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Asset management in an age of long life expectancy

Come matsuri festival time, when the temple elders in well-heeled Hamamatsucho are looking for help carrying the omikoshi portable shrine, they know who to turn to. For the past five...

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...

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Decarbonizing built environments: Who’s taking action?

People once struggled through forests to reach home. Today, one may look desperately to find a line of trees among urban buildings, and even these “natural” features are often too...

ESG Talk

Shifts in consumer spending can drive ESG investing

Keiko Honda, who served as CEO and executive vice president of the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency for seven years to 2019, promoted environmental, social and corporate governance...

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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

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125th anniversary

On the occasion of our 125th anniversary The Japan Times, in commemorating its 125th anniversary on this special page, expresses gratitude for the consistent support and encouragement it has received...

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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