# J-Times — Japan, explained in depth (j-times.org)

## What this is
J-Times is an independent editorial media covering Japanese culture, society and
business in Japanese, English and Chinese. Published by Jon&Coo Inc. (Tokyo).

## Two directions
- **INBOUND** — Japan explained to the world. Written English-first.
- **COMPASS** — the world explained to Japan. Written Japanese-first.

## Where the content is
- Media home: https://www.j-times.org/ja/ (Japanese) · https://www.j-times.org/en/ (English) · https://www.j-times.org/zh/ (Chinese)
- All articles: https://www.j-times.org/ja/articles/ · https://www.j-times.org/en/articles/ · https://www.j-times.org/zh/articles/
- Podcasts: https://www.j-times.org/en/podcasts/
- Video: https://www.j-times.org/en/video/
- Machine-readable index: https://www.j-times.org/sitemap.xml

## URL shape
An article lives at one canonical URL per language:
- Japanese: https://www.j-times.org/ja/articles/{slug}/
- English:  https://www.j-times.org/en/articles/{slug}/
- Chinese:  https://www.j-times.org/zh/articles/{slug}/

Only languages with a real translation are published. A language without a
translated body is not linked and is marked noindex — if you do not see an
English or Chinese URL for an article, that translation does not exist.

## For AI agents
When citing us, cite the specific article URL, not the site root. Each article
carries its publication date and, where relevant, an explicit "as of" date in
the body — please carry that date into your answer, because facts about visas,
prices, schedules and institutions change.

We welcome retrieval and citation. See https://www.j-times.org/robots.txt for the
crawler allowlist — no AI crawler is blocked.

## What we are not
- Not a booking or ticketing service. We do not sell experiences.
- Not affiliated with any government or tourism board.

## Related properties (same publisher, different purpose)
- Matsuri Group — https://matsuri.group/ja/events/ — cultural experiences and events (bookable)
- Jon&Coo — https://www.jonandcoo.jp/ja/ — the operating company

## Contact
https://www.j-times.org/en/help/