For multilingual serial entrepreneur Christian Schmitz, a regular morning run around Tokyo’s Meguro Ward is his chance to re-energize and gain focus on his primary mission: new ways to tackle...
With Japan facing the challenges of a declining population and a prolonged economic slump, the president of Keio University said the university must accelerate building a globally attractive educational environment...
By the year 2040, Yuki Hanyu, the CEO of IntegriCulture Inc., aims to build a factory on Mars. Leveraging his background in nanotechnology (Ph.D., Oxford University, 2010) and his work...
Daiwa House Industry Co. was not Japan’s first home construction business. But the company, now the biggest house builder in the country, revolutionized the industry through industrialized construction of buildings...
Nomura Research Institute has a unique background. Japan's first private think tank was founded as a joint-stock company, unlike many others overseas. In addition, it explicitly set a goal of...
Pure flavors of local northern cooking The town of Nishikawa, home to the Dewaya restaurant and inn, is about 40 minutes by car from Yamagata Station. Nestled in the foothills...
日本製デニム生地は独自の歴史の中で育まれてきたことをご存じだろうか。デニム生地の国内生産でシェア約8割を持つ広島県福山市。その起源は江戸時代にさかのぼる。 広島県東部の福山市周辺は、福山藩の初代藩主だった水野勝成が綿花の栽培を奨励したことから繊維産業が勃興…
社会をより持続的なものにするためのESG投資は、ますます注目を集めている。しかし、日本最大級の生命保険会社である日本生命保険にとって、このESG投資の考え方は新しいものではない。 「私たちの中では…
住宅・建設・不動産業界で売上高が国内最大の大和ハウス工業は、建築の工業化により日本の建築産業に革新をもたらした。その後住宅分野で事業を拡大しただけではなく、商業・事業施設や再生可能エネルギー分野な…
'An Encouragement of Learning' Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the leading educators of the Meiji Era and founder of Keio University, was a relative of Sueji Yamada, founder of The Japan...
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