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Japan–Gulf Business & Investment Forum 2026 highlights expanding bilateral opportunities

KSAC: how Kansai universities are powering Japan’s deeptech future

Interview with Tatsuya Yoshida, Representative of the Kansai Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC).

Kansai on track to create 2,100 startups in five years

CIC Fukuoka preview – a new hub for startups

Japan’s Bold Startup Gamble: 100 Unicorns in 5 Years

The Japanese government announced its ‘Startup Development Five-year Plan’ in November 2022. Now-former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida presented the Five-Year Startup Plan as part of his grand design for a new form of capitalism in Japan. While Abenomics led to higher stock prices and corporate profits, it did not translate into higher wages.

Utsunomiya promotes space industry through version of Furusato Tax

Tsukuba: city of science and technology

Located about 50 km from Tokyo, Tsukuba City is not exactly famous among tourists. However, it does have a reputation among scientists and researchers, being home to one of Japan's leading universities, the University of Tsukuba, as well as many national and corporate research institutes.

Kitakyushu: the city of steel

Kitakyushu is the second most populous city in the Kyushu region. Formerly known as the Kitakyushu Industrial Zone, one of four major industrial zones in Japan, Kitakyushu was famous for its steel industry thanks to the Imperial Steel Works, the second steel mill built in Japan and the largest in the country for some time after its construction in 1896.

Blackbox press event and Regional Government Roundtable

Prominent US VCs gather in Osaka

Uda City partners with with Estonia in tech initiative

Japan's largest startup hub STATION Ai opens

Morioka City strengthens support for start-ups, youth entrepreneurship

Hamamatsu City launches start-up matching site HAMAHUB!

Shizuoka City holds its first business competition for start-ups

Shizuoka Prefecture appoints private sector personnel to strengthen start-up support

Shibuya Sakura Stage opens to the public

Takasaki announces smart city project

Fukushima Prefecture to host international research city

Sapporo and Shibuya collaborate to nurture startups

Hack Osaka closes out a great year for Kansai

CIC Fukuoka set to open in spring 2025

Shizuoka Prefecture hosts Startup contest with 18 million purse

Tokyo Innovation Base sets opening date