About us

In 2018, we founded Kimiya Ltd. with the goal of aiding in cultural advancement. However, as soon as we started the business, we realized that understanding all cultures, and their relationships and development in human civilization, require education. As a first step, we strove to meet the needs of Japanese enthusiasts of Persian language and culture by providing structured online Persian language courses.

Teaching Persian helped us understand that despite the relatively long history between Japan and Persia, the wider study of Japan and the Medient still harbors many unexplored aspects. Moreover, since language is inherently tied to culture and human societies, we recognized that merely learning a language isn’t enough to effectively understand other cultures and societies. Therefore, we felt the need to address the various aspects of a culture alongside language instruction. Naturally, exploring the different dimensions of a culture falls under humanities and social sciences. From this realization, the idea of establishing Kimiyacast gradually took shape in our minds by mid-April 2023. We are very hopeful that with the support of our users, we can provide simple, accessible, and innovative educational content, making a modest contribution to fulfilling needs in the fields of Japanese and the Medient studies.

[Note]:
The term ‘Medient’ (Japanese: 中洋), said to have been coined by Hajime Kobayashi and Isamu Sugi before World War II, was taken up by Hisao Matsuda after the war and later redefined by Tadao Umesao in the 1970s. Geographically, it includes India, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Kimiyacast actively conducts studies in Japan and these regions, hence the intentional use of the term “Medient”.