Inquiry-Based Learning Library 'SPARKE' Opens 2026 Applications for Inquiry Program in Collaboration with Takara Tomy Arts

COMPASS (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Sato) and ShoPro (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Satoshi Matsui) have announced the start of 2026 applications for the inquiry-based learning program, 'Inquiry Program: Learning Japanese Characteristics and Culture through Gacha,' developed in collaboration with Takara Tomy Arts, on their library platform 'SPARKE.'

COMPASS supports personalized learning in academic subjects through the 'Qubena' learning e-portal and AI-based teaching materials. The company's core mission is to create learning time that nurtures children's 'power to create the future.' They believe that inquiry-based learning is essential for cultivating thinking, judgment, expression, and human character beyond mere knowledge acquisition.

To provide more students with inquiry-based learning opportunities within time created by Qubena, the companies have collaborated to develop and offer various programs. Responding to widespread positive feedback from schools, the Takara Tomy Arts collaboration program, offered in 2025, will be available again free of charge on SPARKE for the 2026 school year. Materials are managed online for easy access and implementation.

In this program, students use knowledge from social studies—such as Japanese culture, geography, climate, history, and industry—to brainstorm ideas for 'Gacha®' products that convey Japan's characteristics to the world. Through 'information organization and analysis' for product planning, students learn how to collect, organize, and utilize information for specific purposes.

Applications are open until February 28, 2027, via the form on the official website after registering for a SPARKE account.