1.0Global Kigyohttps://global-kigyo.com/jaContent Creatorhttps://global-kigyo.com/ja/author/content-creator/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DRrVwdL4jE"><a href="https://global-kigyo.com/ja/qa/qa-karimoku-furniture-inc/">Karimoku Furniture, Inc.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://global-kigyo.com/ja/qa/qa-karimoku-furniture-inc/embed/#?secret=DRrVwdL4jE" width="600" height="338" title="“Karimoku Furniture, Inc.” — Global Kigyo" data-secret="DRrVwdL4jE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://global-kigyo.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://global-kigyo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Azabu-Hills-Residence-6-scaled-1.jpg25601648GK spoke to Masatoshi Kato, the president of Karimoku Furniture, one of Japan’s leading boutique furniture manufacturers. We spoke about the role of technology in furniture design, as well as changing demographic trends when it comes to homeware preferences.   What do you believe are the unique aspects surrounding the Japanese manufacturing industry?   I used to read books by Jeffrey Archer that talked about differences in quality between American, Japanese, and Germany automobiles. He said that German vehicles were so fantastic at this time, and that the Americans had to catch up. At that time, Japanese vehicles were rather poor quality, especially in the 1960s.   However, over the years they […]