SINCE 2019UNA FORESTA

Cross-border & Experiential Learning

BEYOND BORDERS, GROW AS ONE FOREST.

Cross borders, learn from experience.Shape the future of people and organizations.

Step outside your organization, your industry and your country. Meet different people, take action, and reflect. Built on cross-border and experiential learning, UNA FORESTA supports companies in developing their people and organizations and in taking on new challenges.

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  • Beyond BordersAcross organizations, industries and countries
  • Experiential LearningLearning through experience and reflection
  • Kyushu × TaiwanA network linking Japan and Taiwan

About us

About Us

1Experience2Reflect3Conceptualize4Experiment
Based on D.A. Kolb’s experiential learning model (1984)

Experience into learning.Learning into organizational change.

People grow most not in the classroom but outside their comfort zone, through real experience. We create cross-border settings where people meet other companies, universities and partners in Taiwan, and we design the process that turns those experiences into learning through reflection and dialogue.

We don't stop at one-off training. We stay involved through practice and reflection back in the workplace.

  1. ExperienceCross borders and take action
  2. ReflectionLook back at what happened
  3. ConceptualizationTurn it into lessons in your own words
  4. PracticeTry it at work, on to the next experience

Pick up | Now enrolling for the 2nd cohort (FY2027)

Homma Seminar

Cross borders, connect, nurture, and grow together.

A place of learning that rebuilds Kyushu's organizations through the connections between people.

OrganizerUNA FORESTA Inc.
In cooperation withKyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI)
Keio Marunouchi City Campus (Keio MCC)

Lecturer Kosuke Homma

LecturerKosuke HommaChairman of the Board, Persol Research and Consulting / Director, The Asahi Shimbun Company

Books by the lecturer (in Japanese)

A one-year seminar that tackles the fundamental challenges Kyushu's companies face: gaps between levels of the hierarchy, developing young talent, and rebuilding relationships. Rather than systems or technology, it focuses on restoring the foundation of every organization, the connections between people, and on spreading a culture in Kyushu where people can work with peace of mind and grow together.

Starts
April 2027 (12 months, 24 sessions)
Format
In-person seminar (Fukuoka, monthly) + online reading group (monthly) + Keio MCC "1on1 Course"
Reading
Online reading group: Henry Mintzberg, Bedtime Stories for Managers (Japanese edition)Translated by Chiaki Ikemura / Diamond, Inc. / 2021
Capacity
12 participants (generally one per company)
For
HR heads and HR leaders who work on the intersection of management, people and organization
Fee
JPY 900,000 / year (excl. tax)Observer seats for 1st-cohort alumni: JPY 200,000 / year (excl. tax)

Free

Online info session

Thu, Dec 10, 2026, 12:00–13:00 (JST)
Kosuke Homma will introduce the 2nd cohort himself.

Register for the session
View the flyerOpens the 2nd-cohort flyer (in Japanese) in a new tab

Organizer: UNA FORESTA Inc. In cooperation with: Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI) / Keio Marunouchi City Campus (Keio MCC, Keio University Press Inc.)

News

News

Announcements, events and media coverage

Service

Services

We work with clients in three main areas.

PEOPLE & ORGANIZATION

Talent & Organization Development

From leadership development to problem solving, we design training and dialogue tailored to each company.

  • Custom corporate training and leadership development
  • Problem solving and logical thinking
  • Designing dialogue and reflection

MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS

Hands-on Management Support

We think together with executives and managers, shape their ideas, and move execution forward.

  • Clarifying issues and shaping plans
  • Execution support
  • Review and wrap-up

CROSS-BORDER LEARNING

Cross-border Learning & Co-creation

We create opportunities to step outside your own company and gain new perspectives and partners.

  • Peer learning across companies
  • Exchange and study visits to Taiwan
  • Coordinating with universities and companies

Approach

Approach

We stay involved end to end: listening to your challenges, designing the learning, bringing in experts, and reflecting afterwards.

  1. 01

    Listen

    Through dialogue with executives and managers, we clarify the challenge and the goal.

  2. 02

    Design the learning

    Training, dialogue sessions or projects: we build the format that fits best.

  3. 03

    Bring in experts

    We share roles with lecturers, universities, research institutes and partners in Taiwan.

  4. 04

    Reflect and move on

    Review and wrap-up turn the learning into change in the workplace.

Ways to work with us

  • Custom programsTraining and support designed around your challenges
  • Ongoing supportDialogue, execution and review over several months
  • Our own programsLearning communities that go beyond a single company
  • Joint planning & operationDelivered with companies, universities and experts
  • Talks & facilitationLectures, dialogue sessions and workshops

Works

Works & Projects

Selected projects. In line with each organization's policy, we do not list participating companies by name.

Our own programsONGOING

Homma Seminar

Led by Kosuke Homma of Persol Research and Consulting, the seminar opened in Kyushu for the first time in April 2026. Over one year, participants bring management and HR challenges and work through them with dialogue and reflection. The 2nd cohort starts in April 2027.

