Economic expansion a major priority of development strategy
Since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, Uzbekistan has undertaken a large-scale program of economic and social reforms and structural transformations in the country. Under his leadership, a policy is being pursued to increase the accountability and transparency of the government, regional cooperation is expanding ...
While the United Nations sustainable development goals present the diverse challenges the world faces, it is important that companies and municipalities examine what exactly they can do and who they can partner with to maximize the impact of their actions, fully aware that what ...
Japanese philanthropist Haruhisa Handa, who is a professional in many fields, including calligraphy, art, music, noh dramas and literature, as well as business, held a solo exhibition of his artworks, including paintings, pottery and Japanese calligraphy, in Tokyo from March 18 to 21. The exhibition ...
Agon Shu festival focuses on wishes, hopes in difficult times
A man dressed as a yamabushi (mountain priest) picks up a wooden votive tablet that has fallen beside one of two huge bonfires. He makes a silent prayer as he holds it reverently in both hands before tossing it into the flames. The gomagi ...
Naturally relaxing retreats in Okinawa¡¯s World Heritage Sites
Okinawa¡¯s rich natural heritage beckons adventurous travelers to sustainably explore the wild, while the Ryukyu archipelago¡¯s mild climate makes it an ideal place for a seaside ¡°workation¡± at any time of year. Enjoy a working vacation on Iriomote Island Okinawa¡¯s second-largest island of Iriomote is part ...
¡°There¡¯s just so much cooking going on in the Japanese home that could be part of people¡¯s lives, and what they¡¯re looking for ¡ª the health benefits, the clean taste,¡± said famed New York French fusion chef David Bouley during a recent interview with ...
Monarch stays mindful of pain amid pandemic
Emperor Naruhito, who turns 62 today, is known for his compassionate and sociable personality, as well as his proficiency in English, as the first emperor to have studied outside Japan. Born in 1960, the eldest son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, the ...
Chances are you haven¡¯t met an Ainu speaker in Japan. After all, Google¡¯s Endangered Languages Project puts the number of native speakers at fewer than five. But the Ainu people once populated a wide swath of northern Japan, stretching from Tohoku to Hokkaido, the ...
In 2009, UNESCO in its ¡°Atlas of the World¡¯s Languages in Danger¡± designated the Ainu language as being critically endangered. As the most dire of the five categories ¡ª only extinct is worse ¡ª used in the report, it highlighted the precarious state that ...
The filing of tax returns will start next month in Japan, and as many readers are aware, Japan applies residence-based taxation, which basically means anyone residing and earning in Japan needs to file a tax return in Japan. On the other hand, the United ...
The Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation is holding its annual sho (Japanese calligraphy) exhibition, the 70th Dokuritsu Sho Exhibition, in the National Art Center, Tokyo in Minato Ward this month to celebrate the new year. The spacious venue is filled with thousands of expressive works consisting ...
The ISPS Handa-Championship, a golf tournament sponsored by the International Sports Promotion Society (ISPS), will be held next spring as the first DP World Tour event in Japan. With DP World, a multinational logistics company based in Dubai, as the new title sponsor, the ...
