The niche purveyors of Japanese monozukuri

While Japan has faced stiff regional competition in

Steel at the heart of Japanese industry

Steel recycling firm Shin-Ei Holdings is a company that epitomizes Japan’s modern economic miracle in the face of mineral resource scarcity

From coal mining to the monozukuri manufacturing business

Mitsui Matsushima Holdings has shifted from coal to acquire a diverse range of businesses that all share two things in common: the monozukuri manufacturing philosophy and the ability to meet market demands with niche technologies

SPK Corp: playing a vital part in the EV revolution

Car parts trading company, SPK Corporation, is an example of how Japan’s automotive sector is gearing up for the switch to electric vehicles (EVs)

The trailblazer in plating technology

The first company in the world to industrialize plastic plating technology, Kanto Kasei Kogyo remains at the forefront of surface treatment technologies to this day

Forging the future of Japanese manufacturing

With decades of accumulated technical expertise, Yamanaka Eng manufactures with all types of forging tools, computer-assisted engineering solutions, and advanced sensors to develop new technologies and services

FYH: the future of bearing technology

Since its establishment in 1950, FYH Inc. has set the standards in bearing technology

Toyo Kensetsu Kohki: the rebar processing machine manufacturer creating made-to-measure solutions

Toyo Kensetsu Kohki understands that every customer has different needs and creates tailored machines to develop customized solutions

Molding Japan’s manufacturing growth

With its precision molding technology, Juken Kogyo contributes to key sectors of the economy that require such meticulousness and quality

DAISEN: offering limitless possibilities through foaming resin

“Our strategy will continue to pursue foamed resin

Chubu Nihon Plastics: taking plastics recycling from land and sea, and onto space

CNP CEO, Makiko Yukishita, sees this relatively small company playing a big role in changing mindsets on recycling, while her ambitions also extend to not only handling plastic waste from land and the ocean, but also space

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Big Shot

President Joe Biden, on September 27, receives a

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YOU CAN’T MAKE ME

A growing number of Americans see vaccine mandates as an affront to personal liberty. Experts worry a spike in childhood diseases could follow

DO VACCINE MANDATES DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS?

Given lower vaccination rates, activists say the new COVID rules could turn some Black people into ‘second-class citizens’

AMERICA’S MOST TRUSTED BRANDS 2022

Newsweek and BrandSpark ® find the Services and E-commerce companies consumers trust most