Bento 🍱 21 July 2023 Japan’s digital ID program is a complicated mess The “My Number” card program, initially hopeful, is now making more headaches than headway.
Apps of the World 2 June 2023 The #1 rideshare app in Japan’s #1 rideshare app isn’t Uber, it’s a taxi app Go summons taxis and the company behind it is Japan's newest unicorn.
Apps of the World 24 February 2023 Find a sauna, no sweat A new app promises to help you find Japan's hottest public baths.
3 Minutes With 21 February 2023 Why Ion Mobility CEO James Chan is the anti-Musk The ambitious EV startup aims to design and produce original two-wheelers for Southeast Asia.
3 Minutes With 3 January 2023 Fixing air quality in one of the world’s most-polluted cities Piotr Jakubowski, co-founder of Jakarta-based Nafas, on clean air and career pivots.
Tech Markets 14 December 2022 Inside the world’s biggest tech bazaars You can tell a lot about a big city from its electronics district(s) — its technological peaks and troughs, consumer culture, demographic quirks, entrepreneurial spirit.
3 Minutes With 29 November 2022 How a female founder convinced tiny stores to digitalize mid-pandemic Aiko Reyes, COO and co-founder of Peddlr, on her mission to bring the Philippines' 20 million micro and small businesses online.
Q & A 14 November 2022 89% of surveyed Twitter employees say the company will fail under Musk Sunguk Moon, CEO and co-founder of the anonymous workplace forum Blind, reveals how workers at Twitter and Meta really feel.
3 Minutes With 1 November 2022 Web3 allows companies to look more like economies, like mini-nations Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, on crypto’s path beyond the winter.
3 Minutes With 28 June 2022 How a Japanese edtech startup trains kids to be tomorrow’s AI managers “Children are by nature curious and creative, so it’s our job not to intervene,” says WonderLab's Yuka Nakamura.
3 Minutes With 16 November 2021 Singaporean VC Paul Santos: ‘There are many paths to heaven’ The managing partner for Wavemaker Partners on what it takes to succeed in Southeast Asia and why every company needs to think about being a sustainable company