Role
Organizer, planning and operation (in cooperation with KTVI and Keio Marunouchi City Campus)
Custom programsCOMPLETED

Problem-solving & Logical Thinking Training

Delivered for a company in Kyushu (2026). We were involved from designing pre-work through to final presentations attended by participants' managers.

Role
Planning, pre-work design, lecturer coordination, operation
Ongoing supportONGOING

Field to Future: Ongoing Support

From September 2026 to April 2027, we provide continuous support from shaping the plan through execution, review and wrap-up.

Role
Ongoing support and review
Joint planning & operationCOMPLETED

Taiwan Study & Exchange Program

Under the planning supervision of the Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI), we handled everything from arranging visits to participant support and overall facilitation.

Role
Arrangements, operation and facilitation
Talks & facilitationCOMPLETED

Training on Sustainable People and Organizations

As lecturer and program director, our representative covered how people and organizations can keep growing sustainably (November 2024).

Role
Lecturer and program director
Cross-border learning & co-creationCOMPLETED

Japan-Taiwan Internships & Industry-Academia Partnerships

We connect Taiwanese students with Japanese companies through internships, coordinating and supporting host companies.

Role
Host support and company coordination

Philosophy

una forestaone forest

The forest is the source of all life.

We see each person as a single tree. As each tree puts down roots, spreads its branches and interacts with the others, the forest grows richer. UNA FORESTA creates that kind of forest for people and organizations.

  • A place for lifeEach person grows in their own way
  • A place to cross borders and meetPeople meet across organizations and countries
  • A place to learnLearning from one another through dialogue and experience
  • A place to co-createCreating new value together from encounters and learning
Naoki Kumamoto, Representative Director
Representative DirectorNaoki KumamotoNAOKI KUMAMOTO

Message

Message from the Representative

People grow through encounters and challenges. For about 20 years, in international education, consulting and business development, I have witnessed those moments again and again. Training should not end as a one-off event; it should lead to new behavior at work and real change in the organization. To make that happen, we work with you from understanding your challenges all the way to reflection.

Profile

Working across companies, universities and educational institutions in talent development, international collaboration and organization development.

After many years in sales and management in international education, he built hands-on experience in corporate talent and organization development before founding his own company. He now supports companies, universities and educational institutions in leadership development, international collaboration and organization development.

Affiliations

  • UNA FORESTA Inc.Representative Director
  • Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI)Representative Director
  • Taiwan Japan Academy (Taipei)Head of Kyushu Branch, Senior Researcher
  • K WAY Information Corp.Advisor to the Board

Education & Academia

Since 2013 he has supported learners and taught and run programs at Business Breakthrough University and its graduate school, developing people by connecting practice and education. He has also worked on programs at the Kyushu-Asia Management School.

  • MBA, Business Breakthrough University Graduate School
  • Adjunct Lecturer, CTBC Business School

Taiwan & International

  1. Appointed Head of the Kyushu Branch and Senior Researcher of the Taiwan Japan Academy (Taipei), promoting academic exchange, research collaboration and talent development between Japan and Taiwan.

  2. Founded the Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI) as a hub for industry-academia collaboration between Kyushu and Taiwan, running regional industry research and joint program development.

  3. As Advisor to the Board of Taiwanese company K WAY Information Corp., he takes part in international initiatives that bridge business and education.

Network

Network

Our work connecting Kyushu and Taiwan is carried out with the following organizations, which our representative founded or helps run.

KYUSHU-TAIWAN FUTURE INSTITUTE

Kyushu-Taiwan Future Institute (KTVI)

A platform for learning and co-creation across borders, generations and industries. Connecting education, industry and the economy to build a sustainable regional future for Kyushu and Taiwan.

Representative Director Naoki Kumamoto

www.ktvi.org

TAIWAN JAPAN ACADEMY, KYUSHU BRANCH

Taiwan Japan Academy, Kyushu Branch

The Kyushu base of the Taiwan Japan Academy, headquartered in Taipei. Promoting academic exchange, research collaboration and talent development between Japan and Taiwan.

Head of Kyushu Branch, Senior Researcher Naoki Kumamoto

Visit the Kyushu Branch site

Company

Company

Company name
UNA FORESTA Inc.
Founded
July 16, 2019
Capital
JPY 1,000,000
Representative
Naoki Kumamoto, Representative Director
Address
〒810-0042
3F Akasaka Yuraku Bldg., 1-13-10 Akasaka, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Services
Talent & Organization Development
Hands-on Management Support
Planning and running cross-border learning and co-creation programs

Contact

Let's talk.

We welcome conversations even before your ideas have taken shape. We start by listening to your challenges.

Corporate trainingLeadership developmentOngoing supportJapan-Taiwan collaboration & Taiwan visitsTalks & facilitation

E-MAIL

kumamoto@unaforesta.jp

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