Ambassador believes in baseball diplomacy

Career diplomat Edward Anibal Perez Reyes was once told by a mentor that Tokyo was the best posting a senior...

JapanCraft21 works to preserve disappearing crafts

After witnessing the quiet vanishing of Japanese artisanship over two decades, former tour company founder Steve Beimel, a longtime admirer...

Japan and Uruguay interlocked on a sustainable future: minister

Warren Meehan Contributing writer

Growing up surrounded by nature in the rural Uruguayan department of Cerro Largo, Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Luis Alfredo...

Less is more in sustainability for Swedish ambassador

Inspired by the pivotal events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Viktoria Li decided to reset the...

Swedish Chamber of Commerce sets high targets

Growing up in Sweden, Martin Koos had never really contemplated a move to Japan. Now general manager of the Swedish...

Tokyo American Club’s leader ensures value

Born in Hong Kong and moving to Tokyo with his American parents as a child, current Tokyo American Club (TAC)...

Tove Kinooka connects workers’ sustainability dots

Growing up in a farming community surrounded by nature in Scotland was Tove Kinooka’s introduction to the importance of sustainability....

Emirates works to fly better, cleaner and smarter

Growing up in New Delhi, Satish Sethi woke up early every morning so he could read about the latest events...