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Stand-up plans: Trading caricatures for awareness

A half-hour into chatting with Patrick Harlan over coffee at a Yotsuya bakery, two women grab seats nearby. The ladies glance over to the tall American and do a double...

Unraveling Japanese companies

​​Istyle: Creating a consumer-centric cosmetics market

Istyle Inc. has become a challenger in the Japanese cosmetics industry, traditionally dominated by established interests. Consumers had limited options to evaluate and compare brands because the market was led...

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Womenomics originator Matsui funds ESG startups

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attracted global attention in 2013 for drawing on womenomics — the idea that female economic advancement benefits the entire economy — as a cornerstone...

ESG Talk

Molten’s DIY balls aim to close global education gap

Molten Corp., a company in Hiroshima that manufactures balls used by professional sports leagues around the world and in the Olympics, has stepped up efforts to help achieve the U.N....

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

Pure southern flavors at Italian restaurant Senti.U

The Italian restaurant Senti.U is located in the southern Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, on the Osumi Peninsula, which is connected by a land bridge to the volcano Sakurajima. From...

日本語記事

「Destination Restaurants 2025」を振り返る(前編)。 – シェフの連携により生まれるガストロノミー・ツーリズム。

2021年に発足したジャパンタイムズが主催する日本発信のレストランセレクション「Destination Restaurants」。5年目を迎えた2025度に選ばれた10軒の取材を終えた今、この年の…

【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…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Japan Times staff, readers lead rescue of the battleship Mikasa

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...

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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