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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For decades, Japan has been struggling with the economic need to attract more foreign residents to...
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The conventional wisdom is that traditional Japanese companies can’t innovate. And...
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Japan had been a global leader in robotics for decades, but recently the traditional Japanese...
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This is a rather personal episode. We have no guests this time. It’s just you and me. Today,...
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Using artificial intelligence to change the way the education system works seems like a fool’s...
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There are a lot of passionate opinions about Japanese design. From the beauty and subtlety of the...
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Seeking help for even minor mental health problems still carries a stigma in Japan. This is...
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Hiking, back-country skiing and mountain climbing are not usually the first things associated with...
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You don’t usually think of Japan’s geisha as being an industry, but it is. In fact, strictly...
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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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Over the last 25 years, both Zest and Yuki Ito have been through several different incarnations. Interestingly, these incarnations perfectly mirror the changes we have seen in Japan’s startup scene in that time.
Today Zest makes cloud-based, field-service software, which …
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