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Setting the pace: Career diplomat tackles latest role

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...

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

Kicking for inclusion: How soccer is helping homeless

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...

ESG Talk

Nippon Life exec urges shift to stakeholder capitalism

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...

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

Lacquer artisans add layers to 1,000 years of tradition

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...

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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