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Most practices in: Japan (16)
Japan's first startup deregulation zone (2014) and first city to introduce a Startup Visa (2015). Public incubator FGN helped 98 companies raise …
Since 2010, Japan's Kitakyushu City has run over 192 city-to-city cooperation projects on waste management, water supply and air pollution control in …
Kobe's Mano district pioneered Japan's ordinance-backed machizukuri model of resident-negotiated neighbourhood planning from 1978; after the 1995 earthquake, councils like Takatori-Higashi agreed …
Since 2015 Fukuoka has waived Japan's strict founder-visa capital rules for foreign entrepreneurs under a special economic zone — 247 approved by …
Japan's first National Strategic Special Zone for global startup creation (December 2014), pioneering the country's startup visa for foreign entrepreneurs. Fukuoka Growth …
University of Tokyo's wholly-owned VC arm has raised two ~JPY25bn funds since 2016, backed 50+ deep-tech spinouts (3 IPOs) and helped grow …
Japan's METI-led SME Productivity Revolution Programme has run since 2018 (JPY 340bn FY2024 budget). Results are mixed: the IT subsidy gave a …
Since 2004, UTEC has channelled venture capital into deep-tech spin-offs linked to the University of Tokyo and beyond, investing in 150+ startups …
Kyoto University's captive venture-capital arm has raised three funds worth over ¥54 billion since 2016 and built an 86-company deep-tech portfolio — …
Japan's first National Strategic Special Zone for global startups (2014), Fukuoka City created Asia's first Startup Visa for foreign founders, achieving a …
Japan's flagship planned science city since 1963, Tsukuba concentrates dozens of national research institutes and ~20,000 researchers spending nearly half of Japan's …
A mountain town of ~5,000 people reversed decades of depopulation by inviting Tokyo tech firms into renovated houses over fibre; by 2020 …
Japan's pioneering university licensing office: 2,000+ companies under contract since 1998, feeding into a university-wide IP base of 5,725 active licences and …
Japan's first university technology-licensing organisation: since 1998, TODAI TLO has signed contracts with 2,000+ companies and by FY2023 managed 5,725 licensed patents …
Japan pays households leaving Tokyo's 23 wards up to ¥5m (~$32,000) to relocate to one of roughly 1,800 rural municipalities and take …
Japan's 'Digital Nomad' visa lets high-earning remote workers stay up to six months; issuance rose from 257 in its first nine months …
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