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Formerly known as Raw Urban Mobile Podcast; Tokyo Speaks is a podcast that highlights Tokyo's international community. Cliff chats with featured guests about their careers, passions, and various topics related to life in Japan. Some episodes also include a guest co-host.
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Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Episode 98: Lia Camargo, Global Business Manager for Fermata Inc., joins the podcast to talk about the company's three-day Femtech conference in Tokyo which centers on women's health and wellness.
This women’s health innovation conference, titled Femtech Fes! 2021, is the first in Asia at this scale with a specific focus on emerging companies, showcasing the latest developments in direct-to-consumer products and medical devices that aim to improve the health conditions of women in various stages of their lives.
Tokyo Speak's guest host for this episode is Ingrid Saito Maciel. Ingrid is an educator at Ashinaga Foundation, youth ambassador at the Health and Global Policy Institute, and an activist for Internal Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP).
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Learn more about Fermata Inc. For more information on the upcoming Femtech Fes! (October 22-24) click here
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Episode 97: In this episode, we feature Yuuki Nakao and Mahi Patki of WomEnpowered International (WE Int.). Yuuki, Co-founder of WE Int., and member Mahi, talk to us about the following:
- The mission and vision of WE Int.
- Their affiliation with University of Tokyo
- Awareness of gender disparity in Japan
- The group's bottom-up management style
- We Int.'s six-part event series on menstruation (virtual)
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Learn more at https://www.womenpoweredint.org/
Guest host: Seralyn Campbell
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Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
- The need for more software engineers in Japan
- Challenges of founding a startup in Japan
- Code Chrysalis courses and admission process
- What kind of people attend Code Chrysalis
- Coding bootcamps vs self-studying
- The Butterfly Fund Scholarship
- Part-time Immersive Bootcamp
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Episode 95: Yuna Maekawa is founder and CEO of kelluna. which is a fitness apparel made in Sri Lanka for Japanese women. Yuna shares the brand's story and how it bridges two cultures with a foundation of self-love. We discuss the following:
- The women of Sri Lanka who inspired her to launch a fitness apparel
- Beauty standards in Japan and the power of self-love
- Her personal struggles with her body and weight
- Adapting to Sri Lankan culture
- The future of kelluna.
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Learn more at kelluna.com
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Episode 94: Dr. Jackie F. Steele (PhD) is a trilingual political scientist, author, and CEO & founder of consulting firm Enjoi D&I Consulting. In her practitioner-consultant role, she supports seniors leaders in Japan with high level D&I (Diversity and Innovation) business strategies on diverse talent mobilization and cutting edge corporate policy designs that drive innovation, competitive edge and inclusive corporate cultures. In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Enjoi D&I Consulting's mission and services
- Growing up with supportive parents
- Her introduction to Japanese culture
- Experiences in academia and public policy
- Working with local government in Nagano, Japan
- Empowering men and women in Japan
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Learn more at en-joi.com
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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Episode 93: Menya Hinga is Founder & CEO of MH Health Coaching and Co-Founder of SOGO Fitness and Co-Fit Movement. After 18 months of working as an English teaching assistant in Nagoya, Japan, Menya moved to Tokyo and transitioned to a career in fitness.
In this episode, we chat about Menya co-founding one of the biggest fitness communities in Tokyo, and his passion to help people from all over the world learn the skills and develop the habits necessary to achieve their fitness goals and create sustainable health.
This is the last episode of this year - more to come in 2021!
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
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Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Episode 92: Amina Sugimoto is co-founder and CEO of fermata, Inc. Amina leads a community and start-up support ecosystem aimed to accelerate the access to knowledge and technologies developed for diversifying and liberating women's wellness. In this episode, we delve into the following topics:
- fermata's vision/mission
- Taboos related to women's health
- An emerging, global Femtech market
- Growing up in Tanzania/being educated abroad
- Health policy in Japan
- fermata's future goals & new store in Tokyo
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Featured guest: Amina Sugimoto (Co-founder/CEO of fermata Inc.)
Guest host: Yan Fan (Co-founder/CTO of Code Chrysalis)
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Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Episode 91: Married couple, Henry Moreland Seals and Sasha Lee Hague-Seals, met in Tokyo and are longtime residents of Japan. Henry is a HR professional and recently became the first foreign-born member of the Human Rights Commission in Nagareyama city. Sasha's home-based food company, Yumm Cupcakery, makes cupcakes, cakes, cookies and now cake mix products that you can easily enjoy with your family. In this episode, we learn how these two lovebirds met and all about their love for helping others and building community.
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Follow Sasha's yummcupcakery
Follow Henry Moreland Seals on LinkedIn and check out his book "Making It In Japan: An Insider's Journey to Success"
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Episode 90: Quynh Trang Ho Thi (Campus Director) and Emoh Justina (Trainers and Judges Coordinator) serve on the Hult Prize Organization Committee at Waseda University. The Hult Prize is an annual and global student competition with a focus on social entreprenuership and social impact. This year's theme is "Food For Good."
In this episode, Trang and Justina talk about their upcoming event for the 2021 Hult Prize Challenge. Trang and Justina also tell us why they decided to study in Japan and what sparked their interest in sustainable development and tackling social issues.
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
Quynh Trang Ho Thi @bq.trang
Emoh Justina @emoh_justina
Hult Prize at Waseda University
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Episode 89: Singer Crystal Kay released her debut single "Eternal Memories" at 13 years old and went on to make nine top-10 albums (including compilations) over the span of two decades. July of this year marked her 21st Anniversary in the music industry and Crystal joins us on Tokyo Speaks to talk about her life and career, as well as her goals going forward. We discuss the following topics:
- Starting her music career at 13 years old
- Collaborations with Japanese Hip Hop group, M-Flo
- Pursuing a music career in the U.S.
- Finding herself in NYC & returning to Japan
- Interviewing Alicia Keys & Janet Jackson
- Black Lives Matter Tokyo & Naomi Osaka
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
[Crystal Kay]
Check out music by Crystal Kay here
[Guest host: J'Nique Nicole]
Check out music by J'Nique Nicole here
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Episode 88: Angela Ortiz is the founder of the volunteer-led nonprofit, Place to Grow, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Senior Manager at Adidas Japan. In this episode, we discuss the following topics with Angela:
- Growing up in Japan's countryside as a Colombian-American with her parents and 10 siblings
- Becoming a mother at 19 years old
- Finding impetus in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
- Pursuing a career in social impact
- Creating her nonprofit Place to Grow
- Writing her first book on social impact
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
[Place to Grow]
Place to Grow: 8 principles that will make you an effective leader in social impact
by Angela Ortiz
[Guest host: Oulimata Gueye]
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Episode 87: In 2016, Arthell Isom and his twin brother, Darnell Isom, founded D'ART Shtajio Inc. - the first foreign-owned anime studio in Japan. Arthell and his studio has worked on projects for Netflix, Grammy Award-winning music artist, The Weeknd, and was recently featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's "Entrepreneur" music video. In this episode we discuss the following topics:
- Arthell's love for illustration and background painting for anime
- Studying at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco
- Black culture & anime
- Working on projects for The Weeknd
- Being featured in Pharrell and Jay-Z's music video
- Working for Ghost in the Shell Art Director, Hiromasa Ogura
- Founding in his own anime studio in Japan
This episode is sponsored by Code Chrysalis - change your life and learn how to code!
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[Guest host: Danté Carver]
[Guest host: Mega Robinson]
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