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Company rescues hardware with support alternative

Every year, electronics manufacturers invigorate their product lines with upgraded models of computers, smartphones and other mobile devices. For businesses, the pressure to upgrade is strong, as access to the...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura Real Estate builds connections for the future

The office window looks out over Tokyo Bay and the recently redeveloped districts of Harumi and Toyosu. To the right is the Odaiba bayfront skyline and the Rainbow Bridge connecting...

Roundtable

Architect Brooks reshapes offices to new world of work

Christopher Brooks is the executive officer and design director of Garde, an international branding and interior design company based in Tokyo. With more than 20 years’ experience in Japan and...

ESG Talk

How electronics giant NEC turned a crisis into society-leading strategy

Facing crisis a decade ago, electronics giant NEC Corp. sought once again to define the social significance of its business. Since Japanese firms’ top market shares in the fields of...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Fukushima coast rebuilds toward an innovative future

In the Hamadori area along the Pacific coast of Fukushima Prefecture, which suffered immense damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and the nuclear...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Art of barrel-brewed soy sauce revived for future generations

On the island of Shodoshima in western Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture stands Yamaroku Shoyu, a small soy sauce brewery with a history of more than a century that is one of...

日本語記事

【セイノーHD】輸送効率化を後押し、「物流コンソーシアムbaton」が本格始動

日本の物流業界は、深刻化する人手不足や環境問題への対応ニーズの高まりなど、差し迫った課題に直面している。経済産業省が2023年2月にまとめた報告書によると、何も対策を講じなかった場合、2030年に…

【センティウ】素材を活かすピュアな味わい、鹿児島県南端のイタリアン。

今回のレストランは、鹿児島空港から車で90分ほどかかる鹿児島県南部、桜島と陸続きの大隅半島の鹿屋市に位置する。行く際は近隣のホテルに泊まるのもいいが、ランチの予約を入れて、鹿児島市内で宿をとるのも…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

125th anniversary

On the occasion of our 125th anniversary The Japan Times, in commemorating its 125th anniversary on this special page, expresses gratitude for the consistent support and encouragement it has received...

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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