An Okinawa company pairs Japanese students with international neighbors and classrooms overseas. Its bet: the distance to a different life can be much shorter than a plane ride.
Danny Taing built Bokksu around the Japanese snacks his friends couldn't stop eating. Behind the boxes is a more personal story about language, belonging, and learning which parts of a business deserve to grow.

A kitchen glimpsed in Mexico gave Aashi Vel an idea. With Traveling Spoon, the industrial designer turned founder has spent more than a decade helping travelers get invited inside.