Disrupting Japan

Disrupting Japan gives you candid, in-depth insights from the startup founders, VCs, and leaders who are reshaping Japan.

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How Japan's evocative machines are quietly creating new startup unicorns

Posted June 25, 201800:42:18

Today, rather than diving deep into a specific aspect of startups in Japan, we are going to take a hard look at both what is and what is not working...

Japan’s Business Card Giant Explains Why Business Cards Are Disappearing

Posted June 11, 201800:40:54

If you've ever done business in Japan, someone probably walked you through the intricacies of Japanese business card culture. Chika Terada, the founder...

How to Solve Japan’s Innovation Bottleneck in Healthcare

Posted May 28, 201800:29:53

Startups are changing how business is done in Japan, but medicine remains stubbornly resistant to innovation. In some ways, that's good. We are literally...

94: How Micro-Retail Shops Are Changing Japan – Nokisaki

Posted July 10, 201700:41:06

Japan has a long history of small shopping streets and tiny markets. In fact, despite the population density, American-style mall culture never took...

92: The Little Startup from Japan That Took Down NTT – TownWiFi

Posted June 26, 201700:34:54

It’s rare for a Japanese startup to challenge NTT and come out ahead. But that’s exactly what Takehiro Ogita and his team at TownWiFi have accomplished. TownWiFi...