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Three local trainers. Six free lunchtime sessions. One week of practical learning.

Independent trainers working in Japan shared practical excerpts from their original programs, and participants made learning part of their lunch break for a week.

When
September 28 to October 2, 2026
Where
Online, around lunchtime in Japan
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A week made in Japan

Real programs from the people who created them.

Independent trainers working in Japan shared practical excerpts from their original programs, and participants made learning part of their lunch break for a week.

Useful ideas. Practical tools. Local Trainers.
Meet your lunchtime trainers

Different businesses. Equal billing. Fresh perspectives.

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Marck Saravanja

A Kobe-based language educator and entrepreneur with more than 20 years in language education. Marck owns HiMARCK English Conversation and develops new ways to make language learning practical and personal.

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Business writing and language learning
Marck Saravanja
HiMARCK English Conversation
Who Pays for Your AI Writing?
Tim Ewing

An L&D professional, trainer and coach with more than 20 years of experience across Asia-Pacific. Tim helps managers communicate with greater clarity, confidence and flexibility in multicultural teams.

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Global team communication
Tim Ewing
comakeover
Decode Your Cross-Cultural Communication Style
Hiroyuki Tanaka

Founder and CEO of Birchbit Inc. Hiro runs KEE, an experiential leadership program in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido that trains primary research skills through real-world, hands-on activities.

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AI Product Management & Unlearning
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Birchbit Inc.
How Can We Create Value of Products in the Era of AI?
The week at a glance

Five days, six sessions.

Each trainer will offer the same session twice. Final session times will be published once the lineup is complete.

01
Monday
Sep 28
Hiroyuki Tanaka
How Can We Create Value of Products in the Era of AI? ▾
AI Product Management & Unlearning
12:00 · JST
Japanese

Generative AI and no-code tools now allow anyone to build apps effortlessly. However, creating a solution that truly solves team problems and establishes a lasting competitive advantage requires strategic primary research before you start building.

Drawing on his experience leading AI product CX and PdM at Rakuten, TikTok, and innovative startups, Hiro from Birchbit shares actionable techniques to build meaningful products - whether for business innovation or internal workflow automation.

  • Differentiating AI Products: Explore real-world examples to understand what creates true product uniqueness.
  • Primary Research Mastery: Learn the core mindset and methodologies essential for effective user research.
  • Immediate Application: Practice framing research questions and hypotheses you can apply directly to your work right after the session.
02
Tuesday
Sep 29
Marck Saravanja
Who Pays for Your AI Writing? ▾
AI-Smart Writing Skills
12:00 · JST
English

AI can make your English sound better in seconds. But who pays for the time it saves you? Maybe it's the colleague trying to figure out what your AI-generated report actually means. Maybe it's the reader wading through a perfectly polished email that says very little. Or maybe it's you, losing the writing practice that helps you become a more confident English user. In this interactive one-hour session, we'll put AI-generated and human writing head-to-head.

  • Compare real writing, before and after AI, and decide for yourself what's worth keeping and what got lost.
  • Trace where the cost of "better" writing actually lands - on your reader, your team, or your own growth as a writer.
  • Walk away with a simple writing routine you can start using in your very next email.
03
Wednesday
Sep 30
Tim Ewing
Decode Your Cross-Cultural Communication Style ▾
Global Team Communication
12:00 · JST
English

A Community Version session of Global Team Dynamics™ - the same framework Tim uses in full corporate programs, condensed into one focused hour. Complete a short quiz before the session, then use your own real result as the working material - not a hypothetical case study.

  • See your own communication style plotted on the Global Team Dynamics matrix, live, in the session.
  • Understand where the biggest gaps are between how you communicate and what global, cross-cultural teams actually need.
  • Leave with one concrete adjustment you can make in your next meeting - not a theory, a next step.
04
Thursday
Oct 1
Marck Saravanja
Who Pays for Your AI Writing? ▾
AI-Smart Writing Skills
12:00 · JST
English

AI can make your English sound better in seconds. But who pays for the time it saves you? Maybe it's the colleague trying to figure out what your AI-generated report actually means. Maybe it's the reader wading through a perfectly polished email that says very little. Or maybe it's you, losing the writing practice that helps you become a more confident English user. In this interactive one-hour session, we'll put AI-generated and human writing head-to-head.

  • Compare real writing, before and after AI, and decide for yourself what's worth keeping and what got lost.
  • Trace where the cost of "better" writing actually lands - on your reader, your team, or your own growth as a writer.
  • Walk away with a simple writing routine you can start using in your very next email.
05
Friday
Oct 2
Hiroyuki Tanaka
How Can We Create Value of Products in the Era of AI? ▾
AI Product Management & Unlearning
12:00 · JST
English

Generative AI and no-code tools now allow anyone to build apps effortlessly. However, creating a solution that truly solves team problems and establishes a lasting competitive advantage requires strategic primary research before you start building.

Drawing on his experience leading AI product CX and PdM at Rakuten, TikTok, and innovative startups, Hiro from Birchbit shares actionable techniques to build meaningful products - whether for business innovation or internal workflow automation.

  • Differentiating AI Products: Explore real-world examples to understand what creates true product uniqueness.
  • Primary Research Mastery: Learn the core mindset and methodologies essential for effective user research.
  • Immediate Application: Practice framing research questions and hypotheses you can apply directly to your work right after the session.
06
Friday
Oct 2
Tim Ewing
Decode Your Cross-Cultural Communication Style ▾
Global Team Communication
13:00 · JST
English

The identical Global Team Dynamics™ Community Version session as Wednesday, held in English. A Community Version session of Global Team Dynamics™ - the exact framework Tim uses in full corporate programs, condensed into one focused hour. Complete a short quiz before the session, then use your own real result as the working material - not a hypothetical case study.

  • See your own communication style plotted on the Global Team Dynamics matrix, live, in the session.
  • Understand where the biggest gaps are between how you communicate and what global, cross-cultural teams actually need.
  • Leave with one concrete adjustment you can make in your next meeting - not a theory, a next step.
Thank you

The week has come to a successful end.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Lunch & Learn Week: Japan, and to our trainers. Stay tuned for the next one. For any inquiries, click here.