Disrupting Japan - Japanese startups are fundamentally changing Japan's society and economy. Disrupting Japan gives you direct access to the thoughts and plans of Japan’s must successful and creative startup founders. Join us and bypass the media and corporate gatekeepers and hear what’s really going on inside Japan's startup world.

What This 330-Year-Old Company is Learning from Startups

by Tim Romero | Oct 16, 2018 | 0

The conventional wisdom is that traditional Japanese companies can’t innovate. And...

by Tim Romero | Oct 2, 2018 | 2

Disrupting Japan is four years old, so we decided to invite a few hundred movers and shakers from...

by Tim Romero | Sep 18, 2018 | 0

There are a lot of aerospace startups in Japan these days. We are seeing innovation in everything...

by Tim Romero | Sep 4, 2018 | 0

There are relatively few biotech startups in Japan. Few investors are willing to write the...

by Tim Romero | Aug 21, 2018 | 0

Most of us don’t actually zone out in front of the TV. In fact, we give off all kinds of...

by Tim Romero | Aug 7, 2018 | 0

The single most common question I get asked are variations of “How do you start a business...

by Tim Romero | Jul 24, 2018 | 0

Japan had been a global leader in robotics for decades, but recently the traditional Japanese...

by Tim Romero | Jul 10, 2018 | 6

Twenty years ago, we all thought that starting a startup required a special and rare kind of...

by Tim Romero | Jun 26, 2018 | 4

This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. Today,...

by Tim Romero | Jun 12, 2018 | 0

If you’ve ever done business in Japan, someone probably walked you through the intricacies...