Highlights

Interview with the execs

design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Mitsufumi Ikeda

Slack, Founder and CEO, Stewart Butterfield

design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Mitsufumi Ikeda

Dropbox co-founder, Arash Ferdowsi

With Naoyoshi Goto and Mitsufumi Ikeda, design by Mio Hoshino

Uber, CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi

design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Naoyoshi Goto

Uber, Chief Business Officer Asia Pacific, Brooks Entwistle

design by Mio Hoshino, edited by Hidekazu Izumi

Airbnb, Co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk

airbnb
design by Mio Hoshino, edited by Hidekazu Izumi

Airbnb, VP of Trips, Joe Zadeh 

design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Mitsufumi Ikeda

Instagram, Head of Product, Kevin Weil

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design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Mitsufumi Ikeda

Instagram, Head of Business, Jim Squires

design by Yosuke Kuki, edited by Naoyoshi Goto

Facebook, VP of Growth, Javier Olivan

design by Yuka Sunada, edited by Mitufumi Ikeda

Northvolt, CEO, Peter Carlsson

SOCIETY

The Japanese parents who apologise for their children

BBC on 31 Dec 2016

President of Toshiba, Hisao Tanaka (table centre), chairman Masashi Muromachi (table left) and corporate executive vice president Keizo Maeda (table right) bow at the beginning of a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on 21 July 2015.

Tech

Superhuman Sports Society aims to bring Harry Potter’s Quidditch, Dragon Ball to life

Japan Times on June 3  2015

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/03/business/tech/superhuman-sports-society-aims-bring-harry-potters-quidditch-dragon-ball-life/

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Why 3D printers are ‘the sewing machine for the 21st century’

Sydney Morning Herald on February 5, 2015

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/why-3d-printers-are-the-sewing-machine-for-the-21st-century-20150204-135nta.html

April Staines, left, and Emily Gornalle set up Staines' 3D printer


Japan accepts U.S. robot duel challenge

Japan Times on 9th July 2015

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/08/business/tech/japan-accepts-u-s-robot-duel-challenge

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Business

Food for Thought – a radio series on Food Entrepreneurship

distributed across Australia’s 150+ community radio stations through Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

https://yuzuhafood4thought.wordpress.com/

Japan firms face hurdles as ‘service’ culture taken overseas

Japan Times on 9 July 2015

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/09/business/corporate-business/japan-firms-face-hurdles-service-culture-taken-overseas

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Politics

Western Sydney takes centerstage in close-run Australian election

Reuters on 29 Jun 2016, double byline with Ian Chua

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-election-idUSKCN0ZF2XC


Arts

being an Asian fashion designer in Australia means battling parents, racism and expectations

i-D magazine on March 8 2016

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https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/fashion-is-hard-being-asian-in-fashion-is-harder

200 Years of Australian Fashion

Jul/Aug 2016 issue of Gallery magazine by National Gallery of Victoria

https://yuzuhaoka.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/200-years-of-australian-fashion/

Crime/Legal

Tokyo court ruling says adultery OK if it’s for business: experts

Japan times on 11 Jun 2015

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/10/national/crime-legal/surprise-tokyo-court-ruling-endorses-adultery-experts/

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Education

International students face job hunting hurdles in Japan

Japan Times on 10 Jun 2015, double byline with  Shusuke Murai

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/10/national/international-students-face-job-hunting-hurdles-japan/

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G(irls)20: Economics is Everyone’s Business

http://www.letsdomore.com/blogs/girls20-economics-everyones-business/

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Sports

Nishikori carries Asian hopes into Australian Open

SBS World News on 19 January 2015

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/01/19/nishikori-carries-asian-hopes-australian-open

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Health

Device offers hope for early cancer detection, Japanese researchers say

Japan Times on June 18 2015

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/17/national/science-health/device-offers-hope-early-cancer-detection-japanese-researchers-say/