Headlines below focus on Japan’s startup ecosystem in July 2020
Each Japanese startup news headline below is linked to the full online article for that item, with each linked article covering the Japanese startup ecosystem in some way. Items cover subjects such as Japanese startups receiving funding, or blockchain tech in Japan, for example.
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- Japan: Government to provide financial support for domestic companies in developing 5G networks to boost the country’s global competitiveness
- Japan: Soramitsu blockchain rolls out retailer-focused ‘White Tiger’ digital currency at University of Aizu in Fukushima, part of a wider smart city campaign
- Japan: PlayBrain e-sports tournament and media firm gains $6M Series A
- Japan: McKinsey’s take on the future of work in Japan
- Japan: Bank of Japan publishes new research paper looking at the potential offline use of a digital yen
- Japan’s Space BD to provide Myanmar with access to space via micro-satellite project aboard International Space Station
- Japan: NEC telecom equipment giant and NTT network operator partner for joint R&D for 5G products and more, aiming for global market presence
- Japan: Donut Robotics unveils c-mask, Bluetooth-enabled face mask that can make calls and translate Japanese into 8 different languages
- Japan: Government is expected to include consideration of central bank digital currency in formal economic plan
- British government looks to Japan to help build 5G wireless networks without Huawei, naming NEC and Fujitus as potential alternative suppliers
- Japan’s Softbank awards Ericsson contract to supply cloud-native, dual-mode 5G Core, the base level of 5G network software, on top of which 3rd-party applications operate
- China’s Oppo smartphone giant, 2nd to Huawei, to sell 5G devices in Japan via KDDI and SoftBank mobile carriers, aiming for global growth as Huawei grapples with US sanctions
- Bank of Japan head describes digital yen move as a top priority, seeing China’s CBDC developments as a potential future national security concern
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