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​​No comfort zone for Swiss commerce chamber’s head

Growing up in the small Swiss town of Bonstetten, on the outskirts of Zurich, Thomas Brodbeck — now the president of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan...

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

Aquaculture’s future lies with an aerospace engineer

The freshness and quality of Japanese seafood are renowned, and people come from around the world to experience the taste. Japan is home to some of the most diverse coastal...

Unraveling Japanese companies

SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’

One year before their company changed its name to SWCC Corp. in 2023, one of the younger executives came to the CEO and said they needed to define a company...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Japan’s innovative performance wins at World Cosplay Summit

As top athletes competed in the Paris Olympics last month, top cosplayers from Japan and abroad similarly gathered in Nagoya’s Sakae area to participate in the 22nd World Cosplay Summit,...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Hokkaido’s terroir crafts Japan’s next great wines

Hokkaido is emerging as a significant player in Japan's wine industry, holding the third-largest share in the production of wine from domestic grapes, following Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures. Its distinctive...

日本語記事

湯布院の畑から生まれるガストロノミー。

大分空港より車で約50分。または空港からリムジンバスで湯布院駅まで向かえば、ベントレーで送迎もしてもらえる。10棟のヴィラと9室の客室のすべてに露天風呂を備えるラグジュアリー・オーベルジュ『エノワ…

「異文化は共鳴するのか?」―現代から考える文化交流のあり方。

白壁の蔵屋敷、墨色のなまこ壁、風にそよぐ柳並木――。JR倉敷駅から徒歩10分ほどで辿り着く美観地区には倉敷川沿いに、趣ある街並みが続いている。 …

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

#42 Roundtable

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

Carlos Melen

#41 Roundtable

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Chie Duncan

Special Evening Roundtable

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Noriko Shindo & Shoehei Maekawa

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 express the land of Japan

Presented by The Japan Times since 2021, Destination Restaurants is a list of “the best restaurants in Japan, selected by Japanese experts with international diners in mind.” For this year’s...

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