Startup founders claiming their company is going to “change the world” has become a cliche. But rarely do we see a product that could clearly and significantly make someone’s life better. D-Free is one of those products. However…
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Everything about employment in Japan is changing. Lifetime employment is gone. Skilled workers...
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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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There are a lot of aerospace startups in Japan these days. We are seeing innovation in everything...
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Most of us don’t actually zone out in front of the TV. In fact, we give off all kinds of...
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Japan had been a global leader in robotics for decades, but recently the traditional Japanese...
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Twenty years ago, we all thought that starting a startup required a special and rare kind of...
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Preferred Networks is making changes in Japan. Over the past few years, this AI startup has raised...
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The insurance industry has proven very resistant to innovation. In fact, it has not really changed...
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Hardware is hard. In fact, sometimes the simplest and most straightforward ideas turn out to be...
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We startup founders and investors like to talk about “moonshots”. It points out startups that have...
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