Event

2025.10.22

【WealthPark Lab】Hosting Public Sessions for “Learning Place for Life and Money” to Explore the Essence of Finance

WealthPark Lab, a research arm of WealthPark Co., Ltd. (Director: Kosuke Kato), has launched a public session of “Learning Place for Life and Money” to explore the essence of investment and improve financial literacy across society.

■Overview
“Learning Place for Life and Money powered by WealthPark Lab”
Theme: “Learning from Private Lodging! The Global Tourism Industry, Its History, and the Current State of the Japanese Economy”
Date: October 22, 2025 (Tue)
Lecturer: Kosuke Kato, Representative of WealthPark Lab
Contents:
・When and why did humanity begin traveling abroad? Learn the etymology and history of travel.
・Grasp the tourism industry from trends in global population, number of overseas travelers, economic growth, and trade volume.
・Understand the new challenges of the Japanese economy, such as the continued depreciation of the Yen despite a large current account surplus, through the lens of inbound tourism.
・Understand the reality of small-scale accommodation operations in Tokyo and new technologies in the travel industry.
Duration: 2 hours

■Participant Feedback
We received the following feedback from participants:

  • It was very educational regarding the essence and history of overseas travel.
  • The importance of the inbound industry in developed countries was clearly visible through the data.
  • The overall picture of the global economy, including population, GDP, number of travelers, and trade, became clear.
  • I understood how difficult it is to operate an inn/hotel. I was surprised by the new technologies supporting Airbnb and the travel industry.

■About “Learning Place for Life and Money”
“Learning Place for Life and Money” is a community that supports individuals in appropriately applying the investment options available in the world to their own lives. We have restructured the original WealthPark Lab program, which has been provided to thousands of people—including Japanese and foreign nationals, junior high students to seniors, and investment beginners to experts. Through more than 10 themes, participants learn about social systems and the investments they need by understanding the essence of society, history, and themselves.
Details here ▶ https://wealthpark-lab.com/program/