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Lululemon leader takes change and runs with it

Stewart Tudor came on board with the athleisure brand lululemon in March 2020, just as COVID-19 hit. While the pandemic has undoubtedly brought many challenges, it has been also the...

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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Azby Brown: Student of Japan’s sustainable past

Azby Brown is one of those energetic, curious Western intellectuals who come to Japan and become experts about a single aspect of its society. There seems to be one for...

ESG Talk

Nippon Life exec urges shift to stakeholder capitalism

Efforts to promote ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, which were led by Europe, have been rapidly spreading across the globe. In Japan, many companies are committed to efforts to...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Originator Profile advances tech against misinformation and fraud

Companies and organizations involved in technologies to reduce misinformation online presented their achievements at an event organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications at Otemachi Sankei Plaza in...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Yamagata Symphony Orchestra plays part in community synergy

Yamagata, the city selected in 2025 as the first Destination Region — a Japanese municipality The Japan Times wishes to tell the world about — is home to the first...

日本語記事

「Destination Restaurants 2025」を振り返る(後編)。 – 印象に残った「命をいただく」を実感する2つのレストラン。

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…

【アイスタイル】蓄積した消費者データと中立性で化粧品業界のプラットフォームを確立

アイスタイルは、長年にわたり大手企業の影響を強く受けた日本の化粧品業界において、挑戦者として歩んできた企業だ。 以前の化粧品市場は、大手化粧品メーカーが大きなシェアを占め、テレビCMを頻繁に放映す…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

‘Tokyo as Seen by a Foreigner’ ‘Tokyo vue par un etranger’

Noel Nouet, a well-known French poet, came to Japan in 1926 and was a professor at the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages and Hosei University and the Military College. He...

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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