What happened when one Japanese startup talked about women’s sexual health
Some things are supposed to be only whispered about in Japan. But startups are about breaking...
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Category: Japanese Culture
How Japanese graffiti Is sneaking onto the blockchain
Graffiti is impermanent. Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to...
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The lies, myths, and secrets of Japanese UI design
There is a lot of hate directed at Japanese UI design. To Western eyes, it’s just too busy,...
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The forgotten mistake that killed Japan’s software industry
This is our 200th episode, so I wanted to do something special. Everyone loves to complain about...
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The secret of humble food from expensive tech
The way we get our food is changing. Many are discussing how to make modern farming more...
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Will Japan’s Manga industry ever really change?
Manga is one of Japan’s best known exports, but it’s surprisingly hard to make money...
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What you can learn from Japan’s seven-minute miracle
Today we are going to look at a different kind of innovation. It’s not technology....
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Why startups should be better than charities at solving social problems
Startups exist to develop new solutions to problems. But many of society’s biggest problems...
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Selects: Why Japan’s Geisha are disappearing in the social media age
You don’t usually think of Japan’s geisha as being an industry, but it is. In fact, strictly...
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Your Japanese textbooks are lying to you
They probably mean well. They are telling you something that is easy to understand and that seems...
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How Japan’s forgotten past can stop IoT’s dystopian future
Technology is global, but ideas are local. The same IoT technology is being deployed all over the...
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DJ Selects: Why Men Need Women Founders
Ari Horie has always had a different approach to supporting women entrepreneurs. She doesn’t talk about “empowering” women and …
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