Disrupting Japan: Startups and Venture Capital in Japan

Disrupting Japan: Startups and Venture Capital in Japan


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75: Foreign Tourism is Reinventing Hiking in Japan – Yamap
February 27, 2017

Hiking, back-country skiing and mountain climbing are not usually the first things associated with Japan. Japan, however, has some stunning natural beauty and Yoshihio Haruyama of Yamap is trying to get more and more people to appreciate that.

75: Foreign Tourism is Reinventing Hiking in Japan – Yamap
February 27, 2017

Hiking, back-country skiing and mountain climbing are not usually the first things associated with Japan. Japan, however, has some stunning natural beauty and Yoshihio Haruyama of Yamap is trying to get more and more people to appreciate that. -

74: How to Create a Micro-Startup in Japan – Patrick McKenzie
February 20, 2017

More than a few people dream of coming to Japan, starting an online business that gives you financial freedom and leaves you with enough free time to study the language travel and just enjoy Japan. I know that sounds like the opening to some terrible m...

74: How to Create a Micro-Startup in Japan – Patrick McKenzie
February 20, 2017

More than a few people dream of coming to Japan, starting an online business that gives you financial freedom and leaves you with enough free time to study the language travel and just enjoy Japan. - I know that sounds like the opening to some terribl...

73: Japan’s Toys to Life is the Future of Gaming – PowerCore [Podcast]
February 13, 2017

Gaming is very different in Japan than it is in America, but PowerCore is introducing technology that could lead to major changes in both of them. Toys to Life technology blurs the distinction between the analog and digital worlds by having digital gam...

73: Japan’s Toys to Life is the Future of Gaming – PowerCore
February 13, 2017

Gaming is very different in Japan than it is in America, but PowerCore is introducing technology that could lead to major changes in both of them. - Toys to Life technology blurs the distinction between the analog and digital worlds by having digital ...

72: What You Need to Know To Sell Services in Japan [Podcast]
February 06, 2017

Selling services in Japan is very different than selling products or software. Everyone knows that relationships are important in Japan, but not many people understand why they are so important, and how you can use that understanding to build a success...

72: What You Need to Know To Sell Services in Japan
February 06, 2017

Selling services in Japan is very different than selling products or software. - Everyone knows that relationships are important in Japan, but not many people understand why they are so important, and how you can use that understanding to build a succ...

71: This Low-Tech Japan Travel Startup is Going Global – Bed & Art
January 30, 2017

Today we are going low-tech. Sledgehammers and paint brushes low tech. Keigo Fukugaki has started his own hotel brand, BnA, which stands for Bed & Art. It’s not a platform. It’s not an online marketplace. There isn’t (yet) even a meaningful e-commerce ...

71: This Low-Tech Japan Travel Startup is Going Global – Bed & Art
January 30, 2017

Today we are going low-tech. Sledgehammers and paint brushes low tech. - Keigo Fukugaki has started his own hotel brand, BnA, which stands for Bed & Art. It’s not a platform. It’s not an online marketplace.