Héctor García
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Héctor García is a citizen of Japan, where he has lived for over a decade, and of Spain, where he was born. A former software engineer, he worked at CERN in Switzerland before moving to Japan, where he developed voice recognition software and the technology needed for Silicon Valley startups to enter the Japanese market. He is the creator of the popular blog kirainet.com and the author of A Geek in Japan, a #1 bestseller in Japan.
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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Read the insightsThe Japanese island of Okinawa holds the Guinness World Record for the most centenarians—nearly 25 centenarians for every 100,000 people. The Japanese people more generally enjoy the longest life expectancy of any nation on earth, and the explanation could lie with what they call ikigai (pronounced ee-kee-guy).