2016.11.09 Press Release

Cocone Corporation to enter the preschool business, opening “International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten” in April 2017.

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※This article is machine translated.

Cocone Corporation (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Yoshiaki Sen, President) established our wholly owned subsidiary (Cocone Education Corporation) on July 19, 2016.

The subsidiary is pleased to announce the opening of its preschool, ” International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten ” in Shinjuku, Tokyo, in April 2017.

Cocone’s company name is an acronym for “heart,” “word,” and “network.” We are developing our business by placing importance on the human heart, words that express the heart, and networks that connect people to people.
Since its release in 2011, “English Assembling Town” and “Kikikiri Oukoku” have been ranked No. 1 in the App Store download rankings for several months in a row, and have been well received by many customers. Since its release in 2011, “English Assembling Town” and “Kikiki-Kaku Oukoku” in particular have been ranked No. 1 in the App Store for several months. We also develop and operate so-called avatar applications for women, such as “Pokecolo” and “DISNEY MY LITTLE DOLL,” which have consistently ranked high in the App Store and Google Play rankings thanks to the patronage of our customers.

Our mission in “Pokecolo” and “DISNEY MY LITTLE DOLL” is to provide a “cute” world to our customers and a “place of sensitivity” and “place of healing” where customers can express their own sensibilities in the world of the application, In order to create such services, we believe that it is necessary to take a close look at the emotions and lifestyles of the smartphone-native generation that will be the bearers of the future.

At the same time, we have come to believe that it is essential for our future business development and our company’s contribution to society to provide children, who will be responsible for the future, with basic education for living in the IT age, based on the IT technology in which we specialize.
Furthermore, given the fact that our employees are young, with an average age of 31, and are the generation of parents to come, and that women account for 64% of our employees, we see it as our near-term challenge to provide an optimal environment and support for employees who are balancing work and child-rearing in the future.

Based on the above, we are pleased to announce that our newly established subsidiary will open a new preschool, ” International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten ” in April, 2017. The subsidiary is fortunate to have a representative director with a proven track record of establishing and operating bilingual and Montessori preschools, as well as a director with a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of and desire to establish new preschools. In addition, we have invited Professor Shigenori Tanaka of the Faculty and Graduate School of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, who is well known in the field of cognitive linguistics and has been active in NHK educational programs and has written many books, including “Theory of Meaning Making of Words,” as an advisor, and will focus on language education for young children. Professor Tanaka is also the president of our language institute, Cocone Institute for Language Education (CIFLE) 《 http://www.cifle.jp 》.

The ” International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten ” will open its doors to the general public, regardless of whether you are an employee of our company or not, and will realize early education that aims to provide many children with the best environment for education in preparation for the AI age that has already arrived. Specifically, we aim to maximize the potential of children throughout their entire educational journey through Montessori education, bilingual education, computer science, and our ” Body, Letters, and Arts ” program.

We consider the operation of this preschool as an investment for future business development, but also as an essential development to become a company that is useful to society.
In the future, the subsidiary will develop a new business by providing full support for the operation of preschools by developing a contact application that can be used in preschools, language applications, programming materials useful for IoT education at an early age, robots, and other products.

For business inquiries, contact: info@cocone.co.jp

The information contained herein is current as of the date of publication. The information is subject to change without notice.

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