Commentary from Carnegie: How Japan Pushed to Globalize Its Startup Ecosystem During the APEC Week

My latest commentary from Carnegie:

Lots happened during APEC week that was somewhat buried behind the headlines of the Biden-Xi summit. Various Japanese leaders were in town, including Prime Minister Kishida, METI Minister Nishimura, and Startup Minister Shindo. PM Kishida's summit with President Yoon at Stanford, Minister Nishida's opening of the Japan Innovation Campus in Palo Alto and signing an MOU with Berkeley's Skydeck, and the Minister Shindo getting lots of input from Silicon Valley Japanese VC, entrepreneurship, and ecosystem players were all part of broader efforts to globalize Japan's startup ecosystem. Nobody is naive enough to think that a few partnership or accelerators here are there will be enough, but Japanese entrepreneurs face enough hurdles to be successful entrepreneurs, let alone compete in Silicon Valley, so my view is that the more efforts are underway, the better.

Here is the link to the commentary: https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/12/06/how-japan-pushed-to-globalize-its-startup-ecosystem-during-apec-week-pub-91163