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Hitotsubashi’s Catherine Wallace on business ethics

As a Ph.D. student in her native Australia, Catherine Wallace was immersed in studying the effects of the thyroid gland on the development of wool follicles in fetal lambs. 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

Special Roundtable: Building a greener future for Japan

Over the last few decades, sustainability has moved from being a buzzword to occupying prime place in the strategic plans of governments and corporations. Along with the United Nations’ sustainable...

Unraveling Japanese companies

 Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

High-rises with offices, restaurants and luxurious residences surrounded by green walkways have for decades increasingly transformed the landscape in central Tokyo districts like Roppongi, Akasaka and Toranomon. The latest such...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

WELgee event aims to bridge business and refugees

Japan is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, with an orderly and stable society, but its track record for accepting refugees remains dismal. A day before World Refugee...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Tokiwasushi

Spotlighting a Niigata castle town through sushi Shibata is one of Niigata Prefecture’s core cities, with a population of over 90,000. In the Edo Period, it flourished as the town...

日本語記事

世界で最も住宅を建てた企業の責務

Sekisui House’s strong points 1.2008年、環境省から「エコ・ファースト企業」として、住宅業界で初めて認定 2.CDP「Aリスト」2023年版で、世界…

食の力でインバウンドを地方へ。

ジャパンタイムズが主催する「Destination Restaurants 2024」の授賞式が5月28日、東京・麻布台ヒルズの『Hills House Sky Room Café & Bar』で…

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

August Special Evening Roundtable

Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Guest Speakers

#41 Roundtable

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Chie Duncan

Special Evening Roundtable

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Noriko Shindo & Shoehei Maekawa

Awards

Sustainable Japan Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the forth 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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