About 20 ambitious women in their 20s and 30s, some from as far afield as Hiroshima and Miyagi prefectures, gathered one Saturday at a Women Entrepreneurs School course in Tokyo.
Presenting their plans and goals later in the day, one told of her dream of owning a restaurant, while another said she hopes to use the course to mold her vague ideas into a definite business plan.
The five-session course, held on Saturdays in Shibuya, teaches the women accounting and how to complete business plans, as well as how to hire staff and methods of promoting their businesses through the media.