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Prime Minister Kishida aims to boost yearly investment in startups and the number of unicorns 10-times each by 2027, under his “new capitalism” economic policy. It is an admirable goal, but one which cannot be reached alone by pumping more money into startups.

Richard Solomon

Jan 22

Part 2 - Finding New Compass

Richard Solomon

Jan 9

Economist Takeo Hoshi, Dean of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Economics Professor Takeo Hoshi spoke earlier this week about daunting challenges faced by the next Bank of Japan Governor in a Zoominar organized by UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy…

Richard Solomon

Feb 23

Richard Solomon

Jan 4

Tokyo entrepreneur launching street art non-fungible marketplace

Richard Solomon

Aug 9, 2022

Schmatz Co-founders Christopher Ax (left) and Marc Luetten (right). What’s the secret sauce to successful entrepreneurship in Japan? This author met…

May 16, 2022

Japan Maritime SDF destroyer JS Kurama leads a formation of U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers. First published by The Japan Times Much of the postwar…

May 12, 2022

Left to right: Edelman’s Richard Edelman (appearing online), Nomura’s Ross Rowbury, LDP’s Taro Kono, FT’s Kana Inagaki and Rakuten’s Billie Cole…

Dec 2, 2021

Child abuse is not okay Japan lags other countries in addressing child abuse. Its government only started to track the number of child abuse…

Sep 5, 2021

French Father Vincent Fichot on hunger strike by Sendagaya Station Vincent Fichot is making a last bid effort to gain rights to see his two children…

Jul 16, 2021

Erika Kullberg, lawyer, entrepreneur and rising YouTube celebrity One often reads how difficult it is to entrepreneur in Japan. The country lacks a…

Mar 29, 2021

Yusuke Narita, Yale assistant professor, MIT graduate and AI entrepreneur speaking in Tokyo this October at the G1 Global Conference The year is 2026…

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