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Portugal envoy expands Japan’s earliest Western ties

The son of two civil servants, Gilberto Jeronimo grew up seeing the value of public service firsthand. After completing a degree in international studies, he initially went into teaching but...

ESG Talk

Keio University draws new generation to build society

With Japan facing the challenges of a declining population and a prolonged economic slump, the president of Keio University said the university must accelerate building a globally attractive educational environment...

Roundtable

TELL leaders discuss mental challenges in COVID era

Note: This story discusses mental troubles and suicide. The word “health” generally conjures images of clean eating and regular exercise. But beyond physical health, mental health is an often-neglected facet...

Unraveling Japanese companies

​​Japan agency aims for both decarbonization, growth

Japan’s efforts to go forward with carbon reduction together with economic rationality are drawing attention in the global investment world, even as a series of companies and financial institutions have...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

2026: Advancing sustainability together with growth

In October 2020, in search of a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Japan Times launched Sustainable Japan to convey what is happening in Japan regarding sustainability and how...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

​​​Beppu Hirokado

A restaurant that stars fish just out of the water Beppu, in Oita Prefecture, is one of Japan’s foremost hot spring destinations, with about 2,600 sources and the country’s largest...

日本語記事

水と生きる サントリー、水素活用で次の一歩へ

国内最大規模のグリーン水素製造設備の設置が完了し、10月11日に実証開始式典が開催された。山梨県と飲料大手サントリーホールディングス株式会社を含む10社が共同で建設したもので、再生可能エネルギーを…

【ノンナ・ニェッタ】茨城県の食を盛り上げる手作り志向のイタリアン。

「Destination Restaurants」では毎年のように、首都圏にあるがゆえに、かえって見逃されてしまう店が選ばれている。電車や高速バスで東京駅から1時間半程度で行ける茨城県つくば市にあ…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

‘Gakumon no Susume’

'An Encouragement of Learning' Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the leading educators of the Meiji Era and founder of Keio University, was a relative of Sueji Yamada, founder of The Japan...

125 years of history

Our beginnings

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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Events

【November 5, 2024】Special Evening Roundtable

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Vickie Skorjie & Bill Cleary

#42 Roundtable

Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Carlos Melen

Awards

Sustainable Japan Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Sustainable Japan Award.

Our goal is to commend individuals, companies, and organizations who have made advances in sustainable efforts, and we hope to convey their activities both domestically and internationally.

Destination Restaurants Awards

Destination Restaurants now has 50 on the map

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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