
A Society with Health and Longevity
Coping with an aging society to live healthily and enjoy a better quality of life

A Biomedical Cluster Taking Medicine to a New Stage
Working toward longer, healthier lives for its people, Japan is boosting its medical sector.
A cluster of medical industries emerges out of Kobe as a new model for society

Unconventional Speakers Deliver More Than Words
The “Mirai Speaker” developed by SoundFun Corporation, a venture in Tokyo, has captured attention for being easy to hear, even for seniors

Monitoring Health in Everyday Life
Using toilets as health monitors and detecting illnesses early from a single strand of hair— such advances show promise for the future of Japan and the world

Restaurant of Mistaken Orders Brings Smiles
In Japan, known as a super-aging society, dementia is predicted to affect one in five people by 2025. In such circumstances, an innovative social experiment has caught the attention of Japan and the world

UPDATE:
New Biodegradable Material Reduces Plastic Waste

UPDATE:
A Milestone Project in Dhaka

GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR:
Japanese Individuals Contributing Worldwide
Green Birds from Tokyo Take Flight in Paris

GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR:
Friends of Japan
With a Heart of Washoku

GRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR:
The JET Programme
Heartfelt Grassroots Exchange Between Austria and Japan

PORTRAITS OF JAPAN:
Motion and Stillness of Winter in Japan

PORTRAITS OF JAPAN:
Vibrant Osaka

Prime Minister in Action

Vol.36
Winter 2019
Vol.36
Winter 2019
From November 30th to December 1st in 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the G20 Buenos Aires Summit and met with world leaders in the Argentine Republic. At the closing session, he told the world that Japan was enthusiastically preparing for the G20 Summit to be held in Osaka in June 2019.