Maebashi’s MDC paves the way in private sector-led revitalization

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Maebashi, a city in Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region that once had a thriving silk industry, boasts a...

​​2025: The state of work toward a sustainable society

In October 2020, in search of a new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Japan Times launched Sustainable Japan to...

Mizuho report aims to spur action to move into alternative energy

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

To achieve carbon neutrality in an increasingly uncertain world, Japanese companies should focus on innovations for alternative energy and shift...

NTT’s SSPP Forum shares ideas on forming communities of future

RIKO SAITO Contributing writer

NTT’s Sustainable Smart City Partner Program (SSPP) supports the development of communities of the future that maximize residents’ well-being. The...

Sustainable Japan Day

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

On Oct. 25, The Japan Times held its Sustainable Japan Day at theKudan Kaikan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda area. The event...

Oji seeks optimal approaches to nurturing and utilizing forests

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Oji Holdings, Japan’s leading paper maker, owns and manages 635,000 hectares of forests across the globe. Forest resources — for...

Nippon Life targets firms’ tough-to-cut emissions

Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer

Nippon Life Insurance Co. urges large industrial emitters to help achieve the world’s carbon reduction goal in a pragmatic way,...

Poppins Corp. provides care from babies to elderly

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Poppins Corp. was established 37 years ago to provide nanny service for working mothers. The founder was an executive who...

【Sustainable Japan Special Award】Famiee (general incorporated association)

Koki Uchiyama
Founder and CEO

We are very honored to receive the prestigious Sustainable Japan Award. Famiee has been working for the realization of a...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Oji Holdings Corp.

Hiroyuki Isono
Representative Director of the Board, President & Group CEO

We are very honored to have been awarded the Excellence Award in the ESG category of the Sustainable Japan Awards...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Wota Corp.

Yosuke Maeda
Representative Director & CEO

Our company aims to provide structural solutions to water problems. Since our founding in 2014, we have been developing our...

【Sustainable Japan Grand Prize】Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Toru Takakura
Director, President and CEO

We are very pleased to receive this prestigious award. The world is full of problems, such as global warming, loss...