G20 host has work cut out for it in creating consensus
One of the largest and most important gatherings of world leaders outside the U.N. General Assembly — the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit — arrives in Japan for the first time ever this week, bringing with it over 30 presidents, prime ministers and leaders ...
The following are profiles of leaders of the participants making up the Group of 20 major economies. This year's G20 Summit will take place in Osaka, on June 28 and 29. Argentina President Mauricio Macri KYODO Macri is aiming for his second term in the presidential election expected ...
Japan weighs strategy after shocking climate report
In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report that sent shock waves around the globe. The world's leading body of climate scientists warned that there might be only 12 years left to ensure global warming is kept to a ...
As the world faces numerous sustainability and environmental issues, governments and businesses are tasked with coming together to find solutions to the problems that most affect our global community. In the housing industry, Sekisui House Ltd. has taken on the mantle of environmental leadership, paving ...
This year's CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) will be held in Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture from Oct. 15 to 18. Registration and reservations for conferences will start in early August on the CEATEC website, www.ceatec.com. The event is sponsored by the CEATEC Executive Board, ...
Women's empowerment equals economic growth
For Haruno Yoshida, co-chair of the Women 20 (W20) committee, a G20 engagement group, female empowerment is something like the construction behind Nara Prefecture's famed ancient wooden Horyuji Temple. Using a combination of naturally shaped, organic and nonuniform materials — some having become sun-warped and ...
Walking the talk on gender equality issues
On Friday in Osaka, Group of 20 leaders will convene to discuss the most pressing global challenges of our time, and that will include women's empowerment. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's womenomics push has certainly impressed many, including myself, since it was announced six years ...
Empowering women has been a crucial philosophy underlying the business and management of Shiseido Co. since its foundation in 1872. Through successive visionary leaders, the company has implemented a number of initiatives to bring out the potential of female workers and improved the working ...
What is described as "so Shiseido" by many of its employees is the Shiseido Female Researcher Science Grant program. Rumiko Fujiwara of Shiseido Co. | YOSHIAKI MIURAJapan's renowned cosmetics maker, which has long been committed to female empowerment, launched the program in 2007 to "support ...
Food hub boasts traditional flavors, open-minded spirit
When a city's being is inextricably linked to the maxim, "To eat oneself into ruin" (kuidaore), it's a foregone conclusion that the city is serious about its food. Such is the case of Osaka, Japan's second-largest city and gateway to the Kansai region. Osaka's soft ...
In Japan, most polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are collected and recycled after use. According to The Council for PET Bottle Recycling, Japan's collection rate was 92.2 percent and the country recycled 84.8 percent in fiscal 2017. According to the council, Europe in comparison as a ...
Eco-friendly financing for a more sustainable world
The Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ) was established late last year with the aim to make green finance mainstream in Japan's financial market. Green finance is a term often used to refer to the ways of financing and investing that are more environmental or sustainable, ...
