Directories

Hokkaido

Hokkaido is a land of vast expanses, ambitious entrepreneurs, and some of Japan's best food.

Sendai

Accelerate your business in Sendai, the gateway to Tohoku.

Shibuya

Shibuya is a vibrant, youth-oriented district in Tokyo, known for its diverse shopping, dining, and entertainment.

Tokyo

From Japan's capital we take on the world.

Tsukuba

Welcome to Tsukuba, a world-leading science city.

Yokohama

Yokohama is a bustling port city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, offering a rich blend of modern attractions and historical sites.

Aichi

Take a new step forward in Aichi Prefecture, boasts an industrial base that is the envy of the world.

Fukui

Precision. Livability. Leadership. Fukui builds niche global champions — where compact geography, deep relationships, and a strong manufacturing base turn ideas into implemented product.

Hamamatsu

Your Gateway to Innovation and Industrial Excellence

Ishikawa

Where tradition inspires new possibilities — a Hokuriku ecosystem deliberately being built through academic density (JAIST + Kanazawa Uni), manufacturing readiness (Komatsu), and post-earthquake Noto reconstruction.

Nagano

Innovation rooted in nature and regional industry — a founder-centered ecosystem anchored by Shinshu Startup Station, with easy access to Tokyo and Nagoya while offering the flexibility and lifestyle of a mountain-based region.

Nagoya

Ignite the engine of innovation. Create the future in Nagoya.

Niigata

An industry-first ecosystem — eight distributed private hubs with prefectural design overlay, plus J-Startup NIIGATA turning industrial depth (rice, Tsubame-Sanjō metalwork, energy) into globally connected startups.

Toyama

A policy-designed platform for scalable innovation in Hokuriku — live-in startup hub SCOP TOYAMA, the classification-driven T-Startup accelerator, and a trial-procurement program that gets founders real customers early.

Kyoto

Kyoto -Inovation and Tradition-

Hiroshima

From peace to prosperity — grow your vision in Hiroshima.

Okayama

Where people, place, and trust power innovation — a NEXT Global Hub city (selected 2025 with Ehime) built on tight relationships, MOMOSTA as the community anchor, and a culture where founders help the next generation of challengers.

Ehime

A Shikoku real-world field for industrial-implementation innovation — where clearly-defined industry clusters, compact geography, and multi-modal connectivity turn PoC into deployment.

Fukuoka

Fukuoka, the gateway to Asia and the prodigy of the Japanese startup scene

Kitakyushu

Sustainable business development in eco-town Kitakyushu

Kumamoto

TSMC's arrival supercharged the semiconductor cluster — Kumamoto is using the moment to build a startup-driven "third industry" in life sciences, AgriTech, and healthcare, with the UX Project as an open PoC testbed for founders inside and outside Japan.

Okinawa

A subtropical testbed for real-world innovation, anchored by OIST research and positioned as a gateway between Japan and Asia.