Ideafund Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; Founder & CEO: Naoko Okawachi) is pleased to announce that an interview featuring its CEO, Naoko Okawachi, and Ryosuke Shibato, President & CEO of academist, Inc., was published on the media platform note on June 22, 2026.
Can the Humanities Change Society?(Part 3): Rather Than Providing Answers, We Must Ask Questions — What a Cultural Anthropologist Learned Through Entrepreneurship
This article is a newly edited and organized version of the discussion originally presented during the YouTube Live session of the academist Prize 6th Cohort Special Program, held on June 1, 2026.
Please read the article at the URL below. https://note.com/academist/n/n356621e14b4f
About IDEAFUND
With the corporate mission, “Observe. Uncover. Interpret. Ignite Insights.”, ideafund Inc. is Japan’s first company established to apply cultural anthropology to business. By visiting and closely observing people’s real-life settings—whether in their homes, workplaces, or other everyday environments—we derive deep insights that inform business development and organizational transformation.
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- Representative –
- Naoko Okawachi, Founder & CEO
- Established –
- January 4, 2018
- Headquarters –
- Tokyo, Japan
- Business Scope –
- Research, consulting, and advisory services grounded in cultural anthropology
- Corporate Website –
- https://ideafund.co.jp/
Contact info:
info@ideafund.co.jp