Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Hanalabs is offering female college students in Japan a chance to advance their careers by devising solutions to social problems affecting communities in need of revitalization.
One of the projects was launched in 2013 at the request of the Yokohama Municipal Government, which was seeking ways to attract younger generations to one of the city's historical institutions.
Participants were appointed to help turn around the decline in visitors to the Osaragi Jiro Memorial Museum, which is devoted to Yokohama-born novelist Jiro Osaragi (1897-1973), who is best known for the history novel series "Kurama Tengu." The series was once considered as popular as "Tarzan" in the United States.