How to Cut CO2 Emissions by 95% in Japan by electric cars
By Hiroshi Shimizu, professor of Keio University The 20th century, for the people of the nations that use a great deal of electricity, was a world of extreme comfort and convenience. But the end result has been the people of the 21st century facing grave environmental issues. The global warming crisis will not wait. The time is […]
Japanese High-tech Hourglass Helps in Disaster Recovery
A consortium called the “SUWA plus-minus 5 Microns Team,” made up of Suwa Glass Village, Komatsu Seiki Kosakusho Co., Ltd., Hotel Beniya and others, announced the design, creation and marketing of an elegant new hourglass, the first product to be launched under the SUWA brand. SUWA is the name of a large lake and nearby […]
The TRUTH About MOM GENERATIONS in Japan
By D. McCaughan Diverse Values of Japanese Mothers Born in Between 1970-74 and 1980-84 We talked to mothers born in 1970-74 and 1980-84. Keep in mind that the latter basically don’t remember the bubble years. They are the generation that embraced the “loose sock” fashion, fell in love with purikura, a photo sticker booth, and […]
Kojiki: the Oldest History Book in Japan
Read Kojiki to Understand Japan and Japanese World's Longest Dynasty: Do you know that Japan is called "the only country in the world with a single dynasty"? This refers to the fact that there have been 126 generations of emperors, up to the present emperor, with one line of succession for 2,700 years. There is […]
The Man Who Saved the Country, Japan and the World
Masao Yoshida Who Defied Company Orders to Save Japan from Fukushima Nuclear Disaster By Ryusho Kadota (journalist) and Soichiro Tahara (journalist) Securement of a Line to Deliver Seawater Was Crucial Tahara: Mr. Kadota, the book you wrote, “Shi no Fuchi wo Mita Otoko” (“The man who saw the abyss of death”, published by PHP Institute) […]
Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941): Promoting Judo Abroad
Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941): Promoting Judo Outside Japan He was undefeated in some 1,000 mixed martial arts matches --- an impeccable fighting record. A fighting match can’t avoid the influence of luck --- as is often the case in a mixed martial arts match. Yet he never lost even once. In the early 20th century, a […]
Different Desires in Japan and China
Source: Survey of 1,500 Japanese and (between age 20 and 69) and 1,440 Chinese (between age 29 and 59) by the Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living. Japanese people don't have anything to buy The Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living, the research arm of the Hakuhodo advertising agency, last July conducted a survey consumer […]
Number of Japanese companies that have been around for more than 100 years
Japan is home to the world's longest-living companies, with nearly 30,000 companies that have been in business for more than 100 years. Although there are some big companies like Panasonic, most of them are actually small companies with less than 9 employees. The more you expand your business, the more difficult it becomes to steer […]
Fair Trade market and movement in Japan
Low awareness about fair trade in Japan By Florian Kohlbacher and Sara Schmitz Awareness of Fair Trade Among Youths On a Sunday morning at 9 am, Sumika Mogi was already up for a while and making her way through Tokyo’s subway system, heading to the weekly meeting of her club, the Fair Trade Students Network […]
Interview with Makoto Shinkai, Animation Director
Astonish the World with the “Japan’s Landscape” Perhaps one of the distinctive characteristics of the animated movie director Makoto Shinkai is that for all the movies he has been involved in to date, including his best-known work “5 Centimeters Per Second” (2007), he has doubled up as original creator, script writer, editor, cinematographer, and director […]