Smart Cities Revolution: How Japan's #1 Community App is Solving Global Demographic Challenges with Kohei Yano

17 Sep 2025 • 30 min • EN
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What happens when an entire country starts aging faster than anywhere else in the world? Japan is finding out - and creating amazing solutions! 💡 Join us in a new interesting episode with Kohei Yano who built something incredible called PIAZZA - Japan's #1 community app that's helping solve population decline and aging challenges. This is fascinating stuff: 🏘️ Think Nextdoor, but it actually works with city governments 🏗️ They partner with real estate developers on major urban projects 📱 Technology that helps aging communities stay connected and sustainable 🌍 Japan's solutions will be needed globally as other countries face similar challenges Kohei's journey is amazing: From studying Civil Engineering in Canada to investment banking to gaming industry M&A to founding a company that's literally helping reshape cities! Perfect watch if you're interested in: → How technology solves real social problems → Smart city innovation → Japanese business and culture → The future of aging societies → Community building through apps Don't miss this live conversation! Have you ever thought about how technology can help aging communities? #SmartCities #JapanInnovation #CommunityTech #AgingSociety #UrbanPlanning #PIAZZA

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