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Learn from Yohei Takayama, Chairman of Okuribanto and professional salesperson, how to make sales with immediate results.
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Developing speaking skills, Kaori Chiba, CEO of kaeka, teaches tips for speeches and presentations.
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Conductor Kenshiro Sakairi, who performs with world-class orchestras, talks about the appeal of orchestral classics
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Sumally Representative Kensuke Yamamoto talks about moving to Karuizawa and the on/off switch.
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Video Director Atsunori Toushi talks about the differences between music video production in Japan and Korea
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To be free. The world as seen by Mumuko, who travels around the world with one suitcase.
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KUMI, one of the best pole dancers in Japan, talks about the appeal of pole dancing
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Fumino Sugiyama, a transgender person who is also struggling to raise his children, talks about 10 years of Tokyo Rainbow Pride
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Interview with Kazuhiro Kakida, president of a human resources company and general manager of the Yurakucho Kakida sushi restaurant, on the secret of his “strength”.
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Talking with DUFDUF Fuyuko, mental health, aiko, Sigur Rós
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Ask Ayaka Sakuragi about BONUS TRACK on its 3rd anniversary and the changes in Shimokitazawa
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IRIENANAKO holds countless titles. She talks about her powerful creative spirit that started making movies in junior high school.
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Hikaru Morimoto talks about the work of actor trainers and the “Field Survey Group of Expression
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