In 1998, Japan’s government began implementing its “Big Bang” financial reforms, a three-year program to open up financial markets to foreign investors. That same year, Ben Ferguson, an American who...
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...
English-language media have featured stories about houses in Japan going for $500 or even being given away in recent years. However, Parker J. Allen, head of the real estate consultancy...
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance group this year marked the 120th anniversary of its foundation. The group began as Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Japan’s first mutual life insurance company, which...
In the quiet neighborhood of Hakushu, in the Yamanashi Prefecture city of Hokuto, surrounded by mountains, rivers and rice fields, stands Esoto, a premium lodging facility in a traditional-style building...
As many rural communities across Japan grapple with population decline and aging, new ways to sustain local vitality are increasingly needed. One organization believes the answer begins with learning. Necchu...
ジャパンタイムズが主催する「Destination Restaurants 2026」の授賞式が5月26日、東京・麻布台ヒルズの『Hills House Sky Room Café & Bar』で行われた。「日本の風土の実像は都市よりも地方にある」という考…
「J:COM」のブランド名で事業を展開するJCOMは、従来のケーブルテレビ事業にとどまらず、自社の事業資源を活用して地域社会や法人・自治体が抱える課題の解決を支援する社会インフラサービスへと事業を…
SOMPOグループは、130年以上前の「火消し」の精神を原点としており、その精神は現在も事業運営に受け継がれている。 同グループの源流である日本初の火災保険会社は1888年に創業。江戸時代の鎖国が…
Postwar Japan saw a flourishing of visual artists, starting with the ideological and political upheavals of the ’60s and ’70s. Not unlike Japan’s film masters, many of Japan’s most well-known...
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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...
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