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Pioneering flexibility and empowerment in retail

Cartier Japan President and CEO Veronica Prat van Thiel and her team are testing the boundaries of the retail experience. To Prat van Thiel, luxury means more than purchasing one...

Unraveling Japanese companies

​​Istyle: Creating a consumer-centric cosmetics market

Istyle Inc. has become a challenger in the Japanese cosmetics industry, traditionally dominated by established interests. Consumers had limited options to evaluate and compare brands because the market was led...

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Womenomics originator Matsui funds ESG startups

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attracted global attention in 2013 for drawing on womenomics — the idea that female economic advancement benefits the entire economy — as a cornerstone...

ESG Talk

SDG Impact Japan seeks profit plus social solutions

A company that handles investment and consulting focused exclusively on sustainable finance — a rarity in Asia — has been born in Japan. Mari Kogiso serves as co-CEO of the...

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ESG / SDGs

Originator Profile advances tech against misinformation and fraud

Companies and organizations involved in technologies to reduce misinformation online presented their achievements at an event organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications at Otemachi Sankei Plaza in...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Yamagata Symphony Orchestra plays part in community synergy

Yamagata, the city selected in 2025 as the first Destination Region — a Japanese municipality The Japan Times wishes to tell the world about — is home to the first...

日本語記事

「Destination Restaurants 2025」を振り返る(後編)。 – 印象に残った「命をいただく」を実感する2つのレストラン。

2021年に発足したジャパンタイムズが主催する日本発信のレストランセレクション「Destination Restaurants」。5年目を迎えた2025度に選ばれた10軒の取材を終えた今、この年の…

【アイスタイル】蓄積した消費者データと中立性で化粧品業界のプラットフォームを確立

アイスタイルは、長年にわたり大手企業の影響を強く受けた日本の化粧品業界において、挑戦者として歩んできた企業だ。 以前の化粧品市場は、大手化粧品メーカーが大きなシェアを占め、テレビCMを頻繁に放映す…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

Lacquer artisans add layers to 1,000 years of tradition

A craft preserved from ancient times, lacquering is one of Japan's representative arts, so much so that "japanning" became a word in English for similar lacquerwork. In 1955, the artisan...

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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Awards

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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