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iCONM: Where the Future Biotech Takes Shape

Guest authors Hiroshi Atsumi & Miho Kiyokawa tell us about the vision and purpose of the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM), a medical deeptech research hub in Kawasaki.

Understanding Japan’s medtech ecosystem: innovation, regulation, and opportunities for global startups

Japan’s MedTech ecosystem has been steadily gaining global attention. With strong collaboration between academia, government, and industry, the country has produced a growing number of startups developing advanced healthcare technologies. In this guest article we explore the characteristics of Japan’s MedTech ecosystem, the opportunities it presents for international startups, and the trends shaping the future of healthcare innovation in the country.

Sagamihara launches GLiS Consortium

Japan moves to strengthen strategic tech R&D with new industrial competitiveness bill

Unlocking Japan’s Healthcare Potential: Dr. Yoshiki Sawa’s Vision for a Global Innovation Hub at Nakanoshima Qross

Japan’s startup ecosystem—especially in deeptech and healthcare—has seen both its share of successes and challenges. At the center of a bold attempt to reshape that landscape stands Dr. Yoshiki Sawa, a pioneer in regenerative medicine and one of the driving forces behind Osaka’s newest life sciences hub, Nakanoshima Qross. Soft-spoken and self-effacing, Dr. Sawa describes himself as “just a small player.” Yet his decades of experience, global exposure, and hard-earned achievements tell a very different story. Through Nakanoshima Qross, he is attempting nothing less than a structural transformation of how Japan brings healthcare innovation to the world.

Kansai formalizes global strategy to promote deeptech

Sendai startups explore India’s biotech ecosystem

Interview with Manish Biyani, Founder & CEO of BioSeeds

Building global deeptech from regional Japan

Deep Tech Forum Tokyo 2026

Global investment forum uniting startups, investors, and corporations to advance deep tech innovation and partnerships.

JID / ASCII STARTUP 2026

A major Japanese startup conference connecting innovators, media, corporates, and investors across technology and business.

Ultra-compact EV MiBot enters pre-mass production phase with strategic Idemitsu partnership

Interview with Nick Hafner, Refined Robotics

Today we sit down with Nick Hafner, CEO and co-founder of Refined Robotics, to talk about his startup journey in Japan—from academia in Osaka to boots on the ground in Tokyo.

Deep Tech Forum Tokyo 2026

Antler Japan invests JPY240M in 10 startups

Climate change, energy, and Japan’s GX & fusion startups, part 4

In this final article of this “Climate Change and Energy” series, we turn our attention to Japan’s current nuclear power landscape and the progress of fusion energy research and development.

Japan's 2025 startup funding leaderboard

Kepple launches ¥15 billion fund targeting late-stage startups to avoid small-scale IPOs

Kansai deeptech steps onto the global stage with KSAC

In Japan’s Kansai region (which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Shiga, and Nara), a quiet transformation is underway. Once defined by its manufacturing and trade, the region is now becoming a serious contender on the global deeptech stage—a shift driven in no small part by initiatives like the Kansai Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC).

SMBC enters startup business development

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

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

Overseas funds and VCs in Japan surge after Osaka Expo

Mitsui Sumitomo Bank to establish incubation center in Osaka

Bridge Kansai 2025 – Global Ecosystem Mixer

Global Startup EXPO 2025