Highlighting the work done by satoyama winners

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Kousuke Motani The Japan Research Institute Ltd. Chief Senior Economist In the panel session for the satoyama category of the...

Shining a spotlight on the efforts of ESG winners

Emi Maeda Contributing writer

Michiyo Morisawa Director of CDP Japan The Sustainable Japan Award ceremony featured a panel discussion by the four companies awarded...

Comments from the awardees: Nomura Research Institute and Sakaue Co. Ltd

Sustainability requires the provision of social value, says the Grand Prize winner Shingo Konomoto CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR,...

Finance Minister Suzuki calls for promoting sustainable finance

Shunichi Suzuki MINISTER OF FINANCE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MINISTER IN CHARGE OF OVERCOMING DEFLATION Japanese Finance...

METI official calls for funding decarbonization and growth

Yojiro Hatakeyama DIRECTOR-GENERAL, INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, ENVIRONMENT BUREAU, MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY In his address as...

Opening remarks by Chairperson Suematsu

Minako Suematsu CHAIRPERSON AND PRESIDENT, THE JAPAN TIMES CO. LTD. The Japan Times’ fourth Sustainable Japan Award ceremony on Sept....

The Sustainable Japan Award is viewed as a ‘new commons’ for ESG initiatives

Takashi Mitachi PROFESSOR, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, KYOTO UNIVERSITY The ceremony closed with a congratulatory speech from specially appointed professor...

Minister: Building regional circular and ecological spheres is key

Hiroshi Ono VICE MINISTER FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT Ono Hiroshi, the Ministry of the Environment's vice...

In risky times, we must act: Hiroshima Business Forum

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

The past few years have been a time when people came to realize that what is normal today may not...

Investing in science, humanity: Lessons from Okinawa institute

Timothy Schultz
Contributing writer

Among the hundreds of meetings that take place during the busy United Nations General Assembly, which this year began on...

Event gathers female entrepreneurs to grow power

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Gathering 320 female participants in four locations connected online — Omotesando and Shibuya in Tokyo, Sapporo and Kobe — a...

Suntory preserves ‘lifeline’ of groundwater and forests

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Giving back to society is what Suntory Holdings, a global leader in the beverage industry, has been committed to in...