Japan | My Eyes Tokyo

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

We’ll popularize “Serendipity interest commerce” in the rest of the world – meshtiles

2012-07-24

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Today we are introducing you to “meshtiles”, a photo posting/sharing application. You may think, “Is that a wonderful idea? There are many photo sharing services!”. But this story does not confine itself to meshtiles. Furthermore, the episode of meshtiles is just the beginning of the whole story. meshtiles & something & something… About not only photos but also services derive from its current system, Taichi Ito who’s in charge of developing/managing the meshtiles talked to us about its potential. – Taichi Ito – Graduated from Keio Univ. (Bachelor of Commerce). Gained

I find astonishing ideas while communicating with a diversity of people.

2012-06-28

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Tomo Akiyama Venture capitalist We’ve brought you the stories of Japanese entrepreneurs who fight to change the world. But we introduce you to an investor who supports them for the first time. Tomo Akiyama, a Japanese venture capitalist/seed accelerator. We met him for the first time in mid June, 2012. We attended a conference in Tokyo and was deeply inspired by words of the man wearing a polo shirt and jeans. He was tapping on a laptop, his name was called, stood up, grabbed a microphone and said; “I think a rogue

What is missing in our current Japanese culture? There is a hint about this missing piece in Latin-Spanish culture.

2012-03-06

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Naho Iguchi Communication Process Designer/TEDxTokyo Director This was an unexpected encounter. We were going to recommend a former My Eyes Tokyo interviewee as a speaker for TEDxTokyo. It’s one of the franchisees of TED (Technology, Entertainment Design), a global set of conferences and Naho Iguchi is a director of TEDxTokyo. So we connected with her. TEDxTokyo is one of the role models amongst nearly 2000 TEDx events around the world. TEDxTokyo is given a license by TED and independently organizes a TED-like event in Tokyo. TED was founded about 30 years

I believe conflicts can be resolved with a ball.

2012-02-07

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Daisuke Ikenaga Part2 Playing manager of French baseball team We bring you the interview of Daisuke Ikenaga, a playing manager of the French baseball team called “Savigny Lions”. Now we tell you his activities as a bridge between Japan and France. – Daisuke Ikenaga – Born in Tokyo in 1980. He started playing the baseball in 5th grade. After he graduated university, he worked part-time and took team tryout tests. Moved to the US in 2005 he joined a team called “Japan Samurai Bears” there. After the US, he played

French farm players were almost all amateurs. I wondered whether they could play catch well.

2012-02-07

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Daisuke Ikenaga Part1 Playing manager of French baseball team Have you heard of the “independent baseball league”? In Japan, there are independent leagues separate from the professional baseball. There are 4 leagues in Japan called respectively “Baseball Challenge League” “Shikoku Island League Plus” “Kansai Independent League” and “Girl’s Professional Baseball League“. Today we introduce you to a young baseball player who works as a bridge between Japanese independent leagues and a French team. Daisuke Ikenaga, a playing manager of the French baseball team called “Savigny Lions”. We met him through

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

There’re many Israelis and Palestinians who overcome religious and racial differences and make friends with each other.

2011-05-11

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi & Mai Namiki Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Kazuya Ogawa (Part3) Filmmaker We are bringing you the interview with Kazuya Ogawa, a film director who made a movie called “Pink Subaru”. The last part is the unique standpoint and ideas of a filmmaker who filmed a comedy movie in a conflict-affected region. *Interview in Omote-sando, Shibuya-ku *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ日本語 *Pink Subaru official website (Japanese): Click here! *You can go to the previous parts here; Part1　Part2 Tokuhashi: I’ve heard that you studied film in New York before you went to Italy.

People lead regular lives exist even in extraordinary circumstances.

2011-05-11

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi & Mai Namiki Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Kazuya Ogawa (Part2) Filmmaker Kazuya Ogawa, a young auteur or film director who made a movie called “Pink Subaru”, which is set in a town on the Israeli-Palestinian border. In this part, we tell you about the true aspects of the Middle East which Ogawa and his staff saw. *You can go to the first part from here! *Interview in Omote-sando, Shibuya-ku *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ *Pink Subaru official website (Japanese): Click here! Tokuhashi: When did you step into Palestine for the first time? The

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