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German ambassador lives out childhood dream

Live DJ performances probably aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about diplomatic outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this year the Embassy of the Federal Republic...

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...

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Chie Duncan’s Vivat Veritas upcycles old kimonos

About 500 tons of kimonos are tragically discarded every year — beautiful and expensive garments wasted, their stories and histories lost. Chie Duncan, founder of the clothing line Vivat Veritas...

ESG Talk

Nippon Life exec urges shift to stakeholder capitalism

Efforts to promote ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, which were led by Europe, have been rapidly spreading across the globe. In Japan, many companies are committed to efforts to...

Authentic green stories

ESG / SDGs

Fukushima coast rebuilds toward an innovative future

In the Hamadori area along the Pacific coast of Fukushima Prefecture, which suffered immense damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and the nuclear...

Satoyama~Authentic Japan

Art of barrel-brewed soy sauce revived for future generations

On the island of Shodoshima in western Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture stands Yamaroku Shoyu, a small soy sauce brewery with a history of more than a century that is one of...

日本語記事

【アルテミラ】世界的なアルミ缶へのシフトで需要拡大を見込む

近年、プラスチックが環境に及ぼす影響についての関心が世界的に高まっているが、日本ではこの問題はあまり深刻に捉えられていないように見える。しかし、だからこそ日本市場にはアルミ缶などの代替容器にとって…

【田舎の大鵬】命をいただく食体験ができる綾部市の野外・中国料理店。

京都駅から車で約1時間半。京都府北部に位置する綾部市に2021年末にオープンして以来、中国料理店『田舎の大鵬』は唯一無二のスタイルで国内外のフーディーたちを魅了してきた。天候が許せば、ウッドデッキ…

History & Archives

Brand history & Archives

‘Tokyo as Seen by a Foreigner’ ‘Tokyo vue par un etranger’

Noel Nouet, a well-known French poet, came to Japan in 1926 and was a professor at the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages and Hosei University and the Military College. He...

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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