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PocketSeed powers honest sustainability in the AI age

AI: Will it save us? Destroy us? Is there a middle way? Its transition from R&D spaces into the public sphere has pushed a sophisticated tool to an unsettled frontier....

Unraveling Japanese companies

Nomura Real Estate builds connections for the future

The office window looks out over Tokyo Bay and the recently redeveloped districts of Harumi and Toyosu. To the right is the Odaiba bayfront skyline and the Rainbow Bridge connecting...

Roundtable

Entrepreneur Kaori Sasaki makes diversity a science

While today’s companies fight for the innovative edge out in the marketplace, they also increasingly tout their commitment to diversity back in the workplace, often in the form of a...

ESG Talk

LDP seeks Japanese voice in formulating ESG rules

The Treasury and Finance Division of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has made recommendations to promote investment and loans that support a sustainable society and economic growth, or what is...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Mt. Tsukuba area seeks to carve new future for its historic granite

Around Mount Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture lies a major and historic quarrying area. The Tsukuba massif granite of the Mt. Tsukuba Area Geopark was certified by the International Union of...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Inaka no Taiho offers an experience of ‘receiving life’

The Chinese restaurant Inaka no Taiho has a unique concept that has captivated gastronomes near and far since its launch in 2021: an open-air restaurant next to a farm. When...

日本語記事

循環型経済の実現へ、王子HDがリサイクルと連携を推進

国内有数の紙・パルプ製品製造大手の王子ホールディングス株式会社は、王子グループが推進するリサイクルの取り組みを象徴する新ブランドとして「Renewa(リニューワ)」を立ち上げた。 同社でグループオ…

【セイノーHD】輸送効率化を後押し、「物流コンソーシアムbaton」が本格始動

日本の物流業界は、深刻化する人手不足や環境問題への対応ニーズの高まりなど、差し迫った課題に直面している。経済産業省が2023年2月にまとめた報告書によると、何も対策を講じなかった場合、2030年に…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Seasons to taste: Decades of delectable discovery

Perhaps the most well-known and well-loved Japanese tradition is washoku: Japanese cuisine, from multicourse kaiseki ryōri to cheap B-kyū fare and local delicacies. And there’s no better place in the...

125 years of history

Our beginnings

The first issue of The Japan Times was published on March 22, 1897. The leading founders were President Sueji Yamada and Editor-in-Chief Motosada Zumoto, a former executive secretary to Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito.

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Sustainable Japan Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Sustainable Japan Award.

Our goal is to commend individuals, companies, and organizations who have made advances in sustainable efforts, and we hope to convey their activities both domestically and internationally.

Destination Restaurants Awards

Destination Restaurants now has 50 on the map

Presented by The Japan Times since 2021, Destination Restaurants seeks out Japan’s best restaurants beyond big cities, selected by Japanese experts with international diners in mind...

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