social business

Japanese active in social businesses to help the...
Satoko Kono, president of Japanese social investment company Arun, left, interviews a farmer about his needs in a village in a Phnom Penh suburb. (Takeshi Fujitani)
February 15, 2013
In forming her Japanese social investment company in 2009, Satoko Kono said she knew the limitations of foreign aid, which can be a one-way street between advanced and...
Tackling Japanese obesity, African malnutrition...
For Masahisa Kogure of the NPO Table for Two International (TFT), money-losing social ventures are not sustainable, so he has always tried to think of TFT as a business. (Photo: Yoshinori Toyomane)
July 08, 2012
If you head to Tokyo's Roppongi district and catch an elevator to the 34th floor of the city's tallest building, Tokyo Midtown, you will arrive at the employee cafeteria of...
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