Nissay Asset Management stays at forefront

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

The disclosure of nonfinancial information related to companies’ environmental efforts through CDP is increasingly appreciated in the investment market. In...

Decision-useful data is key to a net-zero future

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

To avert further catastrophic climate impacts, global warming must be capped at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial...

Government leadership needed: expert Tamaki

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

International finance expert Rintaro Tamaki feels that despite the progressive efforts made by companies like those participating in CDP, awareness...

Tokyo Global Dialogue: Rebuilding security, cooperation

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

In the midst of upheavals in international politics putting global peace and security at risk, the fifth Tokyo Global Dialogue...

Sasue Maeda Fish Shop’s owner is discerning partner to top chefs

Maiko Muraoka Contributing wirter

Naoki Maeda was born to know fish. Now the fifth-generation owner of Sasue Maeda Fish Shop in the Shizuoka port...

NTT tool Sugatami reflects cities’ extensive possibilities

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

With the use of digital technology to solve rural social problems now promoted as a national policy, some places have...

Tokyo Global Dialogue to search for paths to international stability

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

The fifth Tokyo Global Dialogue, organized by the Japan Institute of International Affairs, will be held at the Okura Tokyo...

A hothouse of ecological ideas will produce tomatoes in Aomori

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Starting in April, a project in the Aomori city of Mutsu, at the northern tip of Honshu, will grow tomatoes...

OAT Agrio grows better farms with green tech, agrochemicals

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

OAT Agrio Co. Ltd. produces environmentally friendly fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals for the sake of both better food security...

Seino delivers greener logistics through open public collaboration

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Seino Holdings Co. Ltd. has been in the logistics business for more than 90 years. Last June, the Gifu-based company...

CCJA winner’s restaurant helps local Asian women

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

This year’s grand prize of the Champion of Change Japan Award (CCJA) went to Naoko Oku, who runs a restaurant...

Young B-Lot is on the realty A list for renovations plus innovations

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

It has been 15 years since the founding of B-Lot Co., a real estate investment, consulting and management company, and...