After Tokyo Olympics organizers moved the marathon to Hokkaido, Peter van der Vliet was among those disappointed. As a marathoner, the Dutch ambassador wanted to see the distance runners up...
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...
When you see an adult soccer team practicing in Japan, you usually don’t pay much attention. They will be running or resting in their scrimmage jerseys, faces flushed. If it...
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...
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....
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...
人工知能(AI)技術の進展を背景に、デジタルマーケティングを手がけるネットイヤーグループは昨年、生成AIを事業の中核に据える方針を打ち出した。 「私が約2年前に社長に就任した当時、生成AIが今後拡大する時期だったが、『これからはすべての経営資源を生成AIに…
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…
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…
A craft preserved from ancient times, lacquering is one of Japan's representative arts, so much so that "japanning" became a word in English for similar lacquerwork. In 1955, the artisan...
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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...