Kaeka Joins Tokyo Job Experience Program for Summer 2026
A speech-training startup joining a government-run job experience program signals growing institutional interest in communication skills as a formal career path and educational priority.
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Kaeka Co., Ltd., operator of the speech training service kaeka, will participate as a host company in Tokyo's TOKYO Junior High and High School Job Experience Site Job EX program for summer 2026. The program, run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under the Kodomo Smile Movement, matches students with companies for realistic job experience. Kaeka aims to raise awareness of the speech trainer profession, help students acquire portable skills like presentation and logical thinking, and advance its vision of introducing communication learning into compulsory education.
Kaeka Co., Ltd., the company behind the speech training service kaeka, will host junior high and high school students this summer through Tokyo's official job experience program. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government operates the program, called TOKYO Junior High and High School Job Experience Site Job EX, as part of its Kodomo Smile Movement. Kaeka president Kaori Chiba said the company decided to participate after the program proved highly popular last year. The company plans to offer students exposure to the speech trainer profession, which supports executives and politicians, and to help them build portable skills such as presentation and logical thinking. Kaeka also sees the program as a step toward its long-term goal of introducing communication learning into compulsory education.
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