Society

Japan is navigating some of the world's most complex social challenges — and emerging innovators are responding with solutions that matter beyond borders. JStories' Society section covers the startups, policymakers, and changemakers driving Japan's social transformation: Diversity & inclusion, EdTech, FemTech, Media innovation, and Social Impact.
From EdTech platforms reimagining how Japan's next generation learns, to FemTech founders tackling taboos in women's health, to social entrepreneurs building more inclusive communities — JStories covers Japan's social innovation ecosystem with rigour and solutions focus. Japan's social challenges — demographic decline, gender gaps, educational rigidity — are also innovation opportunities.

Diversity

Old rags to vaccine riches

by Yoshiko Ohira

11/10/2022

J-STORIES - A Tokyo company has developed an innovative service to address a critical issue in...

EdTech

Connecting the Dots for African communities

by Yui Sawada

11/03/2022

J-STORIES - Throughout Africa, less than 30 percent of residents have access to the internet, and...

News

The Brief #32 Eco-friendly flying cars, African “Smart Villages”

by Toshi Maeda

11/03/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNXKkVF0jmw Two innovative Japanese tech solutions tackling global challenges. First, Japanese company SkyDrive is developing...

EdTech

Bringing school, and friends, to the hospital

by Ayaka Sagasaki

10/06/2022

J-STORIES - It's often hard for children who are hospitalized for long periods of time to...

News

Toilet revolution in Tokyo

by Yui Sawada

09/28/2022

J-STORIES - The typical image of public toilets is a negative one: dirty and drab. But...

News

Light-weight barricades with Herculean strength

by Emi Takahata

09/14/2022

J-STORIES - Runaway vehicles, whether deliberate, as in vehicle-ramming incidents, or caused by drivers losing control, can...

Diversity

We have a dream

by Yui Sawada

09/05/2022

J-STORIES - “What is your dream?” That was the question posed by a Japanese social entrepreneur...

News

The Brief #25 Freeze-dried genes, Kids’ letters to Ukraine, Detecting dementia

by Toshi Maeda

09/01/2022

https://youtu.be/rpMfQD-dwls Japanese researchers have developed a freeze-drying technique to preserve genetic material at warmer temperatures, opening...