Designing 'Touchpoints' Between Local Companies and High School Students—Project to Create Related Populations Initiated in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Using Education as an Entry Point
Future Link Network (FLN) and Thanks Home have launched a project to create related populations by connecting a local housing company in Tsu City with high school students through online educational events.
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Future Link Network Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative Director: Takeharu Ishii; hereinafter 'FLN'), which promotes the creation of related populations, is collaborating with Thanks Home Co., Ltd. (hereinafter 'Thanks Home'), a housing company in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. Together, they are launching a project aimed at creating a related population by forming touchpoints between local companies and human resources outside the region, including the youth.
In this project, through the design of opportunities for online exchange and the promotion of corporate understanding, we will create an entry point to experience the appeal of local companies and the reality of the front lines.
First, on Friday, March 13, 2026, we held the 'Local Jobs "Honne" (Honest Talk) Salon (Thanks Home Edition)' together with Thanks Home.
Subsequently, on Tuesday, March 24, Thanks Home made a guest appearance at an online event for students of the Kadokawa Dwango Educational Institute's N High School, S High School, and R High School (hereinafter the 'N-High Group').
1. Background
While securing human resources and nurturing the next generation are challenges for local companies, opportunities for young people outside the region to come into contact with the reality of local jobs and companies tend to be limited.
FLN designs touchpoints between regions and external talent from the perspectives of planning and operation, promoting initiatives that lead to the creation of related populations.
In this project, we deliver the frontline conditions and values of local companies as 'life-sized information,' creating an entry point that connects the region with the outside world.
2. Details of the Initiative
Through multiple touchpoint menus, including educational touchpoints, FLN and Thanks Home design opportunities to promote encounters and understanding between local companies and external talent.
Specifically, we provide opportunities for participants to experience the company's way of thinking and frontline challenges. This includes the 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon,' an online project that conveys the reality of people working in the region and companies in life-sized words.
Furthermore, as part of this initiative, to connect the touchpoint after the Honne Salon appearance to the next step, FLN supported Thanks Home's guest appearance in an online project for students of the N-High Group.
3. Expected Effects
For local companies, it is expected to promote corporate understanding and build future relationships through the formation of touchpoints with the younger generation.
For participants, coming into contact with the reality of local companies and the background of their decision-making provides material to think about their own learning and career choices.
FLN will promote initiatives to create related populations by designing opportunities to experience the frontline challenges of local companies and broadening the entry points for involvement between regions and external talent.
4. Future Outlook
This project will proceed with initiatives to deepen mutual understanding between local companies and external talent by designing and implementing opportunities for touchpoint formation in stages.
In the future, we aim to increase the number of collaborating educational institutions, with a view to expanding participating companies and touchpoint menus, and deploy it as a continuous mechanism connecting education and regions.
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▽ About the 8th 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon'
The 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon' is an online project that conveys the reality of people working in regions and companies in life-sized words. Aiming to resolve anxieties such as 'lack of information' and 'inability to hear honest opinions' that easily arise when considering relocation or changing jobs, it focuses on the 'people' and 'jobs' of the region to create opportunities for encounters and involvement with the local area.
In the 8th session, set against the backdrop of Thanks Home, a housing company that has been operating in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture for 30 years, the event was held under the theme: 'To a Company that Supports Living: The Future of Housing Companies and Regions.'
In this project, through the design of opportunities for online exchange and the promotion of corporate understanding, we will create an entry point to experience the appeal of local companies and the reality of the front lines.
First, on Friday, March 13, 2026, we held the 'Local Jobs "Honne" (Honest Talk) Salon (Thanks Home Edition)' together with Thanks Home.
Subsequently, on Tuesday, March 24, Thanks Home made a guest appearance at an online event for students of the Kadokawa Dwango Educational Institute's N High School, S High School, and R High School (hereinafter the 'N-High Group').
1. Background
While securing human resources and nurturing the next generation are challenges for local companies, opportunities for young people outside the region to come into contact with the reality of local jobs and companies tend to be limited.
FLN designs touchpoints between regions and external talent from the perspectives of planning and operation, promoting initiatives that lead to the creation of related populations.
In this project, we deliver the frontline conditions and values of local companies as 'life-sized information,' creating an entry point that connects the region with the outside world.
2. Details of the Initiative
Through multiple touchpoint menus, including educational touchpoints, FLN and Thanks Home design opportunities to promote encounters and understanding between local companies and external talent.
Specifically, we provide opportunities for participants to experience the company's way of thinking and frontline challenges. This includes the 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon,' an online project that conveys the reality of people working in the region and companies in life-sized words.
Furthermore, as part of this initiative, to connect the touchpoint after the Honne Salon appearance to the next step, FLN supported Thanks Home's guest appearance in an online project for students of the N-High Group.
3. Expected Effects
For local companies, it is expected to promote corporate understanding and build future relationships through the formation of touchpoints with the younger generation.
For participants, coming into contact with the reality of local companies and the background of their decision-making provides material to think about their own learning and career choices.
FLN will promote initiatives to create related populations by designing opportunities to experience the frontline challenges of local companies and broadening the entry points for involvement between regions and external talent.
4. Future Outlook
This project will proceed with initiatives to deepen mutual understanding between local companies and external talent by designing and implementing opportunities for touchpoint formation in stages.
In the future, we aim to increase the number of collaborating educational institutions, with a view to expanding participating companies and touchpoint menus, and deploy it as a continuous mechanism connecting education and regions.
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▽ About the 8th 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon'
The 'Local Jobs "Honne" Salon' is an online project that conveys the reality of people working in regions and companies in life-sized words. Aiming to resolve anxieties such as 'lack of information' and 'inability to hear honest opinions' that easily arise when considering relocation or changing jobs, it focuses on the 'people' and 'jobs' of the region to create opportunities for encounters and involvement with the local area.
In the 8th session, set against the backdrop of Thanks Home, a housing company that has been operating in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture for 30 years, the event was held under the theme: 'To a Company that Supports Living: The Future of Housing Companies and Regions.'