Eikei University of Hiroshima and Oslo Metropolitan University students share perspectives on local sustainability challenges through human-centered problem solving.
High school student Minami Ohno, an alumna of Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan, reflects on her experience throughout the program and how it expanded her perspective. Minami is currently a student at the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Japan.
Students from Los Gatos, San Jose, Salinas, and Watsonville—taught by Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez—met on May 21, 2026 for the fifth annual International Security Symposium.
Professor Emeritus Larry Becker reflects on the early years of SPICE’s Africa Project and how his experience with SPICE enriched and informed his academic journey and teaching practice.
Naoya Kobayashi, a Japanese PhD student at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, reflects on his experience during a SPICE-supported intensive seminar in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Yuki Kihara, a Japanese PhD student at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, reflects on her experience during a SPICE-supported intensive seminar in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Yuto Kimura, a 2021 Stanford e-Japan Award Winner and 2026 graduate of Waseda University, reflects on the enduring takeaways from his experience in Stanford e-Japan.
High school student Erin Tsutsui, an alumna of Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan, reflects on forging friendships across Japan, embracing new world perspectives through thoughtful discussion, and transforming family heritage into a youth-led peace initiative via empathy and social innovation.
Renz Kayle Roble Arayan, an undergraduate student at Eikei University of Hiroshima, reflects on his experience in the SPICE course, Social Entrepreneurship.
Millie Gan, an alum of Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan and founder of Teenage Business Contest Japan (TBCJ), reflects on building a platform that empowers teens to use entrepreneurship and innovation to revitalize Japan’s communities.
