Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-07-01
The Second Half of 2026 Has Begun Time flies—we’ve officially entered the second half of 2026. This is the perfect time to look back at the goals we set at the beginning of the year and plan what we w...
2026-07-01
JR Yotsuya Station — Home of Japan's Most Famous Ghost Story If you ever pass through JR Yotsuya Station in Tokyo, you're standing near the birthplace of Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), widely considered Ja...
2026-07-01
What CEOs Can Learn from the Chinese Communist Party Before anyone misunderstands this post, learning from someone does not mean agreeing with their political system. As business leaders, our job...
2026-07-01
Which One Are You? The Three Great Leaders of Japan One of Japan's most famous sayings compares its three great unifiers using a cuckoo (hototogisu): If the cuckoo won't sing... Oda Nobunaga: "...
2026-07-01
Kikuo Ibe: The Engineer Who Refused to Let a Watch Break When people think of revolutionary inventions, they often imagine creating something entirely new. Kikuo Ibe took a different approach. He sim...
2026-06-30
Do Not Look for a Way to Win After the War Has StartedSun Tzu wrote in The Art of War: “The victorious army first wins and then goes to battle. The defeated army first goes to battle and then seeks...
2026-06-30
Before Japan became famous for its whisky, one man traveled halfway around the world to learn how to make it. Masataka Taketsuru (1894–1979), often called the Father of Japanese Whisky, was born in...
2026-06-30
A Timeless Japanese Lesson on Leadership One of Japan's most famous leadership quotes is attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto: "Show them how to do it. Explain it to them. Let them try it thems...
2026-06-30
Probatio Diabolica (The Devil's Proof) There is a concept known as Probatio Diabolica, a Latin phrase often translated as "the Devil's Proof." It refers to the difficulty—or sometimes the impossi...
2026-06-30
People Remember the First and the Last People rarely remember who came in the middle. They remember who was first and who was last. Being first means having the courage to take the initial step. It...