Share Summit gathers ideas to create a circular economy

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Over 5,000 participants gathered online at the Share Summit 2021 on Oct. 5 to contribute ideas promoting the sharing economy...

Papermaker Oji forms solutions to environmental, social needs

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

The 2021 U.N. climate summit, COP26, closed with nations that are accelerating their measures against climate change announcing new and...

Peace is everyone’s business, Hiroshima forum says

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Summer, with memorial days marking war-related events and the Bon period to welcome ancestral souls, is perhaps when Japanese think...

Suntory invests for future with initiatives toward zero emissions

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing Writer

Suntory Holdings, a global leader in both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverage industries, has been making concrete plans and taking...

A starry rice is born: How Tottori created the unique Hoshizoramai

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Tottori Prefecture in the Chugoku region is known as the least populous prefecture in Japan, blessed with a wealth of...

Locally active vineyards face impacts of global climate change

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Japan may not be recognized as a major grape- or wine-producing country, but actually there are vineyards and wineries all...

At 2020 Games, NTT made watching events remotely feel live

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Spectators heard many athletes express appreciation in postgame interviews for Japan holding the Olympic and Paralympic Games even before they...

Troubled teens find solace with Saori Okada’s support network

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Saori Okada has been reaching out, day or night, to teenagers in need of mental and emotional support for the...

Kirirom Global Forum examines investment and social impacts

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Kirirom Group, a network of companies in Singapore, Cambodia and Japan that focuses on startup studio business and regional development,...

A tale of two cities’ castles, and how they survived the centuries

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Every municipality has a characteristic or landmark that its residents think of as their symbol. On July 29, the 18th...

Lawyer Terahara’s Marriage for All Japan fights for you too

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Through the activities of the nonprofit Marriage for All Japan, Makiko Terahara, a lawyer registered in Japan and the U.S.,...

Art triennial revitalizes rural Echigo-Tsumari region

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

The 16th Satoyama Cafe, a talk session organized by the Japan Times Satoyama Consortium and moderated by its secretariat chief,...