@newsweek_japan
☝️Thank you for watching! Please subscribe and like our channel.

■Summary
"PRIME PLAYERS" is a series showcasing Japanese people and companies refining world-class technologies and services. Businesswoman Makiko Kawamura speaks with Kenjiro Kimura, a professor at Kobe University and entrepreneur who is revolutionizing breast cancer screening, infrastructure, security, lithium batteries, and more with his X-ray imaging technology. We get a glimpse into the mind of this genius, discussing his childhood, parenting, his business strategy for partnering with the industry's second-largest company, his plans for an IPO, and his commitment to operating in Japan.

Watch the video in which Kimura explains the core of X-ray imaging technology here:
【世界を変える“透視”の破壊力】数学の天才・木村建次郎博士が開発／癌や電池検査・石油...

■Cast
▼Kenjiro Kimura
Applied physicist, professor at the Center for Mathematical Data Science, Kobe University, and CEO of Integral Geometry Science, Inc. After 10 years of hard work, she became the first person in the world to solve the inverse problem of wave scattering, an unsolved problem in the history of applied mathematics. Using this as a foothold, she has developed and commercialized numerous observation technologies applicable to fields such as medicine, energy, infrastructure, and security.

▼Makiko Kawamura
A businesswoman born in Nara Prefecture, she graduated from a public high school in Higashi-Osaka and UC Berkeley. After working for foreign financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs Securities, she started her own business. She manages Holland Village Members' Club, one of Japan's largest online communities with 15,000 members, and produces the Financial Economics Academy, a learning environment for junior high, high school, and university students.

Photography & Editing: unit Inc.

▼Newsweek Japan note delivers carefully selected articles, translated articles including those from the foreign policy magazine "Foreign Policy," and original content:
https://note.com/newsweek_japan/

▼Subscribe to the Newsweek Japan newsletter, which delivers analysis of international affairs:
https://id.cccmh.jp/login?client_id=P...

▼Newsweek
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/

▼Newsweek X
Twitter: Newsweek_JAPAN

▼Newsweek Facebook
Facebook: NewsweekJAPAN

#Technology #KenjiroKimura #MakikoKawamura #Entrepreneurship #X-ray Technology #InteriorX-ray Technology #AppliedMathematics #KobeUniversity #BreastCancerScreening #Mammography #NondestructiveTesting #Microwave #Mathematics #Science #LithiumIonBattery #WorldFirst #Breakthrough #Startup #Innovation #Innovator #Business #Finance #Economy #GoldmanSachs #Newsweek Japan #newsweek #Newsweek #International Affairs #International Politics #News Commentary #Chemistry #Satellite #Artificial Intelligence #AI #Lifespan #Longevity #Life Shift #Health #IPO #Fundraising #Childcare #Geometry #Career-Based Finance Woman #Wave Scattering