Media Coverage 2025

◎ December 14, 2025 — Featured on BBC Radio, “The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected”
BBC Radio image: a staff member wearing an OrangeDay SENGAWA apron
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◎ December 14, 2025 — Featured on BBC TV, “Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?”
BBC article “Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?”
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◎ November 28, 2025 — Interviewed by Korean Instagrammer Kim Hyeon-gi
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◎ November 17, 2025 — Featured on the Instagram of travel Instagrammer Aakanksha Monga (about 1.4 million followers)
Still from the Instagram video “Cafe in Japan only hires people with DEMENTIA!”
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◎ October 23, 2025 — Interviewed by “AERA DIGITAL”
AERA DIGITAL article on how the local community embraces people with dementia at the Cafe of Mistaken Orders
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◎ October 19, 2025 — Interviewed for the YouTube channel of comedian Junior Chihara
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◎ July 2025 — Interviewed by Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper for “Japan, the ‘Country of the Elderly’ — A Mirror of Korea’s Future”
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 1 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 2 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 3 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 4 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 5 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 6 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 7 of 8)
Feature in Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper, “Japan, a nation of the elderly – a mirror of Korea’s future” (page 8 of 8)
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◎ June 10, 2025 — Interviewed for Chofu FM’s “Gogo no Cafe Terrace – Machikado Report” (Afternoon Cafe Terrace – Street Report)
Chofu FM web page for “Gogo no Café Terrace – Machikado Report”, with photos of the venue and staff
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◎ March 29, 2025 — Featured in the Tama edition of the Sankei Shimbun
Sankei Shimbun article on dementia care through creating a place to belong, with photos of staff serving guests
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◎ March 1, 2025 — Featured on the Instagram of Jesse, an Instagrammer who introduces Japanese culture (about 400,000 followers)
Still from the Instagram video “Tokyo Cafe ONLY Hires Waiters With Dementia”

Instagram　@jesseogn

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◎ February 18, 2025 — Featured on Chofu City’s official social media
Post introducing the café on Chofu City’s official social media
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◎ January 28, 2025 — Interviewed for the French TV program “FOCUS – Dementia among the elderly in Japan” (France 2)
Scene from the French TV report “Au Japon, le défi de la démence sénile”, showing guests being served at the café
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◎ January 2025 — Featured in Benesse Corporation’s “Kaigo Dayori” (Caregiving Newsletter), issue 56
Article in Benesse Corporation’s Kaigo Dayori introducing the dementia café
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