Slush’s unsung heroes
Now in its third year, tech-centered Slush attracted a star-studded lineup of entrepreneurial business leaders to its Tokyo event...
Category: Entrepreneurship
Thinking of starting a business in Japan? Just do it!
Long-term Japan resident and clinical psychologist Marty Roberts, Ph.D says wannabe entrepreneurs should not let fear of inexperience stop...
Why the Silicon Valley Model Doesn’t Work in Japan
Foreign entrepreneurs and investors who want to follow the Silicon Valley venture capital model in Japan can do so,...
The Judoka (Judo Fighter)
Most Westerners come to Japan on short-term assignment. They stay two or three years, then leave. Few make Japan...
Outgoing chairman credited for Mitsubishi Fuso turnaround
On arrival at Narita airport in 2009, the incoming chief executive of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., Dr. Albert...
Enough already! Why Japan needs no more venture capital…
The yearly total investment available to startups in Japan, about $2bn, is dwarfed by the US’s $60bn. Yet, Tokyo...
Follow Japan’s thought leaders
Isolated from the West in 1635 by the Tokugawa shogunate, the culture of modern-day Japan remains in part a...
University Challenge — Can Todai ‘make hay’ with Japan Inc?
Universities in Japan generate more jointly-held patents through collaborative research with big business than do universities in all other...
Low cost foreign currency exchange comes to Japan
Peer-to-Peer foreign currency exchange TransferWise is rolling out in Japan in September. The firm, which recently became a $1.1bn...
Creative entrepreneurship in Japan
Many Japanese entrepreneurs clone businesses whose concepts are already proven somewhere else. However, it is the rare creative entrepreneur...