There is far more to startups in Japan than SaaS software and IoT hardware companies. - Biotech startups are beginning to make a mark here. - Today we sit down and talk with biotech pioneer Mitsuru Izumo and talk about his ground-breaking work at Eug...

There’s a very good reason most Japanese hardware startups fail. - Today we sit down with Takuro Yoshida CEO and founder of Logbar, and we dive into the reasons and also go over Logbar’s strategy for avoiding the mistakes that have killed off so many ...

Disrupting Japan is three years old, so we decided to invite a few hundred movers and shakers from Tokyo's startup community over to have few drinks and to hear three of Japan's most successful startup CEOs talk about what it takes for Japanese startup...

Corporate Japan is about to go through a major transition in its approach to computer security. In the past, Japan-only payment systems and the Japanese language itself provided a barrier that kept international fraud and attacks at a very low level.

Welcome to our 100th show. - If you are new, welcome to Disrupting Japan. If you are a long-time follower, thank you for being part of the community and helping to make Disrupting Japan what it is today. - This is a special, and rather short,

Fewer than 1% of Japanese consumers have ever purchased a product or service from a sharing economy platform. - It's actually quite puzzling. Social and economic factors all seem to indicate that Japanese cities would be ideal for sharing economy busi...

The financial services industry in Japan is pretty unsophisticated. There are relatively few options for brokerages and mutual funds, and what options there are tend to be expensive. Furthermore, since pensions and taxes are generally handled by the em...

Japanese enterprises are particularly susceptible to disruption, and Japanese startups have a harder time than most pivoting. Both of these problems stem from the same root, and today we are going to dig up that root and have a look at it. -

FinTech in Japan is far more advanced than most outside observers imagine it to be, and based on new deregulation and government incentives, finTech in Japan is about to accelerate even more. - Today we sit down and talk with Toshio Taki,

(Photo Credit: WurFi) - This is a short and very personal episode. Things will be changing for me and for Disrupting Japan, and sometimes when you are facing a lot of big changes, it really helps to be able to share your thoughts with people you care ...