Christopher J. LaFleur founded LM Associates in 2011. Previously he served as U.S. ambassador to Malaysia from 2004 to 2007 and as vice chairman and head of government relations and...
To mark its 100th anniversary in 2025, Nomura Holdings Inc. established a corporate purpose for the entire Nomura Group: “We aspire to create a better world by harnessing the power...
Thriving in the jungles of Costa Rica without electricity or running water provided Kai Sawyer with a new perspective on how to coexist with nature. “I saw more monkeys than...
Climate change is an issue that urgently needs to be addressed, even though many countries are facing challenges to their energy security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a...
Japan has long ranked last among the Group of Seven nations in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index. In 2026, it placed 117th out of 145 countries, with...
Energized by the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Fukui and Tsuruga in March 2024, Fukui Prefecture’s tourism scene is bustling. Yet fewer than 3% of the guests at...
熊本市とその周辺10市町村は、約100万人の住民が使う水道水のほぼすべてを地下水でまかなう日本でも珍しい地域だ。古代の阿蘇山の噴火によって降り積もった火砕流堆積物が、水を通しやすい土壌を形成した。雨水はこの土壌によって自然にろ過されながら地中深くに浸透し、…
各県、食を通じた観光誘致を行っているが、茨城県の取り組みは、なかなか気合が入っている。2020年から、食の権威や料理人、グルメ雑誌編集者などで構成された「茨城フードセレクション審査会」を立ち上げ、…
1897年に創刊された日本最古の英字新聞『ジャパンタイムズ』が、日本各地の訪れる価値のあるレストランを、毎年10軒選び発表するレストランリストが「Destination Restaurants」で…
Postwar Japan saw a flourishing of visual artists, starting with the ideological and political upheavals of the ’60s and ’70s. Not unlike Japan’s film masters, many of Japan’s most well-known...
The first issue of The Japan Times was published on March 22, 1897. The leading founders were President Sueji Yamada and Editor-in-Chief Motosada Zumoto, a former executive secretary to Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito.
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Presented by The Japan Times since 2021, Destination Restaurants seeks out Japan’s best restaurants beyond big cities, selected by Japanese experts with international diners in mind...
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