Entrepreneurial success is possible in Japan, not just in the US

Dr. Ryo Kubota, CEO at Acucela, Inc.

Against all odds Japanese entrepreneur Ryo Kubota, M.D., Ph.D. left his native Japan for the US to “change the world.” From the basement of his home in Seattle and with his own money he launched Acucela Inc., a biotech startup which develops drugs to treat sight-impairing eye diseases. This February Acucela raised $14…