--- title: Thankful for the past year. description: "一年に感謝。\n世界が動きはじめています。\n今年の後半から身を持って感じるこの潮流。\nきっと来年は大きな流れとなって全産業、経済に影響をしていくことでしょう。\n黒船のように。。世界は見ないと始まらない。\n活字で読んでも動画で見ても、リアルな一見に及ばない。\n学生の頃から、、突拍子もなく海外に行っていた。" image: https://blog.assentia-hd.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_0775-2.jpg --- [![Assentia Holdings](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Assenti_logo.jpg?width=993&height=142&name=Assenti_logo.jpg "Assentia Holdings")](http://assentia-hd.com?hsLang=en-us) Open main menu Close main menu - [CEO Blog](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/ceo-blog) - [国内FC](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/fc) - [海外向けFC](https://fc.assentia-hd.com/brandlist) - [月刊アセンティア](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/now2) - [English - United States](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/20101229) - [日本語 - 日本](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/ceo-blog/20101229) English - United States [ceo](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/tag/ceo) # Thankful for the past year. ![Akira Tsuchiya](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/a388bcd440947d185082b011694402a5) [Akira Tsuchiya](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/author/akira) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/20101229) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/20101229) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.assentia-hd.com/en-us/blog/20101229) ![](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_0775-2.jpg) [![](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_0775-2.jpg?width=320&height=240&name=IMG_0775-2.jpg "IMG_0775-2")](https://blog.assentia-hd.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_0775-2.jpg?hsLang=en-us)   Thankful for the past year. This past year has been a year in which many things have happened, both in my professional and personal life. Compared to my early twenties, when I just let the days go by and ate time, this year has gone by very quickly. A year goes by so fast. I had many encounters this year. I am grateful for all the encounters. I met wonderful people this year. I have steadily made business contacts overseas. My network of contacts is expanding more and more than when I was a representative of a publicly listed company. I wonder why. Is it because I live my life with my true feelings? January I am filled with gratitude for the start of the year and excitement for what will happen this year and what will happen next. March: 45 years old. I am truly grateful to those who celebrate my 45th birthday every year. June: A loved one is hospitalized. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done. August: First painful experience. The sadness of not having someone who is always there is hard to get rid of. September I felt uncomfortable about putting work aside as work. I realized that it is not so easy to create like-minded people. Discomfort with different culture and climate. October: Many encounters overseas. I keenly felt that I have a lot of work to do. December: I am thankful for my family and happy just to be here. Gratitude for being here, yes. Great gratitude. The world is beginning to move. I have felt this trend with my own body since the latter half of this year. I am sure that next year it will become a big trend that will affect all industries and economies. Like a black ship. You have to see the world to start. Reading about it in print or watching it on video does not come close to a realistic glance. Ever since I was a student, I have been going abroad without a moment's thought, even going into debt to a recruiter on a moment's notice. Africa, Europe, Asia, and when I was a senior in college, I spent a third of the year abroad. The sixth sense is the best criterion God gave me. You are moved because you feel and move. If you want to be moved, you have to feel and move. Nothing will start. It's time to create a life plan for the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. I want to look back on the past year in my own way and make a life plan for next year and beyond. Toward the realization of my life dream. Various things have started to move since the second half of this year. I am grateful for everything. Thank you very much!   ![Akira Tsuchiya](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/a388bcd440947d185082b011694402a5) #### Akira Tsuchiya [Follow me on my website](http://assentia-hd.com?hsLang=en-us) [Follow me on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/atutiya) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akira-tsuchiya/) [Follow me on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Atutiya) Our background In 1991, we started the business that was not yet found in Japan, or even in the world. That business was to become an agency who provides franchise store-development service. We came up with the idea to persuade companies to join a franchise as their new business; our target was not individuals, but the small and medium-sized enterprises who already established with their businesses. With that as a start, we managed to expand over 30 franchise brands including various restaurant brands i.e. Bakery Restaurant St.Marc(650 uint in Japan, BBQ “Gyu-kaku”(850 unit in Japan), Katsudon “Katsuya”(350 unit in Japan), Sushi delivery “Gin-no Sara”(730 unit in Japan), and from other hospitality business categories i.e. Second-hand automobile dealer “Gulliver”(450 unit in Japan), Second-hand golf club dealer “Golf Partner”(350 unit in Japan), Women’s fitness club “Curves” (2,000 unit in Japan as a master franchisor of the American brand), by selling new businesses to small to medium-sized enterprises in Japan. Number of the stores we successfully opened are over 8000 ! During this time, in 1996, Akira has established a company, Prime Link Co.Ltd., to start a business that we become franchisee ourselves to grow the business. In 2001, Prime Link Co, Ltd., became the very first franchise business company that is listed on the stock market(Nasdaq Japan). In 2006, Akira left Prime Link and started our company, Assentia Holdings, Inc. In 2010, Akira has established Assentia Holdings PTE. Ltd. in Singapore, and started the business to connect Japan and the world. During the last 5 years, our client’s franchise stores have spread in 19 countries（180 unit) in the world. Japanese food business and Japanese-style service are catching a great deal of attention from the world. Our work is spreading out from Asia to Oceania, Middle Eastern, Europe and North, Central and South America. 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