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...
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...
The renowned international chef Marybeth Boller was the latest guest in the Japan Times’ Roundtable series, and she did not disappoint. Interviewed by Ross Rowbury, the conversation was delightful to...
Under its corporate mission, “To Create Harmony with People and Nature,” the Suntory Group has worked to address issues facing our society, including climate change and environmental problems. In 2019,...
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...
The Italian restaurant Senti.U is located in the southern Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, on the Osumi Peninsula, which is connected by a land bridge to the volcano Sakurajima. From...
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を頻繁に放映することでブランド力を確立していた。各社は数百アイテムに及ぶブ…
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…
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…
'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...
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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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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