Tempura Tech: Where Tradition Meets AI Innovation
Discover how Japan's iconic tempura is revolutionizing the restaurant industry through AI automation, unmanned checkout systems, and data-driven operations. From Edo-era street food to cutting-edge te...
4 Marras 202511min
Sorry for Redelivery: Japan's Most Polite Crisis
Every time you click "buy now," an invisible crisis unfolds. In Japan, 1 in 10 packages requires redelivery, costing 174,000 hours and 392 tons of CO2 annually. Join Professor Haru and student Sakura ...
30 Loka 202511min
Japan's Gen Z: The Inflation Generation Redefining Value
Meet Japan's Gen Z—the first generation to grow up with rising prices and wages. Unlike their parents who lived through deflation, these young consumers are reshaping Japan's economy with "merikhari c...
28 Loka 202510min
Shopping Refugees: How Mobile Supermarkets Help 9M
Did you know 9 million elderly Japanese struggle to buy groceries? Discover how mobile supermarkets are revolutionizing elderly care in Japan's aging society. From Aeon's 300 trucks to Tokushimaru's 1...
23 Loka 202516min
Why Don Quijote Wins: Japan's 35-Year Retail Success Story
Discover how Don Quijote achieved 35 consecutive years of growth in Japan's challenging retail market. This episode reveals the discount giant's winning formula: listening to 15 million customers thro...
21 Loka 202519min
Japan's Beer Revolution: From Tradition to Digital Innovation
Discover how Japan's beer industry is revolutionizing itself through AI marketing, empathetic branding, and a groundbreaking 1% cancellation rate subscription model that's changing everything.◆Introdu...
17 Loka 202511min
Reiwa Rice Crisis: 18 Months of Doubled Prices in Japan
Discover how Japan's rice prices doubled in just 18 months, creating the "Reiwa Rice Crisis" - the most serious food emergency since WWII.◆Introduction:Japan's rice crisis exposes deep agricultural po...
15 Loka 20257min
The Rise of MBOs in Japan — Delisting and the Philosophy of Freedom
A quiet yet undeniable transformation is taking place in Japan’s business world.It’s called MBO — Management Buy-Out, a process where company executives buy back their own firms to take them private.◆...
13 Loka 20253min
