Medirom Decides to Double Installation of Authentication Device “Orb” to 200 Stores, in Collaboration with “World” Co-founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania

TOKYO, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kouji Eguchi; NASDAQ: MRM), a diversified healthcare company, has joined “World,” a “proof of human” protocol co-founded by Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity’s CEO, Alex Blania. MEDIROM plans to complete the deployment of the World ID proof of human authentication device Orb across 100 of its Re.Ra.Ku relaxation studios in Japan within this month, and to expand the deployment to 200 location ...