Platform Studies II: From Kyoto University, Learning "Platform" as an Academic Discipline and Moving Towards "Practice"

To be released on July 18, 2025
Our initiatives have been featured.

[Introduction]
This book is a sequel to "Platform Studies" (published by our company in June 2024), which compiles Kyoto University's academic framework aimed at creating new value by integrating informatics with multiple disciplines. Positioned as a "practical guide" following the previous work which focused on foundational theory, this book uses professional sports leagues as its subject to explain how to delve deeper into Platform Studies and apply it in practice.

Uzuri has been selected for the "Jewelry Brand Startup Support Project," a joint initiative by Takashimaya, Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores, and Lucky & Company, aiming to revitalize the jewelry industry.

Through this project, Uzuri will work on developing a new jewelry line. We will keep you updated on our progress and the latest news here, so please look forward to it.

Saturday, February 22, 2025, 8:00 PM -

[Program Information]
Since 2017, Yoshimoto Kogyo has been a pioneer in raising awareness of the SDGs. It will be 8 years in 2025 since then. And there are only 5 years left until the 2030 goal. The comedians who appeared in the SDGs videos will reunite. They will conduct an interim review for 2030, asking, "How are you all doing with the SDGs?" While exchanging frank opinions about the SDGs, they aim to make it "fun, interesting, and educational," and "make people want to seriously engage with the SDGs once again."

Featured in Newsweek.

"Is it possible to balance social contribution and business?" Narumi Yamagishi of African brand "Uzuri" discusses "SDGs and Business"

Africa-Japan Youth Drive: The Co-creation of the Future We Want - Panel Appearance

On August 24, 2024, Representative Yamagishi participated as a panelist. At this event, African and Japanese youth discussed co-creating the future, and Yamagishi delivered a speech on mutual exchange between Africa and Japan and youth empowerment.

Our CEO, Shigeru Yamagishi, appeared on "The Starters" segment of Tokyo FM's "One Morning" program. During the program, he discussed Uzuri's initiatives and business collaboration between Africa and Japan, and introduced the appeal of African brands and future prospects.

To coincide with International Ocean Day on June 8th, we launched a purchase-based crowdfunding campaign on Campfire. You can now purchase animals and sizes that were previously unavailable. Please take advantage of this limited one-month offer.

*The campaign ended on July 9, 2024. Thank you very much to everyone who made a purchase.

Uzuri was selected as a finalist in the final selection round after winning the Tokyo preliminary round of "Student Pitch Koshien 2024," one of the largest student pitch events in Japan. We had the opportunity to present at Makuhari Messe.

Mr. Yamagishi, our representative, was featured in the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun.

Our Uzuri initiative was selected for the Special Jury Award at the University SDGs Action! Awards.

Bayfm78 / The Freestone featured our brand's initiatives. Thank you.

We exhibited at Tokyo Africa Talk, and during the talk session, we spoke about our brand's activities.

Asahi Shimbun featured Uzuri's initiatives.