●●○ medium
There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
PeoplePort: Employing refugees to refurbish discarded PCs — “ZERO PC”. Akihiro Aoyama, who came to aspire to support those affected by conflict after interviewing civil-war survivors in Cambodia, founded PeoplePort in 2017 — by way of Borderless Japan — for refugees who had fled to Japan. While waiting four to six years for a refugee-status decision, many cannot speak Japanese, become isolated, and are forced into poor jobs — he set out to change that reality. PC parts use globally common standards and English labeling, so people can work even without Japanese and gain skills that work anywhere. In a bright, large-windowed office in Kikuna, Yokohama, it directly employs refugees at the same pay and social insurance as Japanese, manufacturing and selling “ZERO PC,” ethical computers refurbished from discarded PCs. It also runs a free daily Japanese class and donates part of its sales to an NPO supporting children's education. The letter is B; certainty is medium. (As of 2026-Q2; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
Akihiro Aoyama, who came to aspire to support those affected by conflict after interviewing civil-war survivors in Cambodia, founded PeoplePort in 2017 — by way of Borderless Japan — for refugees who had fled to Japan. While waiting four to six years for a refugee-status decision, many cannot speak Japanese, become isolated, and are forced into poor jobs — he set out to change that reality.
PC parts use globally common standards and English labeling, so people can work even without Japanese and gain skills that work anywhere. In a bright, large-windowed office in Kikuna, Yokohama, it directly employs refugees at the same pay and social insurance as Japanese, manufacturing and selling “ZERO PC,” ethical computers refurbished from discarded PCs. It also runs a free daily Japanese class and donates part of its sales to an NPO supporting children's education.
One person’s story (N1)
+ before → after
A refugee who fled conflict and persecution to Japan, isolated with no language and no acquaintances, starts working as a ZERO PC technician on the same terms as Japanese staff. Building skills, one launched a new export business to two African countries; another became the production-management team leader of the domestic reuse business. Aoyama looks toward “the day they can fly around the world not as a refugee but as one businessperson.”
Source nature: さくマガ（さくらインターネット） / P3 trade media. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
Positive / negative effects
+ effects
- See the N1 above for the main positive story; independently verified + will be added over time.
− effects (confirmed)
- No confirmed −.
Nothing of note at present.
A second look
By what measure to sustainably reconcile business growth with the social outcomes of refugee employment and child support.
Sources
How to read this assessment
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
This is a translation; the Japanese version is authoritative. The assessments here are generated automatically by AI based on published criteria. The operator does not alter individual results. Because they are AI-generated they may contain errors, and they are opinion and commentary, not statements of fact. Where evidence is insufficient, the entry is marked “On hold.” Requests for correction are accepted via the form.
Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the story an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q2 | Back to top