ビジネスジャーナルTV
32:25IVS2026 Rallies Under "Japan is Back": Toshiaki Shimakawa on the Aims of Holding It in Kyoto and the New "IVS CORE"
IVS, Japan's largest startup conference, will be held in Kyoto from July 1 to 3, 2026. This year's theme is "Japan is Back." In a special dialogue series by Business Journal, MC Nana Okui spoke with T
25:07What Is Akari, the University of Tokyo AI Startup Valued at ¥100 Billion Five Years After Its Founding, Actually Doing? An Interview with Co-Founder Naruaki Ishikawa
Akari is an AI startup spun out of the University of Tokyo that was founded in 2021 and reached a valuation of ¥100 billion within five years. The interviewer, Iijima of Business Journal TV, introduce
29:28Kaonavi's CPO on "Talent Intelligence": Turning Talent Data from "Records of the Past" into "Predictions of the Future"
Iijima of Business Journal TV spoke with Hideki Inoue, CPO (Head of the Product Planning Division) at Kaonavi, about "talent intelligence." At the outset, Iijima introduced talent intelligence as "a c
21:41"Bringing the Excitement Further Into the City": DeNA's Tomoko Namba and Yokohama Vanilla's Yuto Takahashi on Wonderia Yokohama and Yokohama's Potential
Ahead of the opening of Wonderia Yokohama, an immersive experience facility developed by DeNA, DeNA Chairman Tomoko Namba and Yuto Takahashi, who founded the gift sweets brand Yokohama Vanilla in Yoko
31:58kubell's Masaki Yamamoto on BPaaS Strategy: Turning Chatwork's Customer Base into BPO for SMEs
kubell Co., Ltd., known for the business chat tool Chatwork, is focusing on its BPaaS business, which takes over back-office work for client companies. Iijima of Business Journal spoke with Representa
31:33"PR for AI" Comes After SEO: AI Hack's Daisuke Nakamichi on How to Approach AIO
AI-generated answers now appear at the very top of search results, and more users are finishing their research without clicking a single link. Iijima of Business Journal TV had noticed that traffic fr
19:31JPYC CEO Noritaka Okabe on the Uses of a Japanese Yen Stablecoin and How to Engage with Regulators
JPYC Inc. has obtained a license from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) as an issuer of a Japanese yen-denominated stablecoin. In this interview, CEO Noritaka Okabe is asked what this license will c
16:24Poker Players Grew from 1.6 Million to 2.4 Million in Four Years: Why Sammy Entered the Poker Business and the Business Model of No-Stakes Poker
Sammy, a manufacturer of pachinko and pachislot machines, launched a poker business four years ago. Iijima, a moderator for Business Journal, spoke with Yasukatsu Ito, who oversees the poker business
33:55"90% of Companies Preparing for an IPO Never List": Hiroaki Kato, Veteran of Two IPOs, on the Imbalance That Keeps Companies from Going Public
Hiroaki Kato, Representative Director of the IPO Association Todoroki, headed the administrative divisions at two companies, Metaps and PORT, and guided both of them to a listing. In this conversation
34:13In an Era When American Kids Play on Meta Quest, Can Japanese Social VR Win? An Interview with Masaru Ohnogi of Thirdverse
In this episode, Iijima of Business Journal speaks with Masaru Ohnogi, CEO and Representative Director of Thirdverse, which develops and publishes VR games. The theme is "VR × Metaverse × Global IP."
38:50Deel Reaches a Valuation of About ¥2 Trillion Six Years After Its Founding: Why It Grew and How Japanese Companies Can Expand Overseas, with Deel Japan President Ryo Nishiura
Iijima of Business Journal spoke with Ryo Nishiura, President and Representative Executive Officer of the Japanese subsidiary of Deel, a global HR platform. The conversation focused on how Deel became
31:31Kei Tanaka on the "Wealthy Mindset": Imagine Vividly, Build Up Through Compounding, and Go Meet People One Level Above You
Kei Tanaka, who spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs and now manages money at an investment firm, spoke in a conversation with MC Nana Okui about how to apply the way wealthy people think to careers and wo
31:22Former Goldman Sachs Banker Kei Tanaka Looks Back on the News of 2025: Social Media and Elections, the Takaichi Government's Economic Management, Japan-China Relations, and Ichiro and Ohtani
This is a record of a talk event in which MC Nana Okui looked back on 2025 with guest Kei Tanaka, who spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs and now manages money for wealthy clients at an investment firm. T
52:49"Are Humans in the Way in the Age of AI?": How Executives Can Make AI More Than an Efficiency Tool
Now that using AI has become the norm, how should executives use it to grow sales and profits? This panel discussion was moderated by Manabu Fukuya, general producer of Venture Pitch Online, under the
35:44How freee Escaped the "Sea of Information": The askAny Model and a Knowledge Foundation for the AI Era
At a fast-growing startup, the more people join, the more scattered information becomes, and the harder it gets to find the documents you need. In this discussion, moderated by Iijima of Business Jour
33:20RevComm Turned Profitable After Only a Series A: Takeshi Aida on Management That Keeps Strategy Fixed but Changes Tactics
Takeshi Aida, a former trading-company employee who founded RevComm on their own in 2017, sat down for an interview with Iijima, a moderator for Unico TV. The topics were how the company became profit
21:01A Privately Held, Owner-Run Company Launches a Tender Offer for a Listed Company: fonfun President Tsubasa Mizuguchi's Management Philosophy
A privately held, owner-run company used its own funds to acquire a listed company through a TOB (tender offer). Tsubasa Mizuguchi, Representative Director of fonfun Inc., acquired fonfun through Cybr
34:05Creating a Place Where Classical Musicians Can Earn a Living: Tacticart's Yuichiro Inagaki on Orchestras, Agency Work, and IP Strategy
Yuichiro Inagaki, CEO of Tacticart, a startup in the classical music field, sat down for an interview with Iijima, the moderator of a startup-focused channel. The question Inagaki has set for himself
21:00How TikTok Shop Will Change E-Commerce in Japan: itsumo's Fujise on Live Commerce's Second Attempt and Winning at "Discovery" Shopping
On a program moderated by Iijima, CEO of Angle Create, which runs a business media outlet, the topic was the business impact of TikTok Shop as its full-scale launch in Japan approaches. The guest was
36:04Why IVS Became a "10,000-Person Offline Meetup": CEO Toshiaki Shimakawa on Its History, the Design of Side Events, and How Participants Can Make the Most of It
IVS, one of Japan's largest startup conferences, began as an invitation-only gathering of about 50 people. How did it become a place where 10,000 people gather and hundreds of side events are held thr