Sustainable Japan Day

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

On Oct. 25, The Japan Times held its Sustainable Japan Day at theKudan Kaikan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda area. The event...

Oji seeks optimal approaches to nurturing and utilizing forests

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Oji Holdings, Japan’s leading paper maker, owns and manages 635,000 hectares of forests across the globe. Forest resources — for...

Nippon Life targets firms’ tough-to-cut emissions

Hiroko Nakata
Contributing writer

Nippon Life Insurance Co. urges large industrial emitters to help achieve the world’s carbon reduction goal in a pragmatic way,...

Poppins Corp. provides care from babies to elderly

Maiko Muraoka
Contributing writer

Poppins Corp. was established 37 years ago to provide nanny service for working mothers. The founder was an executive who...

【Sustainable Japan Special Award】Famiee (general incorporated association)

Koki Uchiyama
Founder and CEO

We are very honored to receive the prestigious Sustainable Japan Award. Famiee has been working for the realization of a...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Oji Holdings Corp.

Hiroyuki Isono
Representative Director of the Board, President & Group CEO

We are very honored to have been awarded the Excellence Award in the ESG category of the Sustainable Japan Awards...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Wota Corp.

Yosuke Maeda
Representative Director & CEO

Our company aims to provide structural solutions to water problems. Since our founding in 2014, we have been developing our...

【Sustainable Japan Grand Prize】Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Toru Takakura
Director, President and CEO

We are very pleased to receive this prestigious award. The world is full of problems, such as global warming, loss...

Disaster-prone Japan must shift to sustainable resources

Michiyo Morisawa
Japan Times ESG Consortium Chair

The Sustainable Japan Award focuses on companies, organizations and individuals who have been active in various fields to help realize...

CCJA winner’s nonprofit Charm helps sick foreigners

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

This year’s grand prize of the Champion of Change Japan Award (CCJA) went to Rieko Aoki, who runs Charm, a...

CDP event examines efforts on cutting emissions in supply chains

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

CDP, the global non-profit which runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, held an annual event on Oct. 4 that shed...

NTT East and West’s road map for sustainable urban development

Emi Maeda
Contributing writer

Leading telecommunications company NTT Corp. is bringing new possibilities to urban development through its Sustainable Smart City Partner Program and...