Startup news, Japan
Japan’s tech, startup and funding news, as covered in the online press across December 2019.
Our Japan news summaries focus on the country’s early-stage startup space, covering fintech, blockchain, banking technology and beyond.
- Japan takes full-participant status in NATO Cyber Coalition war games, as Tokyo and Western nations build shared defense methodologies against hacking from China
- Bank of Japan Governor reckons ‘no demand’ for Japanese state digital currency, but recognises space for the use and development of private cryptocurrency
- Japan’s J Trust financial conglomerate to use crowdfunding to raise capital for its distressed Indonesia division due to lack of stock exchange access
- Japan’s BUIDL blockchain startup acquired by Securitize, SF-based startup helping firms tokenize securities and assets
- Japan: Meet Fine, startup taking unsold and to-be-destroyed brand name apparel and on-selling under its own label
- Japan: Nayuta startup claims its Android lightning wallet is the first to build in a Bitcoin full node
- Japan: More than 80 banks join JPMorgan blockchain-based Interbank Information Network, aiming to boost anti-money laundering efforts
- Japan: Innovation Square Startup Accelerator offered by Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology applications extended to December 25th
- Japan: SoftBank opens Tokyo AI institute, supporting 150 researchers and focusing on transitioning AI research from the academic to the commercial
- Japan: Axel Mark game developer’s blockchain-enabled trading card games use tokens to allow gamers to uncover skills and characters no one else has
- Japan: Toyota to implement advanced self-driving tech in commercial vehicles before those for personal use, due to different need for human monitoring
- Japan: BARK startup and entrepreneur-focused conference set for Tokyo, February 19-20
- Japan: Three main international airports to use facial recognition to speed security checks and boarding in 2020, in preparation for Summer Olympics in Tokyo
- Japan: An overview of subscription-based residential rental startups, aiming to turn Japan’s 8M empty homes into gems
- An intro to the 29 Japanese tech startups set to exhibit at the 2020 CES International event in Las Vegas
- Japan: Robots and automation have so far replaced 90% of Uniqlo workers in Tokyo warehouse; partnering Mujin for t-shirt folding may take this to 100%
- An overview of how and why Japan’s VC funds and investors have focused on India’s startup ecosystem
- Japan’s Marubeni trading house partners China’s Byton EV firm in move to secure used auto batteries for recycling as energy storage units serving homes and more
- Japan: Huobi cryptocurrency exchange’s Japan branch gains $4.6M investment from Tokai Tokyo financial services firm
- Startupbootcamp selects 11 fashion-focused startups from 1100 applications, including India’s Bigthinx and Japan’s aoiShip
- Singapore’s JustCo coworking space operator secures $74M in part-JV deal, expanding to Japan
- Japan, US and Europe partner for joint R&D in quantum computing, quantum measurement and sensors, and communication technology and cryptography
- KPMG rolls out KPMG Origins, blockchain-based track-and-trace platform for trade, in Australia, China and Japan
Other subject-specific news from December 2019:
Blockchain in Asia • Crypto news, Asia • AI news • Fintech in Asia
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