Bridges Magazine: Japan-Global Business & Lifestyle
Bridges Magazine is a bilingual English-Japanese business and lifestyle publication focused on Japan’s global partnerships across Asia and beyond.
Through interviews with business leaders, policymakers, diplomats, cultural figures, entrepreneurs, and hospitality leaders, Bridges explores the companies, people, and ideas shaping cross-border relationships
Our Focus
Bridges covers business, investment, diplomacy, hospitality, travel, culture, lifestyle, innovation, and bilateral relations, with a special focus on Japan’s relationship with key international markets.
Why Visit Bridges?
- Read interviews with business leaders, ambassadors, and cultural figures.
- Explore Japan’s business and lifestyle links with Asia and global markets.
- Discover long-form features that connect investment, culture, travel, and diplomacy
- Access Bridges print magazine issues and special editorial reports.
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FAQ
What is Bridges Magazine?
Bridges Magazine is a bilingual English-Japanese business and lifestyle publication covering Japan’s global relationships through business, diplomacy, culture, travel, hospitality, and innovation stories.
Who reads Bridges Magazine?
business leaders, investors, diplomats, government agencies,
expatriates, high-net-worth readers, and internationally minded audiences interested in Japan’s connections with the world.
What topics does Bridges cover?
Bridges covers business, bilateral relations, investment, hospitality, lifestyle, travel, food, art, culture, sports diplomacy, and innovation.
How is Bridges connected to The Japan Times?
Bridges Magazine works closely with Synergy Media Specialists and has strong ties with The Japan Times country report ecosystem, extending selected business and lifestyle stories through Bridges’ digital and print platforms.
Why should companies engage with Bridges?
Bridges gives companies and institutions a premium editorial platform to explain their role in cross-border business, culture, investment, and international relations.
Business
Magazine
The Philippines 2026
Celebrating 70 years of Philippines-Japan diplomatic relations, the second issue of Bridges Magazine explores seven decades of strategic partnerships, economic synergy, and enduring cultural ties. Dive into compelling features spanning major infrastructure, high-tech manufacturing, trade, heritage, and lifestyle innovations.
Spain’s commercial relationship with Japan takes practical form in factories, laboratories and everyday consumer experiences. Japanese investment supports Spanish businesses with international ambitions, and Spanish companies bring industrial know-how, health...
Preventing avoidable vision loss and addressing childhood myopia guide Santen’s work in Spain and worldwide. Founded in Osaka in 1890, the Japanese pharmaceutical company develops treatments and partnerships to advance...
Industrial gases are largely invisible, yet Spain’s factories, hospitals, food producers, wastewater plants and other essential infrastructure cannot function without them. Nippon Sanso operates at that critical intersection in both...
Vector Renewables opened its Japan office in 2013, when the renewable energy sector had few specialists for the work ahead. Today, its team includes over 30 Japanese and international professionals,...
Technical excellence can earn admiration without securing preference. International branding and digital agency Erretres has spent more than a decade addressing that challenge for Japanese businesses, translating precision, craftsmanship and...
Lifestyle Features
Sports Diplomacy
Leadership Insight
“Japan and the UAE enjoy a long-standing friendship that has been built on a shared conception of progress and prosperity.”
DR. THANI BIN AHMED AL ZEYOUDI
UAE Minister of Foreign Trade
