(born 1971) is a Japanese business woman and Asian Projects Co-ordinator at

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Career

She founded the Japanese creative agency Loftwork, Inc. in 2000. Since 2006, Chiaki also sits on the advisory board at Creative Commons Japan and previously worked as business reporter at

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, a Japanese news agency and marketing at

Kao Corporation is a Japanese global chemical and cosmetics company headquartered in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. History Kao was established in 1882 by Tomiro Nagase as a manufacturer of domestic toiletry soap. Until 1954, they were known a ...

. On June 30, 2009, Hayashi became a certified

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(PMP) from the

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. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

and a Master of Science in Business Journalism from

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. In 2014 Hayashi founded FabCafe LLP, which provides tools for do it yourself enthousiasts. In 2017 Hayashi was named an Awarded Innovator by

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for her work with Loftwork, FabCafe, and OpenCU, an online learning platform.

References

External links

Loftwork Inc.Chiaki blog

An interview with ChiakiInterview with Vogue Japan
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