To say Jose C. Laurel V arrived in Japan at a pivotal moment in the country’s history would be an understatement. Still a toddler, he arrived in Fukuoka with his...
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...
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...
The Japan Clean Ocean Material Alliance, also known as CLOMA, an industry group promoting efforts to reduce marine plastic waste, has the goal of realizing the full recycling of plastic...
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...
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...
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。雨水はこの土壌によって自然にろ過されながら地中深くに浸透し、…
各県、食を通じた観光誘致を行っているが、茨城県の取り組みは、なかなか気合が入っている。2020年から、食の権威や料理人、グルメ雑誌編集者などで構成された「茨城フードセレクション審査会」を立ち上げ、…
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…
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.
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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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