I am currently reading material on ASEAN in a specific field for an assignment in a lecture on case studies of business in emerging countries at university. At the same time, I had a chance to hear directly from local people and those who know about the mutual aid in…

For 18 years, from 2002 to 2020, I ran a guesthouse for foreign backpackers in Nakano, Tokyo. I was originally a backpacker, and I started the guesthouse because I wanted travelers from all over the world to feel free to come to Japan, where prices were still high in Japan…