Japan: the projects and people changemakers recommend
Japan: 5 changemakers, each recommended by a named correspondent with a note on why their work matters.
Recommended by 2 correspondents.
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The selection
- Ama, Japanese Freediving WomenMie Prefecture, Japan“Two thousand years of diving in rhythm with the sea, taking only enough to come back. They still teach us how to live with the ocean.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
- Shinichiro OgataTokyo, Japan“Ogata carries Japanese tradition into the present, with a care you can see in everything he makes.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
- Tetsunari IidaTokyo, JapanRecommended by Søren Hermansen
- Visionary Co.Nagoya, Japan“They turn a demographic constraint into an opportunity. Physical strength as a vocation, with the stigma taken off it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
- Why KamikatsuKamikatsu, Japan“A town that sorts its waste into 45 streams. The hard part was the culture, and they did it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume