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Data Sustains Lives—MyDataConference 2026 Opening Address

The following is the opening address for the MyData Japan Conference 2026, delivered by Nat Sakimura in his capacity as Chair of the General Incorpora…

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Tilden to Sonoma

Up at five thirty in the morning. From the detached guesthouse at Owen’s home, I can see the Golden Gate Bridge as dawn breaks. I watch the sky gradually change from orange to ligh…

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Berkelay

From the office in San Mateo, I headed to Owen’s home in Berkelay. Along the way, I looked around the streets of Berkelay. It was quite different from Palo Alto and had a pro…

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San Jose & Palo Alto

San Jose has an attraction called the Winchester Mystery House. It is a house of obsession—or perhaps delusion—that the widow of the manufacturer of Winchester rifles kept building…

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Halfmoon Bay & Stanford

I left the Palace Hotel at 10 a.m. I stopped at the Longs Drug behind Visa International in Foster City and used my Citibank cash card to buy pain relievers (Naproxen Sodium/200 ca…

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Fishermen’s Grotto #9

Fishermen’s Grotto #9 is an upscale seafood restaurant founded in 1935. The last time I came, I was seated on floor 1, but today I had a spacious, relaxing seat on floor 2. A…

San Francisco

For the first time in a long while, I came to San Francisco on a private trip. In the morning, I had some tough negotiations with people visiting from San Francisco, then jumped on…

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