Month: April 2019

Company Spotlight: mayunowa

Company Spotlight: mayunowa

Introducing mayunowa LLC, a startup company from Yokohama, Japan. Mayunowa provides makeup and skincare products made from silk, and runs an aesthetic salon in Yokohama.   Introducing a new skincare...

Company Spotlight: CODE Meee

Company Spotlight: CODE Meee

Interview with Kenji Ota, Founder and CEO of CODE Meee Inc., a startup from Yokohama that is exhibiting at Techday New York in May.   Merging Aroma and Technology to present “Personalized...

Company Spotlight: M.I-Story

Company Spotlight: M.I-Story

Interview with Ms. Hiromi Sakamoto, the founder and president of M.I-Story Co., Ltd., a Yokohama startup that will debut its first product, the “Hammock Pillow," internationally at TechDay New York...

Company Spotlight: ICON

Company Spotlight: ICON

This toy robot is teaching programming for kids through interactive and intuitive play.   President and Representative Director Toshiko Tsuchiya introduced us to ICON, a Yokohama-based company...

Company Spotlight: Aperza Inc.

Company Spotlight: Aperza Inc.

Makoto Ishihara, CEO, Aperza Inc. We interviewed Mr. Makoto Ishihara, the CEO of Aperza Inc., a Yokohama-based startup that participated in the startup convention “Slush Tokyo 2019” which took place...

Company Spotlight: TRIPLUS

Company Spotlight: TRIPLUS

We interviewed Mr. Tomohito Akiyama, the CEO of Yokohama startup TRIPLUS Inc. TRIPLUS exhibited at Tokyo Slush 2019, a startup convention held in February, and was selected as one of the top 40...

Company Spotlight: OPPO

Company Spotlight: OPPO

OPPO, the 5th largest smartphone maker in the world, opened a research center in Yokohama one year ago. Interview with Mr. Cho, the head of OPPO’s Yokohama Research Center.Q. Can you give us an...