Efforts to reduce waiting times for day care paying dividends
This is the first article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration. Evenings are often the busiest time for working parents, who rush to nurseries to pick up their children and then move on to tackle endless child care ...
Lessons learned help to bolster disaster resilience
March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which precipitated an unprecedented catastrophe. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan, was also the fourth-strongest worldwide since 1900. With its focus spanning a wide swath below the seabed, ...
Support for tragedy seen in generosity, dedication to charitable efforts
Irene Hirano Inouye dedicated her life to major philanthropic and social causes in America, but perhaps her greatest legacy is her role in strengthening the U.S.-Japan relationship, including support for Tohoku¡¯s recovery and an initiative created to benefit young people in the aftermath of ...
Helping Tohoku¡¯s youth aim higher
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, caused the deaths of 15,899 people and left 2,529 unaccounted for, mostly in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures in the Tohoku region. It also left 1,756 children without a father or mother, or both, according to ...
Northeast marks 10 years since devastation from 3/11 quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis
Ten years have passed since the Tohoku region was rocked by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Reconstruction has steadily been in progress in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three prefectures that were most affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear ...
By producing high-quality timepieces that have been closely linked with people¡¯s lives, the Seiko Holdings Group has shared time with people, in sorrow and in joy, throughout its history. Commemorating 10 years since the tragedy, Seiko will organize a special concert at Nippon Budokan Hall ...
Diversity and inclusion critical for success in rapidly changing work environments
Amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, companies are rethinking and changing their ways of working and communicating to adapt to various changes that society is going through and may continue to experience after the outbreak subsides. There are some companies with advanced views that adopted ...
How responsible travelers can contribute to sustainable islands
For more than 20 years, Okinawa has nurtured a growing trend toward achieving sustainability on all levels of society. In a rapidly changing world that is still negotiating a pandemic, many Okinawans have been working to create initiatives that both engage tourists and enrich ...
Peaceful retreats, natural beauty beckon in northern Okinawa
As we carefully plan our post-pandemic travels, personal health and safety remain among our top priorities. Okinawa¡¯s subtropical climate makes it an ideal place at any time of year to take a peacefully insular ¡°workation.¡± Stay focused and relax with family in a secluded ...
Nikko Discount Ticket offers foreign travelers journey to ¡®land of gods¡¯
Located in Tochigi Prefecture, the city of Nikko has long been thought of as a deeply mystical place. Before his death in 1616, Tokugawa Ieyasu ¡ª the man who unified Japan and established the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled over the country until 1868 ¡ª ...
Sustainable Brands 2021 Yokohama will take place on Feb. 24 and 25 at Pacifico Yokohama North in the city¡¯s vibrant Minato Mirai area. As one of the largest domestic sustainability community events and the fifth of its kind to be held in Japan, the ...
Racing full speed ahead toward a digitalized Japan
About a year has passed since Japan¡¯s first commercial 5G mobile communications service was launched. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has announced a target of increasing the number of base stations to 280,000 by the end of March 2024 and is promoting ...
