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2025/10/10
R4D Researcher Koki Kusano to Speak at RESEARCH Conference Pop-up in FUKUOKA on October 31, 2025
R4D Researcher Koki Kusano will be speaking at RESEARCH Conference Pop-up in FUKUOKA: Possibilities of Participatory Research taking place…
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2025/09/22
R4D Researcher Dami Moon Featured on TBS’s “The Future of Hometown” to Discuss User Characteristics in Lost and Found Transactions
R4D researcher Dami Moon was featured on TBS’s “The Future of Hometown” (Furusato no Mirai) in an episode titled “Incredible Finds in the…
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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…