startups Play in Times of Disaster” hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

WOTA’s products were featured in a report by the Cabinet Office (in charge of disaster prevention) titled “Situation of Evacuation Center Management in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of 2024” as an example of our contribution to evacuation center management.