Japan’s technology & startup news
in March 2021
Japan’s tech startup news in March 2021 covered items across subjects including electric vehicle developments, 5G-related news, new venture capital funds, messaging app data breaches and more.
Items listed here present a snapshot of English-language coverage of Japan’s tech and startup news headlines for the month, drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily feeds; each item links to the freely-available article behind that headline, in full, online. This gives followers of Japan’s startup news two things instantly:
- an at-a-glance overview of the startup and technology news from Japan, as reported in March 2021; and
- instant access to more detail on the Japanese startup news items that interest you the most.
If you’re looking for March 2021’s technology news, rather than startup news from Japan, see our other tech news collections, listed at the foot of this page.
You can also download a one-page snapshot of Japan’s tech news:
- Japan’s Mercari marketplace app begins cross-border sales with Alibaba’s Taobao and Xianyu
- Japan: Pegasus Tech Ventures partners Japanet TV shopping company for $50M startups fund
- Japan: A look at why the news media of a tech-driven country are stuck in an offline world
- Japan: Gov’t and increasing number of local bodies halt use of Line messaging app following data breach making user personal data accessible
- Japan: An intro to GAOGAO, a startup studio matching startup engineers with innovators in Japan and across Southeast Asia
- Japan: Nextblue VC firm hits first close on $27.5M fund to focus on future-of-work, health tech and lifestyle startups in Japan, and pre-A European startups with Japan market fit
- UK Gov’t selects Japan’s NEC as partner for first trial of new Open Radio Access Networks technology, part of 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy
- Japan: Fomm One electric vehicle to launch domestically, adding to market presence in Thailand
- Japan: Halal Angel Network partners EdgeOfInnovation to develop Halal-focused opportunities and investments from within the Japanese startup ecosystem
- Japan’s Ajinomoto food giant partners Pegasus Tech Ventures to access startups and innovations in food, healthcare and other sectors
- China: Momenta self-driving vehicles firm backed by Toyota in $500M funding round, expanding the Japanese firm’s footprint in China
- Japan: Unleash Tokyo event set for March 9-11, showcasing the city as an innovation hub and as a location for overseas companies
Technology-focused news in March 2021
The links below will take you to news round-ups focused on particular technologies, rather than technology news from a particular location:
• Artificial intelligence news, March 2021
• Blockchain news in March 2021
• Crypto & digital currency news in March 2021
• Cybersecurity and related news, March 2021
• FinTech and digital banking news in March 2021
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