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PRESS / Events
Apr 1, 2021

気候変動対策先進国へ、ESG投資が加速

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、日本国内でESG（環境・社会・企業統治）について積極的に発言するリーダーにインタビューするシリーズ、「ESG Talk」の第3回目ゲストとして、グリーン・ファイナンス・ネットワーク・ジャパン事務局長...
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 24, 2021

Episode 87: Half a million and counting — Japan's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine

Around 500,000 people have been vaccinated in Japan to date, one of the slowest vaccination programs across developed nations.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Mar 15, 2021

第2回ESG Talkサントリーホールディングス新浪剛史氏

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、日本国内でESG（環境・社会・企業統治）について積極的に発言するリーダーにインタビューするシリーズ、「ESG Talk」の第2回目ゲストとして、サントリーホールディングス株式会社...
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 10, 2021

Episode 85: Ishinomaki — A tsunami-ravaged city, 10 years on

Alex Martin and Mari Saito bring us two stories from Tohoku, a decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 24, 2021

Episode 83: What is Clubhouse and why is it so popular in Japan?

Less than a year old, earlier this month Clubhouse became the most popular app on the Japan App Store.
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 3, 2021

Episode 80: A shift in Japan's climate policy

Japan Times staff writer Ryusei Takahashi joins Deep Dive to discuss Prime Minister Suga's pledge to make Japan carbon neutral by 2050.
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 20, 2021

Episode 78: Japan's foreign residents are trapped — Part 3

Japan Times reporter Magdalena Osumi provides an update on Japan's border situation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 17, 2021

Knit wit: Yarn craft offers a much-needed mood boost

Need a new #stayhome hobby as parts of Japan move back into a state of emergency? Maybe it's time to pick up some yarn and needles and give knitting a try.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 13, 2021

Episode 77: When will Japan get a vaccine for COVID-19?

Bloomberg reporter Lisa Du joins Deep Dive to discuss when Japan will start to distribute a vaccine for COVID-19, and why it has fallen so far behind other countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2021

The West should envy Japan’s COVID-19 response

The virus is not unprecedented, but the draconian societal shutdowns are. Who would have expected Western democracies to mimic authoritarian China?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2021

These are the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol

There were infamous white nationalists and noted conspiracy theorists who have spread dark visions of pedophile Satanists running the country. Others were more anonymous, people who had journeyed from Indiana and South Carolina to heed U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to show their support. One person,...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2021

U.S. Capitol rioters walked away. Climate protesters saw a double standard.

The relatively small number of arrests after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol left many environmental activists shaken Thursday — and wanting answers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2021

Trump, in taped call, pressured Georgia official to ‘find’ votes to overturn election

The president vaguely warned of a “criminal offense” as he pressured Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the call, according to an audio recording.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2021

Jobs, houses and cows: China’s costly drive to erase extreme poverty

In just five years, China says it has lifted from extreme poverty over 50 million farmers left behind by breakneck economic growth in cities.
CULTURE
Dec 24, 2020

Collapse, isolate, adjust and rebuild: How Japanese pop culture fared in the pandemic of 2020

Japan began 2020 with Olympic glory in its sights, with artists and musicians ready to take the spotlight. Then, the pandemic hit and pushed things in a much-needed direction.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020

Green economic recovery requires sustained effort

With major nations starting to show commitment to a green economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing sustainability will be key to both regional revitalization and fostering businesses run according to environmental, social and corporate governance factors (ESG.)
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Nov 30, 2020

第4回 Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、英語で日本を発信するトークイベント「第4回Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury」を開催します。
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 25, 2020

Reimagining Japan's post-pandemic tourism industry

International travelers to Japan increased from 8.6 million in 2010 to just shy of 32 million in 2019. Then came 2020. Now, with the pandemic reducing international tourism to near zero, what's next for Japan's travel industry?
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Nov 25, 2020

「Satoyamaフォトコンテスト 2020」受賞作品決定

Japan Times Satoyama 推進コンソーシアム（代表：末松弥奈子、株式会社ジャパンタイムズ代表取締役会長）は、「Japan Times Satoyama フォトコンテスト 2020」の受賞作品を発表しました。
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020

A partnership in coronavirus misinformation

Two separate but increasingly allied groups are peddling misinformation: a small but active corner of the Chinese diaspora and the highly influential far right in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 21, 2020

The coronavirus is airborne indoors, but we’re still scrubbing surfaces

Scientists who initially warned about contaminated surfaces now say here is little to no evidence that deep cleaning mitigates the threat indoors.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 18, 2020

Episode 73: Japan's third wave of COVID-19

Gearoid Reidy, a senior editor at Bloomberg, joins us to discuss whether we might see a new state of emergency and the hope provided by the recent news about vaccines.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 11, 2020

Episode 72: Preserving the endangered Ainu language

The Ainu language has been declared critically endangered by UNESCO, with few people left alive today who speak it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2020

The U.S. election is over. The nation’s rifts remain.

By Sunday morning, celebration and grieving had melted away to expose a difficult question for divided families and a divided nation: Now what?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020

How claims of dead Michigan voters spread faster than the facts

Run-of-the-mill clerical errors have been used as false evidence of voter fraud in Michigan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2020

The choice between Biden’s America and Trump’s

How a divided nation decides on a leader to represent it.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 21, 2020

Episode 69: Why we should be celebrating Japan's tattoo culture

Japan has an uncomfortable relationship with tattoos, which are associated with the yakuza and the criminal underworld.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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