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...
Category: Entrepreneurship
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...
The dawn of turbocharged language learning
For decades marketing firms have promised speedy if not effortless ways to learn a second language. None have worked...
Adaptive language learning at the starting gate
Cooori is not the only rally car competing in the race to personalize language learning. Notable other firms include Duolingo, Babbel,...
Japan’s mobile game industry is poised for consolidation
In May 2013 a Vietnamese game developer named Dong Nguyen shot to fame when a simple app he produced...
Japan’s Youth Culture: A behind the scenes look at Slush Asia
Beaming down to a remote football pitch sized tract located on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay, a remarkable event...
Japan’s biotech entrepreneur finds entrepreneurial success contagious
He could have taken the safe and easy route to become a clinician. Both his parents and his sister...
Japan’s startup ecosystem gets lift from Silicon Valley’s Hiroshi Menjo
Japan’s startup ecosystem is between 15 and 30 years behind that of Silicon Valley. The lack of infrastructure weighs...
Labor mobility edges forward as lifetime employment gives way to zigzag careers in Japan
Fading prospects for lifetime employment is leading to a little known but important transformation in Japan. Increasingly, employees are...