September 2025

Using modern Japanese NLP tools for language learning

August 2025

My treasure box from Japan, #3: People
My treasure box from Japan, #2: Places
My treasure box from Japan, #1: Art
My treasure box from Japan
Arimoto Yoko on honing one’s own taste for good living

June 2025

Japanese NLP: Challenges, Latest Developments in LLMs, and Business Opportunities

May 2025

Generate meaningful insights from Japanese content with Topic Modeling using BERTopic

March 2025

Why we created FindMyRyokan, a ryokan recommender

September 2024

Creating Value, Not Just Products - Lessons from Keyence

March 2024

Nakano Yoshihisa on always living in the present moment

February 2024

Innovations by Japanese booksellers to bring people back to reading and gathering

January 2024

Wakamiya Masako, world’s oldest iOS programmer, on lifelong learning and aging wisely
Minimalist living in Tokyo opens up a big world

December 2023

Matsuura Yataro on training oneself for thoughtful and tasteful living

November 2023

Tsutaya - transforming physical bookstores into concierges for idea exchange and lifestyle exploration

October 2023

Traveling as a PM dojo
7-11 Japan’s hypothesis-driven innovations for product excellency

September 2023

The beauty of practicing Just Enough Design in our daily lives

August 2023

3 things a new hotel brand teaches us about product planning

January 2023

3 time-tested leadership lessons passed down by Japanese temple carpenters 1000 years ago

July 2022

Danshari - a radical way to declutter before clutter even happens