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RISING

5.0 2015 Documentary

Going beyond the horizon. Meet Japan's entrepreneurs whose innovative thinking is changing traditional mindsets in their various fields of work.

Inbound Tour Operator - Kentaro Suda

Inbound Tour Operator - Kentaro Suda 28m The number of foreign tourists to Japan reached its all-time high in 2014. Tourism is now Japan's key…

Super Helidoctor - Makoto Kobayashi

Super Helidoctor - Makoto Kobayashi 28m Hyogo Prefecture is home to a medical team that rides the helicopter to save lives in mountain communities…

Calligrapher with Down Syndrome - Shoko Kanazawa

Calligrapher with Down Syndrome - Shoko Kanazawa 28m With exhibitions and events both in Japan and abroad, the moving calligraphy of Shoko Kanazawa is attracting global…

Sake Evangelist - Kosuke Kuji

Sake Evangelist - Kosuke Kuji 28m For 5 generations, the family of Kosuke Kuji has run Nanbu Bijin, a famed sake brewery in Iwate…

Global Branding Through Smart Farming - Hiroki Iwasa

Global Branding Through Smart Farming - Hiroki Iwasa 28m Agriculture in Japan faces many issues including an aging and declining workforce. Hiroki Iwasa, the representative of a…

Saving the World with Euglena - Mitsuru Izumo

Saving the World with Euglena - Mitsuru Izumo 28m Mitsuru Izumo is the CEO of bio-venture firm Euglena, named after a microorganism with enormous potential as a…

Incubating a More Active Life for Senior Citizens - Mio Katagiri

Incubating a More Active Life for Senior Citizens - Mio Katagiri 28m What kind of life awaits Japan's estimated 10 million baby boomers as more and more of them enter…

Taking Affordable Medical Testing to the World! - Takashi Kawazoe

Taking Affordable Medical Testing to the World! - Takashi Kawazoe 28m Medical tests at just 500 yen per criterion; on-the-spot results; and advice from a trained nurse: all features…

Conveying Japan's Craft Heritage to Children

Conveying Japan's Craft Heritage to Children 28m With many traditional Japanese crafts facing decline, Rika Yajima founded a brand seeking to preserve such artisanship in…

The Mascot Matriarch - Hiromi Kano

The Mascot Matriarch - Hiromi Kano 28m Japan's unique yuru-kyara costumed promotional mascots are in the midst of a boom. And the maker behind many…

Trawler to Table via Tablet in No Time - Masanari Matsuda

Trawler to Table via Tablet in No Time - Masanari Matsuda 28m Although Japan's long-established fresh fish industry is said to be worth around 3 trillion yen a year, a…

Towards a Fulfilling Society for All - Takako Yamada

Towards a Fulfilling Society for All - Takako Yamada 28m Takako Yamada runs an online English school based in the Philippines. Licensed local instructors teach students in Japan…

Cultivating Sushi Chefs - Makoto Fukue

Cultivating Sushi Chefs - Makoto Fukue 28m Becoming a sushi chef once took long years as an apprentice. Makoto Fukue turned this world on its…

Forward to the Future: Making Fuel from Old Clothes - Masaki Takao

Forward to the Future: Making Fuel from Old Clothes - Masaki Takao 28m The 1989 Hollywood hit Back to the Future Part II, saw a time-travelling DeLorean return from the year…

Protecting Fisheries through Marine IT - Masaaki Wada

Protecting Fisheries through Marine IT - Masaaki Wada 28m Recent years have seen Japan's fisheries hit by issues like global warming, overfishing, and a lack of new…

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