Shikumi Design, a Fukuoka-based venture company that provides a range of digital solutions, is gaining attention for Springin’, a smartphone app that allows users to learn how to program intuitively without any knowledge of programming languages. The app was only downloaded about 10,000 times in 2017, but this number jumped to more than 80,000 by last May. The company believes the rapid increase is due to the fact that the government will make programming education compulsory starting next fiscal year. Shikumi Design will also create a curriculum based around its app that educators can use. Springin’ website: https://www.springin.org/
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