About Genron Genron was founded in the spring of 2010 by a team led by author Hiroki Azuma. The Tokyo-based small company has as its mission to open an alternative space for political, cultural, and critical discourses, and to envision the new shape of contemporary Japanese culture. Genron's activities consist of four categories: (1) Operating the Genron Café, (2) Publishing, (3) Managing the Genron Supporters, (4) Managing ‘Genron School’, the school for the general public.
