Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management Wins Special Award at 'Newsweek Japan SDGs Award 2025'
Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management received the Special Award at the Newsweek Japan SDGs Award 2025 for its ongoing initiative 'HAPPY SMILE ART,' which supports disabled artists by exhibiting their work in hotel lobbies.
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Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo / President & CEO: Ryo Sugiyama) is pleased to announce that it has received the Special Award at the 'Newsweek Japan SDGs Award 2025'.
This award recognizes companies and organizations that implement outstanding initiatives toward the realization of a sustainable society. The Special Award, newly established this year, is selected by the editorial department of Newsweek Japan, targeting 'SDGs initiatives that have been continuing and developing over a long period.'
Our company's initiative, 'HAPPY SMILE ART in Mitsui Garden Hotels,' a project exhibition by artists with disabilities utilizing hotel lobbies, which has been ongoing since 2021, was highly evaluated, leading to this award.
[Reason for Award] From the critique:
In Japan, art activities by people with disabilities still have low recognition, and support for them is provided by only a limited number of companies and organizations. Amidst this, the company holds project exhibitions utilizing its hotels in various locations to create opportunities for many people to encounter these works. The company was highly evaluated for its efforts to discover artists living in regional areas, and for the fact that the total sales amount of artworks and financial returns to the artists are increasing year by year. They are also promoting multilingualization of artwork descriptions and special web pages for overseas guests. Leveraging the advantage of operating dozens of hotels nationwide, we expect them to continue expanding their support for disabled art in the future.
■ Comments from the Newsweek Japan Editorial Department
To put it bluntly, our SDGs Award embodies the desire to 'shine a light on sincere initiatives that might be understated but can serve as a reference for other industries and companies.' Among them, the 'Special Award' recognizes initiatives that are being carried out continuously and developmentally. Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management's project perfectly meets this criterion and is a fascinating case study in terms of the effective utilization of hotels as 'places.' During a talk show at the award ceremony, Chairman Masaru Sasabe, who took the stage as a representative, was asked about 'the roles and possibilities expected of the hotel and tourism industry in the future regarding co-creation with people with disabilities and the creation of inclusive events and spaces,' and we were impressed by his sincere attitude. (Yusuke Morita, Head of SDGs Office, Newsweek Japan)
■ About Newsweek Japan SDGs AWARD
The international news weekly magazine 'Newsweek' was launched in the United States in 1933, and the Japanese edition has been published since 1986. 'Newsweek Japan' has been highly evaluated as a media outlet that provides high-quality information and insightful analysis by reporting global news from a unique perspective. In particular, the dissemination of advanced case studies and the latest information on domestic and international SDGs (*1) has received a great response from many readers and companies. 'Newsweek Japan' holds the 'SDGs Award' as a place to broadly introduce the SDGs initiatives by Japanese companies and to generate new ideas and empathy that lead to the resolution of social issues. This award started in 2023, and this year...
This award recognizes companies and organizations that implement outstanding initiatives toward the realization of a sustainable society. The Special Award, newly established this year, is selected by the editorial department of Newsweek Japan, targeting 'SDGs initiatives that have been continuing and developing over a long period.'
Our company's initiative, 'HAPPY SMILE ART in Mitsui Garden Hotels,' a project exhibition by artists with disabilities utilizing hotel lobbies, which has been ongoing since 2021, was highly evaluated, leading to this award.
[Reason for Award] From the critique:
In Japan, art activities by people with disabilities still have low recognition, and support for them is provided by only a limited number of companies and organizations. Amidst this, the company holds project exhibitions utilizing its hotels in various locations to create opportunities for many people to encounter these works. The company was highly evaluated for its efforts to discover artists living in regional areas, and for the fact that the total sales amount of artworks and financial returns to the artists are increasing year by year. They are also promoting multilingualization of artwork descriptions and special web pages for overseas guests. Leveraging the advantage of operating dozens of hotels nationwide, we expect them to continue expanding their support for disabled art in the future.
■ Comments from the Newsweek Japan Editorial Department
To put it bluntly, our SDGs Award embodies the desire to 'shine a light on sincere initiatives that might be understated but can serve as a reference for other industries and companies.' Among them, the 'Special Award' recognizes initiatives that are being carried out continuously and developmentally. Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management's project perfectly meets this criterion and is a fascinating case study in terms of the effective utilization of hotels as 'places.' During a talk show at the award ceremony, Chairman Masaru Sasabe, who took the stage as a representative, was asked about 'the roles and possibilities expected of the hotel and tourism industry in the future regarding co-creation with people with disabilities and the creation of inclusive events and spaces,' and we were impressed by his sincere attitude. (Yusuke Morita, Head of SDGs Office, Newsweek Japan)
■ About Newsweek Japan SDGs AWARD
The international news weekly magazine 'Newsweek' was launched in the United States in 1933, and the Japanese edition has been published since 1986. 'Newsweek Japan' has been highly evaluated as a media outlet that provides high-quality information and insightful analysis by reporting global news from a unique perspective. In particular, the dissemination of advanced case studies and the latest information on domestic and international SDGs (*1) has received a great response from many readers and companies. 'Newsweek Japan' holds the 'SDGs Award' as a place to broadly introduce the SDGs initiatives by Japanese companies and to generate new ideas and empathy that lead to the resolution of social issues. This award started in 2023, and this year...