Born in Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, is a childhood friend of Shohei Otani. As a student, he graduated at the top of his class from his local technical college in Iwate, and studied electrical engineering and materials engineering at the postgraduate school of Tohoku University. After graduating, he joined the plant engineering company Nittetsu Engineering. For about five years, he was engaged in energy plant design work in Japan and abroad, first and second years in overseas projects (Thailand), and was in charge of overseas manufacturers for domestic projects in his third to fifth years, building up a career with an overseas focus.

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Graduated from the School of Global Japanese Studies of Meiji University. During his studies, he became interested in international exchange and organised events for international students. Experienced a one-year study abroad experience in the USA. Joined a web advertising agency as an intern in his third year at university, where he was in charge of Meta ads and other ad operations for three and a half years. Later experienced liquor sales in Vancouver, Canada. After returning to Japan, he joined LivCo in order to provide new value to more foreigners.

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Trilingual, half Indonesian (father) and half Japanese (mother). Born in Bali, Indonesia, she spent 18 years there before moving to Japan for university, graduating from Doshisha University. During her university years, she was interested in food loss issues and participated in an internship with a Mexican NPO called food bank and worked with the Kyoto Prefectural Government and local NPOs to raise awareness of food loss. She joined ASEAN HOUSE (now LivCo) as a fresh graduate and is currently in charge of field sales and Indonesian recruiting, utilising her language skills and half-Indonesian background.

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Born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Moved to Tokyo and got enrolled at Komazawa University.In his third year of university, he worked part-time at a hotel in America and discovered that many foreigners want to work in Japan.After graduating from university, he worked at a foreign-affiliated hotel, where he came into contact with foreign staff and guests from abroad, and re-experienced the good qualities of Japan. He began wanting to invite them to Japan, rather than just working with them, and moved to ASEAN HOUSE Co Ltd (now LivCo).Currently, he is in charge of supporting visa application procedures for foreigners who have received job offers in the Operations Division.

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He has experience in real estate sales at Leopalace, advertising sales for Hot Pepper for restaurants at Recruit, and IT sales at Jinjer. Back in his backpacking days in 17 countries, he witnessed the gap between the rich and the poor in Southeast Asia and the lack of employment, and decided to join ASEAN HOUSE (now LivCo), a company that can solve these problems in one step. Currently, he is proposing a foreign labour recruitment solution for the food service and care industry.

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Born in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from Doshisha University and Kobe University Graduate School. She became fascinated with Indonesia through volunteer work while studying there, and decided to become a bridge between Indonesia and Japan in the future. After graduation, she was stationed in Indonesia and worked on JICA projects for a total of five years, where she was involved in a wide range of tasks as a coordinator, including HR, CS, sales and interpretation, mainly using the Indonesian language. After returning to Japan, she was in charge of the development of overseas maths teaching materials at すららネット Co. From September 2023, she has worked at ASEAN House (now LivCo) as a career adviser, in charge of introducing jobs to Indonesians. Currently married to an Indonesian national, she is travelling back and forth between Japan and Indonesia while striving to achieve her goals.

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Born in Vietnam. Started studying Japanese since junior high school and visited Japan for the first time in 2007 through the JENESYS programme, an exchange programme led by the Japanese Government to promote understanding of Japan. This experience deepened her interest in Japanese culture that she got herself enrolled in the Japanese language department at Ho Chi Minh City Normal University. While at university, she studied at Wakayama University for one year as an exchange student. After graduation, she worked at a Japanese travel agency, a supervising organisation for technical interns, and the Vietnam branch of CyberAgent before joining ASEAN HOUSE (now LivCo) in 2023. Currently, she is in charge of career advisor and life support services for Vietnamese nationals.

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Born in Myanmar. Majoured in Japanese language at Yangon University of Foreign Languages after graduating from high school. Studied as an exchange student at a Japanese high school for one year through the Asia Bridge Project. This led to her interest in cross-cultural communication and enrolment in the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University. Joined LivCo as a career adviser with the hope of contributing to her home country as a trilingual (Myanmar, Japanese and English) in the future.

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