Media Links promotes the application of advanced technology to inspire strong thinking and develop organizational skills among people within a society.
Our focus on the customer is key to our aim to be the world leader in educational training and information transmission. With our emphasis on listening to our customers and understanding their problems, we are able to create customer-specific solutions.
Media Links has positioned itself to be a consistent, reliable company in the manner of "the teahouse of the mountain pass." Our comprehensive capabilities include communication services, content, and management services, all designed to fully meet our customers needs.
*In Konosuke Matsushita, Wakasani Okuru (Gift for Youth,) he writes a story about a grandmother who runs a teahouse in the mountain pass. Even if there were few travelers, the old-woman always prepares warm tea and sweets in the early morning and wait for the travelers to stop by. It became a small pleasure for travelers who take a short break in the teahouse while on their journeys. The grandmother straightens up her bent back bone to fulfill her ultimate obligation of operating the teahouse everyday.
Media Links greatest asset is our experienced staff offering thorough knowledge and expertise in ICT.
We keep these concepts paramount as we develop our services:
- create services that contribute to society
- provide an improved work environment
- develop content that improves education and work skills and convert those concepts into tangible form.
Our desire is to achieve our slogan, "One is given the opportunity to play a role and everyone is a main character."
As we continue to contribute to our society, we will assure our longevity with our superb customer service and the professional excellence of our products.
2008
Media Links approves the private financial initiative as well as the Kasumigaseki Knowledge Square. It also gets involved with educational systems, such as long distance learning and on-demand learning systems. Through this project, Media Links has developed a vast amount of content which can be used to improve working skills and ICT solutions.2005
The Competency Check is a research and development study paradigm. Unlike any simply study method, it asks the learners to grade their own competency. This enables the learners to find patterns in their way of life.*a behavioral characteristic of person who succeeded in his/her specialty or career.
2003
The ASP service is an E-learning system that is used to store content on CD-ROMs. It helps the learner manage his or her study internet history profile. This system is currently being used to improve corporate in-service training by over thousands of individuals.2001
The ASP service that adds the accumulated on-demand learning function with distance learning systems is released for national organizations. This new service helps learners schedule and expands their learning opportunity rapidly. Over 2,000 major life insurance business offices adopt this service to transmit information and extend educational training.1990 (Late 90th)
The company name is changed from, Audio-visual Facilities Teaching Material Laboratory to Media Links Ltd.The on-demand study technique is established, after the audio-visual contents are researched for educational uses on internet. This spreads widely throughout the society which is as known as the Video Browser today.
1995
Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) takes charge of consulting the educational information system that connects the digitalized communications satellite and the terrestrial communication system. This system is delivered to approximately 2,500 learning centers of the major life insurance companies. The educational contents are not only transmitted but also the center management is reformed every morning, and all of the history records and contents are reported from each center throughout the country.1994
Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) constructs a communications satellite and a terrestrial interactive distance learning program. This connects 200 learning centers together for the major life insurance company. Media Links also operates a distance learning and manufacturing in which its program contents are among all the learning centers.1980 (End of 80th)
Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) joins the residential training institution project. Construction and system design are executed based on their training programs. This achievement enables learners to attend several programs learning centers instead of gathering at one specific center.1980 (Late 80th)
Public network digital service (ISDN) is started. Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) practices the TV conference systems by using the real-time image and voice transmission. Moreover, the distance lecture and learning system which used the deregulated communications satellite are realized.1980(80th)
As an education technique consultant, Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) joins the education aid project for developing countries. The specialists who are experts to the audio visual education, were sent to ODA project progresses in ASEAN, China, Africa, and South America. This also develops the human resource education project.1980
The optical disc is released. Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) develops the vocational training course, utilizing the visual voice record's random access function. This can improve the electric control, electron control, and digital control skills.1970 (70th)
The 1/2inch VTR is released after the invention of the Open reel VTR, 3/4 VTR. The new recording system enables the development of different learning function such as, looking at your action through the real time visual recording.1970
Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) provides auto-slide, synchronizing photography, and sound. The slide presents employment information to customers who visit the Employment Security Office (Hello Work.) This provides clear explanations of job hunting process' and career information which provides smooth efficient working environment.1960 (60th)
If the lecture is not clear, students are the first to be blamed instead of professor's presentation skill, and core class environment.OHP (Over Head Projector) excels over the old lecture style creating a new educational environment in which the common person can comprehend.
1964
Audio-visual Facility Teaching Material Laboratory (Media Links) is established. This company develops the technical film teaching materials, which include the lectures of the electric electron, the car maintenance, lathe, and welding. The films are distributed to several high schools, the vocational training school, and corporate in-service training. This allows engineers to enrich their skills and knowledge.1950 (50th)
The founder, Munenaga Kubota, carries a projector and multiple16 mm films in his hands. He presents numerous educational films across the nation. This activity becomes one of the fundamental social educational activities after WWII. During the evening, Kubota provides social educational films for local everyday residents in the schoolyard.The films contribute to rebuilding the Japanese educational activities and bringing sense of a national solidarity back to the community.
