Ranked #1
Why Japanese Design Is So Different & What You Should Learn from It
Why Japanese Design Is So Different & What You Should Learn from It
There are a lot of passionate opinions about Japanese design. From the beauty and subtlety of the best Japanese anime to... Read more
27 Nov 2017
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30mins
Ranked #2
How You Can Prepare for Japan’s Coming Wave of Cybercrime
How You Can Prepare for Japan’s Coming Wave of Cybercrime
Corporate Japan is about to go through a major transition in its approach to computer security. In the past, Japan-only ... Read more
18 Sep 2017
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38mins
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How Japanese Startups are Breaking into Silicon Valley – Ramen Hero
How Japanese Startups are Breaking into Silicon Valley – Ramen Hero
More and more Japanese founders are moving their startups to San Francisco. It’s easy to see why. There is more venture ... Read more
16 Jan 2017
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38mins
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What They Never Teach You in Language School – Peter Galante Japanese Pod 101
What They Never Teach You in Language School – Peter Galante Japanese Pod 101
Twenty years ago, we all thought that starting a startup required a special and rare kind of talent. It was something yo... Read more
9 Jul 2018
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48mins
Ranked #5
Is There (Finally) a Practical Way for Foreigners to Live in Japan?
Is There (Finally) a Practical Way for Foreigners to Live in Japan?
For decades, Japan has been struggling with the economic need to attract more foreign residents to the country and the g... Read more
7 Jan 2019
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29mins
Ranked #6
A Japanese MBA Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
A Japanese MBA Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
Education is very hard to disrupt.That’s both good and bad. Education is so important to both individuals and society, i... Read more
30 Apr 2018
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37mins
Ranked #7
What Every Foreigner Needs to Know about Hiring Staff in Japan
What Every Foreigner Needs to Know about Hiring Staff in Japan
Japanese labor law is very different from what is standard in the US or Europe, and more than a few foreigners have made... Read more
25 Dec 2017
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #8
How Startups Can Compete In The New Energy Markets
How Startups Can Compete In The New Energy Markets
The global energy markets are transforming themselves right before our eyes. Very little fundamental change has occurred... Read more
22 Jan 2018
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40mins
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Outside of the Bubble with Japan’s Startup Girls: Mone Kamishiraishi
Outside of the Bubble with Japan’s Startup Girls: Mone Kamishiraishi
Those of us who spend our lives working with startups live in a bubble. Whether you spend your days programming at a sta... Read more
19 Aug 2019
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24mins
Ranked #10
What You Need to Know to Raise Money in Japan
What You Need to Know to Raise Money in Japan
Startups and venture capital work differently in Japan.The rounds are smaller, the priorities distinct, and while the sa... Read more
8 Jul 2019
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52mins
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Live & Unleashed – How to Run a Startup as a Foreigner in Japan
Live & Unleashed – How to Run a Startup as a Foreigner in Japan
Disrupting Japan is four years old, so we decided to invite a few hundred movers and shakers from Tokyo’s startup commun... Read more
1 Oct 2018
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29mins
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DJ Selects: Why Men Need Women Founders
DJ Selects: Why Men Need Women Founders
Ari Horie has always had a different approach to supporting women entrepreneurs. She doesn't talk about "empowering" wom... Read more
25 Nov 2019
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40mins
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The Ultimate Guide to Raising Money in Japan [Updated]
The Ultimate Guide to Raising Money in Japan [Updated]
There has never been a better time to be raising money in Japan than right now.Founders ask me about fundraising more th... Read more
6 Jan 2023
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53mins
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Why Gay Rights Are Good Business in Japan – Koki Hayashi
Why Gay Rights Are Good Business in Japan – Koki Hayashi
Koki Hayashi of Letibee is walking a difficult path by combining a startup business with social activism, but he just mi... Read more
29 Feb 2016
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28mins
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Foreign Startup Founders Have Secret Advantages in Japan
Foreign Startup Founders Have Secret Advantages in Japan
The single most common question I get asked are variations of "How do you start a business as a foreigner in Japan?" or... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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38mins
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Creating Japan’s Open Internet – Kaneto Kanemoto
Creating Japan’s Open Internet – Kaneto Kanemoto
More than ten years before Quora and ZenDesk became famous, there was OKWave. Kaneto Kanemoto founded OKWave to address ... Read more
18 Jan 2016
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26mins
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DJ Selects: A Japanese MBA Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
DJ Selects: A Japanese MBA Does Not Mean What You Think It Means
Education is very hard to disrupt.That’s both good and bad. Education is so important to both individuals and society, i... Read more
30 Sep 2019
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40mins
Ranked #18
How Dancing Satellites from Japan Will Clean Up Outer Space
How Dancing Satellites from Japan Will Clean Up Outer Space
There are a lot of aerospace startups in Japan these days. We are seeing innovation in everything from component manufac... Read more
17 Sep 2018
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40mins
Ranked #19
The Hard Truth Behind Japan’s Cute Robots – Shunsuke Aoki
The Hard Truth Behind Japan’s Cute Robots – Shunsuke Aoki
Japan has a long cultural fascination with human-like robots. Literature, cinema and anime are filled with them, and per... Read more
15 Feb 2016
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29mins
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This Japanese Startup Beat Out NASA to Create Affordable Bio Jet Fuel
This Japanese Startup Beat Out NASA to Create Affordable Bio Jet Fuel
There is far more to startups in Japan than SaaS software and IoT hardware companies.Biotech startups are beginning to m... Read more
30 Oct 2017
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34mins