Series A is Being Squeezed, Late-Stage is on Fire : The VC Landscape in 2025

In 2025, early-stage startups face funding challenges, while late-stage AI companies like OpenAI and Perplexity AI secure record-breaking investments, highlighting a significant shift in venture capital dynamics.

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Series A is Being Squeezed, Late-Stage is on Fire : The VC Landscape in 2025

In 2025, early-stage startups face funding challenges, while late-stage AI companies like OpenAI and Perplexity AI secure record-breaking investments, highlighting a significant shift in venture capital dynamics.

3 days ago4 min read

Trump’s Tariff Impact on Japan: What It Means for the Economy, Yen, and Everyday Life

Japan’s economy is facing a turning point — again. As U.S. tariff threats reemerge and global uncertainty deepens, what lies ahead for Japan’s core industries, stock market, currency, and everyday life? This blog breaks down the structural risks Japan must confront, and offers a practical lens on how individuals can prepare for the next chapter of global disruption.

May 94 min read

Invisible Vacant Apartments: Japan’s New Urban Akiya Problem

Tokyo's real estate market looks booming—but thousands of condos are sitting empty behind closed doors. This post exposes the rise of “invisible akiya”: unoccupied urban apartments that are distorting supply, weakening buildings, and revealing deep cracks in Japan’s housing model.

May 24 min read

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9 Million Seniors in Greater Tokyo: The Inheritance Wave That Could Reshape Japan’s Real Estate Market

Japan is heading toward a seismic real estate shift. With over 9 million seniors living in Greater Tokyo and 9 million vacant homes nationwide, the housing market is approaching a generational turning point. This blog unpacks the data, the dangers of overleveraged buying, and why the smartest move might be to wait until after 2030.

May 15 min read

Traveling During Pandemic : Here’s What You Need to Know Before You Travel

This blog will cover everything you need to know before you travel during pandemic.

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is a book written by Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari, professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
The reason why I chose this book is Harari shows us in the history chronologically humanity threatened with many diseases and pandemics. But we end up augmenting ourselves and learn among these challenges. These learnings and innovations are especially important during these COVID-19 days. Wellness and Wellbeing will Dominate to the future. We will keep enhancing our bodies and societies to be more resilient and perhaps take full control over it.

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