For nearly three decades, Laurence Bates has provided legal counsel to some of the largest business entities in Japan. Following positions at General Electric and Lixil Group Corp., he now...
JCOM Co. Ltd. aims to transform its business by moving beyond its original cable television operations in a nearly saturated market and expanding into social infrastructure services that use its...
Carole Fuchs is always ready to climb a mountain. If she has had a bad day, she conquers a peak and forgets her worries. She has climbed Mount Everest, and...
A company that handles investment and consulting focused exclusively on sustainable finance — a rarity in Asia — has been born in Japan. Mari Kogiso serves as co-CEO of the...
To advance a sustainable society in Japan and around the world, it is essential for large companies to cooperate with their supply-chain partners to go green together. The Japan Sustainable...
A former elementary school building located a 15-minute walk from Yamagata Station has been transformed into a commercial facility and a hub for the creative city of Yamagata. It is...
持続可能な開発目標(SDGs)の達成期限とされる2030年が近づくなか、野村総合研究所(NRI)は、日本と世界が次に何をすべきかに焦点を当てた全国的な議論を呼びかけている。SDGsの次なる国際目標の形成を見据え、NRIは今年、産官学の専門家に呼びかけ、日本…
地方のレストランに特化し、毎年10軒を選びリスト化する取り組み「Destination Restaurants 2026」(主催:ジャパンタイムズ)も今年で6回目を迎えた。5月26日、東京・麻布台…
TOYOTA TSUSHO's Strong Point 1.CDP「Aリスト」2025年版で、前年に続き2年連続トリプルA企業に選定 2.7大商社で唯一「SBT認定」を取得し、サステナビリ…
'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.
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.
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...