Shido Next Innovator 2022
Kenji Kushida
"Shido Next Innovator" is a program supported by METI, put on by WiL as part of the Silicon Valley and Japan Kakehashi project announced by former PM Abe when he visited here in 2015. It brings 20 entrepreneurs and large firm employees in charge of creating new businesses to Silicon Valley for an intensive week-long bootcamp. I was delighted to provide an overview of the Silicon Valley ecosystem again. They were super motivated, especially now that the country is opening up again -- a facet of global Japan, innovative Japan that needs to be amplified and cheered on.
