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Sony award recognizes women advancing medicine, technology

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

Four experts in technology fields received the first Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature on Feb. 5, which celebrates...

Japan’s coolest of the cool — the CJPF Award 2025

KAORI SHOJI Contributing writer

The annual CJPF (Cool Japan Platform) Award saw 18 winners announced on March 5. Now in its ninth year (including...

Seino drives collaborative, sustainable transportation

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

The logistics company Seino Holdings Co. Ltd. has been promoting an open public platform (OPP) with the aim of improving...

Fixing modern misinformation with ‘self-correcting mechanisms’

Shigeya Suzuki
Project professor, Keio University

After the internet became widely available, people began to get information from an increasing number of sources on a daily...

NRI helps Noto town of Anamizu grow back better following quake

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

The major earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, drew attention to the area’s severe issue...

Yamagata’s Zao Onsen Ski Resort is a classic beauty

Andrew Lee Contributing writer

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned...

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...

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