The English-language events will invite readers of The Japan Times to be guest speakers.
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Timothy Schultz
Contributing writer
Azby Brown is one of those energetic, curious Western intellectuals who come to Japan and become experts about a single...
Architect Brooks reshapes offices to new world of work
Louise George Kittaka
Contributing writer
Christopher Brooks is the executive officer and design director of Garde, an international branding and interior design company based in...
Marybeth Boller: Discovering the kitchens of the world
Timothy Schultz
Contributing writer
The renowned international chef Marybeth Boller was the latest guest in the Japan Times’ Roundtable series, and she did not...
Sho Okiyama, doctor teaching AI expert skills for future
Timothy Schultz
Contributing writer
Sho Okiyama is the CEO and founder of Aillis Inc. | YUICO TAIYA FOR PHOTOMATE Ten years ago, Dr. Sho...
Lixil change-maker cultures people for a cleaner world
Louise George Kittaka
contributing writer
Sanitation is something we take for granted, yet 3 billion people around the world lack access to good hygiene. Jin...
Sailors for the Sea Japan charts conservation course
Joe MuntalCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sailors for the Sea Japan Chair and CEO Minako Iue established the group in 2011 as an affiliate of the...
Melanie Brock fuses people into forces of progress
Carl Stimson
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
An illustrious career may begin with serendipity, but it succeeds because of patience and persistence. Such is the lesson of...
A borderless collective art experiment via teamLab
Joe Muntal
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Takashi Kudo, communications director of teamLab, can’t sleep. It’s the night before the opening of a new teamLab installation, and...
Ross Rowbury
Ross Rowbury is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Group Corporate Communications at Nomura Holdings. He has observed Japan while living and working here for four decades. Commencing his career in finance in Tokyo during the early 1980s, he later moved into public relations and communications, holding senior positions at Gavin Anderson & Co. (now Kreab) and PRAP Japan. He headed the Edelman business in Japan for 10 years until July 2020. Prior to joining Nomura in October, he was a freelance consultant to a number of firms on their Japan business strategy. He serves on the Board of TELL, a suicide prevention and mental health NPO, and was a visiting professor of Asian marketing at Doshisha University in Kyoto for several years.
