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Tove Kinooka connects workers’ sustainability dots

Growing up in a farming community surrounded by nature in Scotland was Tove Kinooka’s introduction to the importance of sustainability. “I was always interested in plants and animals and the...

ESG Talk

Keio University draws new generation to build society

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...

Roundtable

TELL leaders discuss mental challenges in COVID era

Note: This story discusses mental troubles and suicide. The word “health” generally conjures images of clean eating and regular exercise. But beyond physical health, mental health is an often-neglected facet...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura finds new ways to design spaces for future

If you walk down the streets in central Tokyo, you can come across many of Nomura Co.’s creations — the Tokyu Plaza Harakado commercial complex in the Harajuku district and...

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ESG / SDGs

Sustainable Japan Day

On Oct. 25, The Japan Times held its Sustainable Japan Day at theKudan Kaikan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda area. The event featured an award ceremony for the winners of the Sustainable...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Maebashi Design Commission

Thank you very much for selecting us for the Sustainable Japan Award. We, the Maebashi Design Commission, as a representative of the Maebashi Urban Renewal Promotion Corp., believe that this...

日本語記事

日本人建築家が、 世界から評価された理由。

今年2024年に建築家・山本理顕が“建築界のノーベル賞”と言われる「プリツカー建築賞」を受賞したことで、日本はアメリカと並び8組が受賞し、同賞の世界最多受賞国となった。では一体、なぜ日本人の建築家…

山本理顕が考える「建築を通じたコミュニティの創出」とは?

活躍する建築家に贈られる賞は世界に数多くあるが、なかでも一番注目され、建築界のノーベル賞と呼ばれる賞がある。それがアメリカのハイアット財団が主催する「プリツカー建築賞」だ。賞の創設は1979年。「…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

‘Gakumon no Susume’

'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...

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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Events

【November 5, 2024】Special Evening Roundtable

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Vickie Skorjie & Bill Cleary

#42 Roundtable

Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Carlos Melen

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 express the land of Japan

Presented by The Japan Times since 2021, Destination Restaurants is a list of “the best restaurants in Japan, selected by Japanese experts with international diners in mind.” For this year’s...

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