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I will create a culture which encourages both profit generation and contribution to society.

2015-12-16

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Kaoru Joho Entrepreneur One day we happened to find an interesting app on Facebook timeline. It enables you to give school meals to children in developing countries by booking seats at restaurants, bars, izakayas, etc. in Japan. The app is called “Table Cross”, which implies “Cross any boundary, connect with each other through food and make the world happier”. This app is not an interesting app, but it’s really helpful. You can make a difference in the world if you book seats at restaurants – maybe you’ve done it at

Make the change that you want to do. And create new opportunities.

2014-11-30

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Anthony Joh (Canada) The 5th guest for the “MET Morning Interview” is Anthony Joh, Business Development Director of GPlus Media. Anthony is in charge of developing the GaijinPot website, which is the largest online resource for anyone looking to work, study or live in Japan. We first were introduced to Anthony by one of his colleagues and met up in a bar in Roppongi to hear of his business background. We’ve met many foreign entrepreneurs up to now, but we’ve never met a person like him. Most of entrepreneurs we’ve met have

I feel Japan will succeed. I want to help it.

2014-05-11

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Keith Perhac (USA) IT Consultant On February 15th, we held the 4th “MET Morning Interview”, where we conduct public interviews with cutting-edge business leaders in English. The guest speaker for this Interview was Keith Perhac, who’s been working in Gifu as an IT consultant. We met Keith at a meetup for entrepreneurs called “GTIC” which was held in Tokyo in the spring of 2013. He often raised his hand and showered questions on presenters in Japanese. That was so impressive for us. Then he joined our presentation event called “Mechakucha Night” in May

Tokyo doesn’t need to be like anybody else. Tokyo doesn’t need to be like New York or London.

2014-01-07

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Loren Fykes (USA) Entrepreneur We have been organizing asakatsu (literally “morning activities”) meetups since early 2013. Initially, we focused on bringing people together for discussions on hot topics in English with English learners and native English speakers. From these meetings, we had the idea to start a new project. Because My Eyes Tokyo does regular interviews with both local and international artists and business, we thought it would be interesting to do bring these interviewees to asakatsu and conduct the interview openly in English with meetup participants. We have

Startups that don’t make innovation happen aren’t worthy of existence.

2012-08-21

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Hiroaki Taira Entrepreneur Today we features a Japanese IT entrepreneur who used to live in the Silicon Valley in his youth. Hiroaki Taira moved around Japan with his family because his father, a semi-conductor engineer, was transferred to some branches. Then his family went to Silicon Valley, but he left the ventures’ playground long before he started business. Eventually he looked at Thailand, which is still a “developing” country in the IT field. He gambled on its possibility and aimed at a place which has not been reclaimed yet, not

Enjoying communications with people who have many different background – that’s the origin of our services.

2012-07-25

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com Suguru Sakanishi Multilingual communication system developer Today we tell you a story of a man who aims at building a prosperous and happy world for where people exchange various kinds of languages. Suguru Sakanishi, who developed “WorldJumper Localizer“, a system that makes them multilingual automatically by adding a little something to your website. Much cheaper than translation agencies, much more precise than automated translation and your website will be translated into English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) within a short time. I learned this breathtaking service at the session of “GTIC”

Age has got nothing to do with marking a first step toward.

2012-07-24

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Taichi Ito Entrepreneur Today’s interviewee is Taichi Ito, an entrepreneur. We were introduced to him by Tomo Akiyama, a venture capitalist whom we interviewed in June 2012. Now Ito produces a future world-class photo-posting/sharing mobile application. He will launch an e-commerce website and give a shot at interaction between app & e-commerce system. When it’s achieved, people who have different backgrounds share their hobbies and enjoy communication with each other through selling and buying on his web services. Ito is now busy building such a world. We tell you his

If we have a future, I would be able to grow the business. I decided to gamble on that possibility.

2011-09-28

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi & Yu Nakamura Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Reina Otsuka Entrepreneur Today we introduce you to the evangelist of Japanese eco-friendly lifestyle. Reina Otsuka, CEO of Ecotwaza. To sum up Ecotowaza works in a few words, “Transmitting lifestyle which Japan’s rich natural surroundings have nurtured and products that are associated with nature”. She makes overtures of “green living” to people across the world. She has a beautiful smile, she looks affable so she is working on eco-stuff… No, she is exactly the athletic type. She used to be a hard-core salesperson. According to

They are not working as Jews, not working as Palestinians. They are tackling conflicts just as “human beings”.

2010-01-27

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Kenji Sekine (Part 2) Social entrepreneur My Eyes Tokyo is bringing you the interview with Kenji Sekine, a young social entrepreneur who manages the click-to-donate website called “ekokoro!” (It means “Good heart). In this part, we tell you about his method of balancing social action work and profit-making business, and the vision of his ideal world. *You can go to the first part from here! *Kenji Sekine (1976-) Born in Kanagawa, Japan. After graduating Beloit Collage, USA, he worked for several IT companies. He established his own company in 2002 and launched “ekokoro!” in May 2003. He changed

What I’m working on as a BUSINESS is to solve conflicts, poverty, a ban on land mines and so on.

2010-01-27

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Kenji Sekine (Part1) Social entrepreneur We bring you the story of a young Japanese social entrepreneur today. Kenji Sekine, who manages the click-to-donate website called “ekokoro!“, a Japanese counterpart of Care2. The words “ekokoro” significants “Good heart” (the pronunciation of “E” is the same as the one of “ii”, which means “good” in Japanese). At ekokoro!, you donate automatically as soon as you buy something. You don’t need to give any donation because its sponsor companies pay that. Also the companies who sell goods or services can widen their range of

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