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What's Hibiki?
Recently, through Japanese cuisine, anime, martial arts and other cultural expressions, awareness of Japan has grown—and over the past twenty years, the number of foreign visitors has more than tripled. It is a great honor to bring smiles to people through culture. Yet, while there are 1.5 billion English learners worldwide, only 3 million study Japanese—a gap caused by underdeveloped Japanese-language education infrastructure. Culture springs from language, and passing that language on is vital.
At Hibiki, we’re addressing this challenge by building infrastructure that delivers our high-tech specialties—AI, blockchain, and more—via beloved anime. Our goal is to make Japanese learning easy and accessible for anyone, anywhere. Bringing more smiles through Japanese culture—that is Hibiki’s mission.
How to work?
Foreign visitors to Japan grew from under 5 million in 2000 to 32 million in 2019, fueling global interest in ramen, martial arts, and anime. Yet just 4 million people learn Japanese—versus 1.5 billion English learners—due to teaching challenges and teacher shortages. Project Hibiki harnesses AI, blockchain, manga, anime, and social events to create an engaging Japanese-learning environment. With 170 000 U.S. learners and 4 million worldwide but only 75 000 teachers and no global platform apart from the government-backed Japan Foundation, we’re forging alliances with schools and scholarship providers. Our nonprofit aims to boost Japanese learners to 100 million by 2050, promoting global cross-cultural exchange.
