# How to Turn Social Issues Into Business: Hearing Founders Directly, JAM MEETUP #1

> A student meetup where four social-issue startup founders share how they read structural problems and turned them into businesses.

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- When: Wed, May 13, 2026 18:30–20:30 JST
- Where: Chiyoda City, Japan · In person
- Region: Kanto (Tokyo)
- Organizer: Tokyo Innovation Base
- Language: JA
- Source: Luma — https://lu.ma/meetup_1_26_5_13
- Page: https://japantech.info/events/luma-meetup_1_26_5_13/

## Summary

JAM MEETUP #1 brings four founders of social-issue startups to talk about how they read the structure of a problem and found a business opening. The session runs 18:30 to 20:30 at Tokyo Innovation Base 1F in Yurakucho, with reception from 18:00. It is free, capped at about 30 students, and includes group networking before and after the talks.

Guests are Kazuki Okada (NAGARA, voice-first AI care-record software for nursing staff), Tatsuro Hoshino (NIJIN, an education entrepreneur running an alternative K-12 school and a 500-teacher community), Maiko Matsuoka (Medited), and Marika Seki (MamaWell, a midwife-led digital health service for pregnancy and work). Eldercare tech, education reform, healthcare, and maternal health are very different domains, but each case shares a focus on changing structural inefficiencies through product and business model.

The meetup targets students who want to attack social issues as a startup rather than through NPOs or volunteering, especially those stuck on how to turn a concern into a workable idea.

## About the community

TIB JAM is a community based at Tokyo Innovation Base in Yurakucho that connects students with startup-ecosystem players, running idea-generation sessions (IDEA FLASH Session), founder meetups (JAM MEETUP), and a weekly Wednesday TIB Student day for student builders.

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