Japan is changing, and we bring you Japan's most successful startup founders and innovative creators, Japan’s political and economic leaders agree that new companies, small start-ups in particular, are the key to revitalizing Japan’s economy. You see, the Japanese government and big business are all in favor of disruption — as long as they can control it. And disruption, almost by definition cannot happen that way. Politicians and bureaucrats establish ambitious and well-meaning large, multi-year initiatives and feel disappointed when founders don’t flock to sign up for these government programs. The ex-bankers who dominate Japanese venture capital firms most often try to model their portfolios after successful Silicon Vally firms and then complain that Japanese founders are not creating enough of the “right kind of companies” for them to invest in — as if that were the founder’s responsibility. Get an inside look at the changes that are happening and meet the people who are making them.

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