Increasing numbers of firms in Japan are trying to make work-life balance a priority, but in a business culture where overtime is still the norm, this is easier said than...
Murata Machinery, building on its base of industrial automation technologies, is contributing to global sustainability at a time when an endless list of large AI data center projects are boosting...
Among Monica Nagashima’s many ambitions as the climate think tank InfluenceMap’s Japan country manager, one is to eventually not have to explain what “policy influencing” actually is. Founded in London...
Efforts to promote ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, which were led by Europe, have been rapidly spreading across the globe. In Japan, many companies are committed to efforts to...
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...
Shikoku, the fourth-largest island in the Japanese archipelago and home to four prefectures, is surrounded by more than 600 scattered islands, most of which are in the Seto Inland Sea....
日本全国で誰もが公平に、郵便、貯金、保険といったサービスを利用できるようにする―それが郵便局のユニバーサルサービスだ。どんな場所にも、大切なその一通を確実に届ける。全国津々浦々で、日々業務にあたる郵便局員の姿を3回シリーズで伝える。第1回は、瀬戸内海に浮か…
自動化技術を事業の柱とする村田機械は、人工知能（AI）の普及で半導体需要が拡大し、世界各地で大規模なデータセンター建設が相次ぐ今、持続可能な社会の実現に貢献している。 データセンターの急増で電力需…
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。…
Mikasa! The name of the powerful Japanese battleship is well known to the world's naval historians. The Mikasa's highly acclaimed victories at sea over a century ago are largely overshadowed...
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