#StartupJapan news, Feb ’18
- Japan: Nissan partners DeNA for self-driving taxi trial with e-commerce platform for localized marketing
- Japan: Newspaper Shinano Mainichi Shimbun working with Fujitsu to speed up news updates using AI summarization
- Japan: Uber and Toyota prep for closer ties around autonomous driving
- Japan: GREE VR Capital closes 1st virtual, augmented and mixed reality fund at $18.3M
- Japan: ZBB blockchain startup partners Benefit One employee perks provider for in-house currency for companies
- The world’s 10 biggest cities in 2030, and none are in the US or Europe
- A quick look at a handful of Japan’s startups
- Japan: Shiseido Optune to combine IoT, mobile app and dispenser to create beauty program for users
- WTC, Japan’s largest travel agency and B&B accommodation platform, to partner CryptoBnB blockchain-based vacation rental startup
- Mercari flea market app unicorn to branch into new bike-sharing service
- Japan: Kita City partnering Fujitsu to evaluate AI in nursing care insurance processing
- Japan: A look at Japanese startup Sansan, aiming to change how we view business cards
- Japan’s LINE launches subsidiary to offer crypto trading, loans and insurance
