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Toward a World Where “BA / Place” Comes Alive
With Gratitude for the Global Reach of AFP’s Coverage
2026.08.25
The coverage featuring our Micropower Collection technology has spread across the world, reaching 233 media outlets and related platforms, and has begun to create new connections with people and communities in places we had never reached before.
We have long been fascinated by the presence of micro electrical energy hidden within the nature that surrounds us, and have continued to explore its possibilities through a wide range of experiments and research.
This planet, blessed with abundant nature and home to a remarkable diversity of living beings, sometimes reminds us of the incomparable beauty of the natural world—and of the wonder of simply being born and living within it.
Whenever we encounter flowers and grasses, tiny insects, the shimmer of flowing water, or the patterns of clouds drifting across the sky, we become aware once again of our own existence. We come to realize that the space before us is an irreplaceable “BA / place”—a place where everything is alive and interconnected.
The electrical energy that emerges from a place and, in turn, gives life to that place may be minute, yet it undeniably exists.
It is my quiet hope that we can harness this energy for the benefit of people and nature living in the farthest corners of this planet—even in places beyond the reach of this media coverage.
Satoshi Nakagawa
AFP News Agency ( AFP’s official YouTube channel）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61blEj06n1s
FRANCE24 「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
Barron’s「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://www.barrons.com/news/tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-power-from-soil-in-japan-bf5998bb
Yahoo!news UK「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-024453067.html
Yahoo! tech「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://tech.yahoo.com/science/articles/tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-024453885.html
FOX26「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
RTL TODAY「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-power-from-soil-in-japan-848685173
TIMES OF MALTA「Watch: How an engineer harvests power from bread, wine… and now soil in Japan」
https://timesofmalta.com/article/watch-engineer-harvests-power-bread-wine-now-soil-japan.1132331
The Standard「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
The Manila Times「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
malaymail「No sun? No wind? No problem — Radical new Japan tech harvests power 24/7 from soil」
NDTV WORLD「Soil To Power: Japanese Inventor Harnesses Energy From Dirt」
Asharq Al-Awsat「Tiny Light, Big Dream: Harvesting Power from Soil in Japan」
https://english.aawsat.com/varieties/5303632-tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-power-soil-japan
Kuwait Times「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://kuwaittimes.com/article/47643/world/tiny-light-big-dream-harvesting-power-from-soil-in-japan
ARAB NEWS JAPAN「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/features/article_175461/
Tech x plore「Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan」
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-tiny-big-harvesting-power-soil.html
民視新聞網「食物、泥土能發電？ 日本研發微型電力收集技術」