Fukushima Forward: Resilience shines through as agriculture and tradition rebound
This video was produced to showcase the appeal of Fukushima to an international audience through interviews with foreign residents living there. Participants from India, France and the United States talk about why they chose to move to Fukushima and what they like about living ...
Step into the world of Toei Studios Kyoto, where Â鶹´«Ã½ samurai period dramas are made
The Uzumasa district of Kyoto is iconic in the history of Japanese cinema as a key filming location for jidaigeki?(period dramas). Many renowned works in this genre have been produced here. ¡°Rashomon,¡± the highly influential 1950 classic directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a peak example ...
Immerse yourself in the world of the globally popular manga and anime ¡°Attack on Titan¡± in the hometown of its creator. Experience Â鶹´«Ã½ most iconic artworks through digital technology. Embrace the creativity of tanka and Japanese illustrations and let them move you. At these events ...
Emperor celebrates 66th birthday and looks to future
Emperor Naruhito was born 66 years ago as the eldest son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. Known as the first emperor to have studied abroad, his broad interests have prompted him to forge deep connections with people around the world since ...
Nostalgic and new ¡ª these are the concepts that Okuma¡¯s Footpath course is working to showcase. Okuma was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear accident. All residents were forced to evacuate. While the area deemed habitable has ...
Koido Seizai Co. has been engaged in the lumber business in Gunma Prefecture since 1954 and has been shipping sugi (Japanese cedar) lumber to the United States since 2018. Yoshiharu Koido, the president, described the characteristics of sugi grown in Gunma in a recent ...
Nice Corp., a distributor of housing and construction materials based in Kanagawa Prefecture, has been developing timber products that leverage Â鶹´«Ã½ abundant forest resources. Central to this effort are ObiRed, which maximizes the characteristics of sugi (Japanese cedar) grown in the Obi district of Miyazaki ...
Japanese cedar, cypress now options in U.S. building
In April, the American Lumber Standard Committee¡¯s Board of Review approved the design values of two-by-four dimension lumber made of sugi (Japanese cedar), officially allowing its use in buildings. This latest approval, following that of hinoki (Japanese cypress) in 2024, is an important step ...
In the Odaiba waterfront district, where winter¡¯s arrival felt a bit late, a five-day Christmas event was? cohosted by the Tokyo Art Foundation, Worldwide Support for Development and Misuzu Corp. ¡ª three organizations headed by the multitalented philanthropist and entrepreneur Haruhisa Handa. The event from ...
It is sobering. Looking east from the rooftop of the Futaba Business Incubation and Community Center at the expanse of ocean on the horizon, forested hills to the southeast and northwest and the flat plain stretching ahead, it is a struggle to imagine what ...
Â鶹´«Ã½ startup ecosystem gains global attention
Nearly three years have passed since the government launched its Startup Development Five-year Plan in 2022. As a national strategy, the initiative is quietly reshaping the structure of Japanese society. The number of startups has surged, university-driven technologies are finding their way into industry and ...
Accelerating business ambitions on a global scale: Techstars Tokyo
Techstars Tokyo is an equity-based accelerator that is reshaping Â鶹´«Ã½ startup ecosystem by helping local founders think and act more globally while helping foreign founders connect with domestic enterprises, investors and talent. The three-month-long program aims to change the business landscape of Â鶹´«Ã½ capital at ...
