[Linktides Group] Forbes JAPAN Honors “Culturepreneurs” Who “Move the World with the Power of Culture” | CULTURE-PRENEURS AWARD 2025
Link Ties Group Press Release: October 21, 2025 Forbes JAPAN Honors “Culture-Preneurs” Who “Move the World with the Power of Culture” | CULTURE-PRENEURS AWARD 2025
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/17289/298/17289-298-0e526f8adb6bc801cdf049582b3633b3-3900×2595.jpg Kyoto City Mayor Koji Matsui / Touristship General Incorporated Association Representative Director Tanaka Chieko Co-host Kyoto City selected the winner of the Kyoto City Special Award, which is given to an individual who connects with diverse and creative people and communities in the region and approaches urban development and solving social issues. At this event, it was announced that Chieko Tanaka, Representative Director of Touristship General Incorporated
Association, was selected as the Culturepreneur of the Year as a person who embodies the image of the culturepreneur that Kyoto City seeks. Mayor Koji Matsui of Kyoto City presented Tanaka with a commemorative plaque. Tokyo Tatemono “YNK Special Award”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/17289/298/17289-298-1f62530b2b8022fa61e524cf28ea3d04-3900×2595.jpg Akira Izumi, Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Tokyo Tatemono / Masatoshi Iikura, Representative Director, J-CAT Mr. Ryu Tokyo Tatemono, headquartered in Yaesu-Nihonbashi-Kyobashi (YNK), where culture and large corporations coexist, has sponsored the event for over 100 years, following last year’s. In support of the “CULTURE-PRENEURS” initiative, they selected a special award winner. YNK is the abbreviation for the areas east of Tokyo Station: Yaesu, Nihonbashi, and Kyobashi. Located at the gateway to Japan and serving as an economic center, the YNK area retains a strong cultural presence with festivals, alleyways, and other unique features that should be preserved. This year, in addition to meeting the selection criteria for “CULTURE-PRENEURS 30,” Ryu Iikura, CEO of J-CAT, was selected from among the winners of this year’s “CULTURE-PRENEURS 30” as the recipient of Tokyo Tatemono’s “YNK Special Award,” which was announced at the event. Talk session with Ichitaro Nakamura, Rikiya Kurimata, and Shingo Iwata From left: Forbes JAPAN Editor-in-Chief Masaharu Fujiyoshi, Kabuki actor Ichitaro Nakamura, IP Bookstore Producer Rikiya Kurimata, and Samsung Group CEO Shingo Iwata A talk session was held with this year’s “CULTURE-PRENEURS 30” award recipients, Ichitaro Nakamura, Rikiya Kurimata, and Shingo Iwata. Their talks were centered on the theme of “The Power of Initiative – The Potential of Japanese Culture.” Forbes JAPAN “CULTURE-PRENEURS AWARD 2025” Organizer: Forbes JAPAN (LinkTides Inc.) Co-hosted by: Kyoto City Sponsors: Agency for Cultural Affairs / Kansai Economic Federation / Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives Sponsors: Tokyo Tatemono / Hankyu Men’s Tokyo / Ryukoku University What is a Culturepreneur? Culturepreneur refers to a cultural entrepreneur. It is a new concept, coined from the English term “Cultural Entrepreneurs.” It refers to a new type of entrepreneur who creates new value centered on cultural capital and balances it with economic activity. Their businesses and initiatives are diverse, ranging from unearthing cultural assets and local resources to creating unprecedented value, conveying the appeal of Japanese culture to the world, and creating new cultures for the future. For this project, 30 young culturepreneurs under the age of 45 were selected. Selection criteria were based on meeting one of the following criteria: 1. People who are unearthing cultural assets and local resources and creating new value and ecosystems 2. People with new leadership skills who can convey the value of Japanese culture to the world 3. People currently creating a new culture for the future
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/17289/298/17289-298-4f79668e775697abbb3885da2463e297-2680×1388.png “CULTURE-PRENEURS 30” Special site
https://forbesjapan.com/feat/culture-preneurs30-2025/
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(https://forbesjapan.com/) Forbes Japan was newly launched in June 2014 as the Japanese edition of Forbes. Aimed at readers with a global perspective, it curates articles from the US and international editions of Forbes and compiles them alongside original articles for Japan. Each issue also includes lifestyle articles, providing readers with information on both work and play. Its online version,
forbesjapan.com, curates a wide variety of articles published daily by Forbes.com. It delivers engaging content every day, combining articles from the magazine with original articles by expert official
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