You need to Ignore the Worst Advice being given to Female Founders
Everything about employment in Japan is changing. Lifetime employment is gone. Skilled workers...
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DJ Selects: The Real Reason Uber is Failing in Japan
Uber and Airbnb represent a new very kind of startup, one that could not have existed twenty years ago, and the very thing that make these companies so transformative in the United States ensures they will never succeed in Japan. You see…
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An Inside Look at Japan’s Curious Coding Bootcamps
The developed world is facing a severe programmer shortage. Around the world, coding boot...
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Is There (Finally) a Practical Way for Foreigners to Live in Japan?
For decades, Japan has been struggling with the economic need to attract more foreign residents to...
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DJ Selects: Japan’s Airbnb for Satellites – InfoStellar
The aerospace industry has been particularly resistant to disrupting in Japan. In the rest of the...
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Can capitalism ever allow us a good night’s sleep?
There is something odd about the way we treat sleep. We understand that it is essential for good...
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What I Learned as Japan’s First Professional Podcaster
There is a better way to make money in podcasting. Having to build an audience from scratch in a...
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The Secret to Making E-Payments Work in Japan
Whenever you hear someone claim that the Japanese will never do something for unspecified...
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How a Rumor Can Destroy Your Business in Japan
Japanese thoughts on risk are changing, but they are changing slowly. Many people still consider...
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What This 330-Year-Old Company is Learning from Startups
The conventional wisdom is that traditional Japanese companies can’t innovate. And...
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