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Carlos Donderis bridges work cultures at Mercari

After a 10-day visit 13 years ago, Spaniard Carlos Donderis decided he wanted to live in Japan. He had been working as a programmer, and determined that in order to...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura Real Estate builds connections for the future

The office window looks out over Tokyo Bay and the recently redeveloped districts of Harumi and Toyosu. To the right is the Odaiba bayfront skyline and the Rainbow Bridge connecting...

Roundtable

Enjoi Japan cross-pollinates to grow garden of diversity

Japanese companies often can find the solutions they are seeking if they let their employees flourish, according to Jackie Steele, founder and CEO of enjoi Japan, an edtech and “diversity...

ESG Talk

Founding spirit drives Suntory’s environmental efforts

Under its corporate mission, “To Create Harmony with People and Nature,” the Suntory Group has worked to address issues facing our society, including climate change and environmental problems. In 2019,...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Mt. Tsukuba area seeks to carve new future for its historic granite

Around Mount Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture lies a major and historic quarrying area. The Tsukuba massif granite of the Mt. Tsukuba Area Geopark was certified by the International Union of...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Professor propels new networks to revive rural Yamagata ways

Go Matsumoto is an anthropologist and professor specializing in Peruvian archaeology at Yamagata University in Yamagata, the city selected in 2025 as the first Destination Region — places The Japan...

日本語記事

【野村不動産ホールディングス】芝浦に湾岸地域の新しいハブ機能を。人的資源の強化を目指す

窓の外に東京湾が広がる。その先には晴海や豊洲の再開発地区が見える。右手にはお台場の景観が浮かび、東京湾にかかるレインボーブリッジが都心と湾岸地域をつないでいる。タイミングが良ければクルーズ船が足元…

循環型経済の実現へ、王子HDがリサイクルと連携を推進

国内有数の紙・パルプ製品製造大手の王子ホールディングス株式会社は、王子グループが推進するリサイクルの取り組みを象徴する新ブランドとして「Renewa(リニューワ)」を立ち上げた。 同社でグループオ…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Reliving 1964 Tokyo Olympics

He climbed the steps with the Olympic torch in his right hand, the torch’s base at shoulder height and the cylinder sparking reddish-white and spewing smoke. Twenty steps. Forty steps....

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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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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