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Navigating and advancing a unique domestic market

There’s no industry quite as dynamic as the automotive industry. As global manufacturers constantly adapt to changes in business and regulatory environments while keeping pace with regional market trends, Representative...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura Holdings builds a vision for uniting global staff

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...

Roundtable

The better for wear: Designer upcycles old kimonos

With roots in Belgium and Japan, Haruka Sugihara is a young designer and entrepreneur with a passion for taking the traditional beauty of secondhand kimonos and upcycling them to suit...

ESG Talk

How electronics giant NEC turned a crisis into society-leading strategy

Facing crisis a decade ago, electronics giant NEC Corp. sought once again to define the social significance of its business. Since Japanese firms’ top market shares in the fields of...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Suntory’s collaborative approach to water stewardship

The region comprising the city of Kumamoto and 10 surrounding municipalities is a rare example of an area where the tap water for approximately 1 million residents is sourced almost...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Old Yamagata school is now a creative laboratory

A former elementary school building located a 15-minute walk from Yamagata Station has been transformed into a commercial facility and a hub for the creative city of Yamagata. It is...

日本語記事

【野村ホールディングス】次の100年に向けて企業パーパスを国内外で共有

2025年に創立100周年を迎えた野村ホールディングスは、2024年4月に「金融資本市場の力で、世界と共に挑戦し、豊かな社会を実現する」という野村グループの企業パーパスを策定した。1925年の野村…

【TSUKIHI】越前市のテロワールを、薪焼きで描くシェフ。

2024年3月、北陸新幹線が福井・敦賀まで延伸したのをきっかけに、福井県内の観光シーンは盛り上がっている。だが、2025年の宿泊客数に占めるインバウンドの割合は、全国27.2%に対して県内は2.9…

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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