Every November for the last 22 years, Standard & Poor’s has released its Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. The DJSI is the honor roll of ESG, recognizing the most sustainable companies...
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...
Growing up in an “informal settlement” in Indonesia, an urban village community that formed organically with unplanned spatial layouts and self-help housing, Mahesti Okitasari, now a research associate at the...
E-book distributor Media Do Co., Ltd. not only plans to expand its business beyond the current form of e-books, but also supports entrepreneurs in regional cities to revive local economies...
The America-Japan Society announced the recipients of the sixth Kentaro Kaneko Award, presented to people who have made long-standing contributions to friendly U.S.-Japan relations through grassroots activities, on July 23....
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...
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」である。選考対象となるのは、東京23区と政令指定都市を除く、日…
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On Oct. 22, 1967, when Frank Lloyd Wright's last wife, Olgivanna, came to Japan to appeal for the preservation of the Imperial Hotel, a Japan Times reporter asked why she...
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.
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.
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...