Media Coverage: Professor Tainaka on his mentee - Mainichi Shimbun

The article is about Yuga Sato, a participant of the Niigata Junior Doctor Training School program, who spent about five months working in the Tainaka lab (Dept of System Pathology for Neurological Disorders), being appointed CFO (Chief Future Officer) of Biopoly Joetsu Co. (Joetsu, Niigata), which develops biomass (biological resources)-derived products. Professor Tainaka's comments are included in the article.

Read an online article. ： 24 January 2023, Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese)

Mr Takeda (upper left), Prof Tainaka (upper right), and Yuga (bottom)

Yuga, Prof Tainaka, and Mr Toyoki Takeda, President of Biopoly Joetsu Co., had an online meeting in December.
The CFO is the first executive position brought in by Biopoly Joetsu Co. to ask the next generation to think flexibly about the future of plastics, and Yuga will be making suggestions to the company.

Related website: Biopoly Joetsu Co.