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President aims to turn social dissonance into dynamic diversity in Japan

Jenifer Rogers, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), is a familiar face among the upper echelons of Japan’s corporate community. In 2015, she became the first...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Digital marketer Netyear zeros in on generative AI

With the continuing rise of artificial intelligence technologies, the digital marketing firm Netyear Group Corp. announced last year that it would fully shift to generative AI in its services. “When...

Roundtable

Chie Duncan’s Vivat Veritas upcycles old kimonos

About 500 tons of kimonos are tragically discarded every year — beautiful and expensive garments wasted, their stories and histories lost. Chie Duncan, founder of the clothing line Vivat Veritas...

ESG Talk

For NRI Group, ESG awareness starts with whole staff

In 2019, Nomura Research Institute Ltd. formulated a medium-term business plan through fiscal 2022, pledging to promote “sustainability management policy” to achieve growth for the group and at the same...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Family business heirs pitch ideas at Atotsugi Koshien

Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), which account for about 99% of all companies in Japan, play a vital role in supporting the economy as providers of employment and technological expertise....

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

【リョービ】アルミダイカスト業界で挑戦を続ける

リョービグループは、「パーパス」という概念が今日の経営において一般的になる以前から企業理念を確立しており、その信条は何十年にもわたり事業の方向性を示してきた。 日本の大手ダイカスト企業リョービの企…

【大和ハウス工業】7つのゼロを掲げ、総合力で環境に挑む

Daiwa House’s strong points 1.CDP「Aリスト」2025年版で、世界27社のトリプルA企業の1社に選定 2.CO2削減や森林、水、資源など7項目で「環境負荷“ゼ…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Seasons to taste: Decades of delectable discovery

Perhaps the most well-known and well-loved Japanese tradition is washoku: Japanese cuisine, from multicourse kaiseki ryōri to cheap B-kyū fare and local delicacies. And there’s no better place in the...

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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