The difference between Japanese and Western NPOs

<p>Meet Lowell, the retired director of Hope International in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. He sits down to talk to us about running an NPO in Japan and the challenges of operating here, as well as his retired life as a YouTuber sailing around Japan.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 Meet Lowell</p><p>4:54 Leaving missionary work</p><p>7:02 Founding an NGO in Japan</p><p>11:06 NGOs in Japan</p><p>15:01 The Fukushima disaster at home</p><p>17:56 How to spend $2.5 million</p><p>29:42 Lessons biking across Japan</p><p>38:29 Sailing around Japan</p><p>45:11 Japanese boating license</p><p>48:04 Buying a boat</p><p>51:03 First trip in Japan</p><p>56:15 Lessons sailing across Japan</p><p>59:11 Settling in Okinawa</p><p>1:04:15 What you should know about sailing in Japan</p><p>1:17:10 Book and research on longetivity</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Lowell:</p><p> @JapanSoloNotes </p><p> @nevertoolateacademy </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/lowellinjapan/</p><p>https://www.nevertoolateacademy.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>