MET Morning Interview

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Make the change that you want to do. And create new opportunities.

November 30 2014

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Anthony Joh (Canada) The 5th guest for the “MET Morning Interview” is Anthony Joh, Business Development Director of GPlus Media. Anthony is in charge of developing the GaijinPot website, which is the largest online resource for anyone looking to work, study or live in Japan. We first were introduced to Anthony by one of his colleagues and met up in a bar in Roppongi to hear of his business background. We’ve met many foreign entrepreneurs up to now, but we’ve never met a person like him. Most of entrepreneurs we’ve met have

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I feel Japan will succeed. I want to help it.

May 11 2014

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Keith Perhac (USA) IT Consultant On February 15th, we held the 4th “MET Morning Interview”, where we conduct public interviews with cutting-edge business leaders in English. The guest speaker for this Interview was Keith Perhac, who’s been working in Gifu as an IT consultant. We met Keith at a meetup for entrepreneurs called “GTIC” which was held in Tokyo in the spring of 2013. He often raised his hand and showered questions on presenters in Japanese. That was so impressive for us. Then he joined our presentation event called “Mechakucha Night” in May

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The “Pirates” is a family. Trust off stage makes the trust on stage.

March 30 2014

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Mike Staffa (USA) Improv comedy group founder Photo Credit: Michael Holmes Photo   Today we introduce you to the “Leader of the Pirates”. Mike Staffa, the founder of the improv comedy group called the “Pirates of Tokyo Bay” (POTB). As soon as he stepped in the venue for this interview, he said, “I’m sweating today!” even though it was a cold day outside. Because according to him, where he comes from was currently -40C that day! We’re not sure he was joking or not, but anyway he is totally a funny guy.

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If they are interested in tea, they would be interested in Japanese tea.

February 28 2014

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Ian Chun (USA) Tea Merchant Ian at the symbolic starting point of all roads in Japan at the Nihonbashi bridge in Tokyo.“We all have a starting point on the road to discovering Japanese culture.” My Eyes Tokyo welcomed the 2nd guest speaker for MET Morning Interview at the end of 2013. Ian Chun is the founder of Match Latte Media, and has introduced Japanese tea to people in about 50 countries around the world. We met him at a small entrepreneurial event in Tokyo in 2012. There were many entrepreneurs

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Tokyo doesn’t need to be like anybody else. Tokyo doesn’t need to be like New York or London.

January 07 2014

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Loren Fykes (USA) Entrepreneur   We have been organizing asakatsu (literally “morning activities”) meetups since early 2013. Initially, we focused on bringing people together for discussions on hot topics in English with English learners and native English speakers. From these meetings, we had the idea to start a new project. Because My Eyes Tokyo does regular interviews with both local and international artists and business, we thought it would be interesting to do bring these interviewees to asakatsu and conduct the interview openly in English with meetup participants. We have