This interview focuses on Hillary's travels to Japan, her love of Japanese culture, and her successful entry into the Airbnb market in Ito, voted one of Japan's top lodging destinations.
In June 2025, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will make his debut on the global stage at the G7 Summit held in Canada. For Japan’s new leader, this summit will serve as the first litmus test of his diplomatic direction.
On the night of November 24, 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi completed all her engagements at the G20 Leaders’ Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa, and returned to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport aboard the government aircraft.
On April 8, 2025, Japan’s regenerative medicine reached a historic turning point. Cuorips Inc., a biotech venture spun out of Osaka University, announced it had submitted a marketing authorization application to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for a “cardiomyocyte sheet” created from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This is believed to be the world’s first marketing application aiming to commercialize a regenerative medicine product using iPS cells, and it has generated great anticipation across the scientific and medical communities.