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For Swiss Chamber of Commerce head, ‘Life is about learning

From heading a financial data firm to setting up the Japan branch of the chocolatier Lindt, from collecting Georg Jensen silver to weeding streets on Saturday mornings, Andre Zimmermann has...

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura Holdings builds a vision for uniting global staff

To mark its 100th anniversary in 2025, Nomura Holdings Inc. established a corporate purpose for the entire Nomura Group: “We aspire to create a better world by harnessing the power...

Roundtable

Monitoring corporate climate policy influence

Among Monica Nagashima’s many ambitions as the climate think tank InfluenceMap’s Japan country manager, one is to eventually not have to explain what “policy influencing” actually is. Founded in London...

ESG Talk

ESG investing gains ever more momentum in Japan

While working for the Ministry of Finance, Hideki Takada launched the Green Finance Network Japan in September 2018. Starting with just a few members, the group’s activities grew fast as...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Suntory’s collaborative approach to water stewardship

The region comprising the city of Kumamoto and 10 surrounding municipalities is a rare example of an area where the tap water for approximately 1 million residents is sourced almost...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Old Yamagata school is now a creative laboratory

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...

日本語記事

【TSUKIHI】越前市のテロワールを、薪焼きで描くシェフ。

2024年3月、北陸新幹線が福井・敦賀まで延伸したのをきっかけに、福井県内の観光シーンは盛り上がっている。だが、2025年の宿泊客数に占めるインバウンドの割合は、全国27.2%に対して県内は2.9…

【野村総合研究所】ポストSDGsを見据えた将来目標の議論を喚起する

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…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Reliving 1964 Tokyo Olympics

He climbed the steps with the Olympic torch in his right hand, the torch’s base at shoulder height and the cylinder sparking reddish-white and spewing smoke. Twenty steps. Forty steps....

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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