2025

Japanese NLP: Challenges, Latest Developments in LLMs, and Business Opportunities
June 20, 2025
Generate meaningful insights from Japanese content with Topic Modeling using BERTopic
May 4, 2025
Why we created FindMyRyokan, a ryokan recommender
March 9, 2025

2024

Creating Value, Not Just Products - Lessons from Keyence
September 18, 2024
Nakano Yoshihisa on always living in the present moment
March 28, 2024
Innovations by Japanese booksellers to bring people back to reading and gathering
February 3, 2024
Wakamiya Masako, world’s oldest iOS programmer, on lifelong learning and aging wisely
January 18, 2024
Minimalist living in Tokyo opens up a big world
January 13, 2024

2023

Matsuura Yataro on training oneself for thoughtful and tasteful living
December 9, 2023
Tsutaya - transforming physical bookstores into concierges for idea exchange and lifestyle exploration
November 12, 2023
Traveling as a PM dojo
October 4, 2023
7-11 Japan’s hypothesis-driven innovations for product excellency
October 1, 2023
The beauty of practicing Just Enough Design in our daily lives
September 2, 2023
3 things a new hotel brand teaches us about product planning
August 31, 2023
3 time-tested leadership lessons passed down by Japanese temple carpenters 1000 years ago
January 26, 2023

2022

Danshari - a radical way to declutter before clutter even happens
July 1, 2022