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2025/09/22
Project Involving R4D Researcher Dami Moon Leveraging AI to Automate Calculation of Environmental Impact of Clothing Listed on Marketplace Apps Featured on Multiple News Sites
The results of joint research conducted by Professor Yoshihiro Kawahara and graduate student Sumiaki Kusahata from the Graduate School of…
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2025/09/17
A New Approach to Design Research: “Playing to the Fullest”
Hi there! I’m Koki Kusano, conducting service design research at R4D. In this article, I’d like to introduce an example of Mercari R4D Lab’s…
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2025/09/17
Changing Item Perception Through the Power of Stories—How the “Merkame” Initiative Fosters a Sharing Culture
Hi there! I’m Koki Kusano, conducting service design research at R4D. In this article, I’d like to introduce an example of Mercari R4D Lab’s…
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2025/09/01
Mercari Research and Development Organization R4D Announces Appointment of Norimasa Kobori as New Head of Research
Mercari strengthens AI area expertise to expand the Mercari R4D Lab research development network and to accelerate the real-world…
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2025/08/29
Mercari R4D Research Alliance Laboratory Holds Event to Celebrate Its Founding
Greetings! This is @afroscript(Yusaku Kinoshita), and I’m in charge of outreach initiatives at Mercari R4D Lab. On July 1, 2025, the Osaka…