Disrupting Japan

Disrupting Japan gives you candid, in-depth insights from the startup founders, VCs, and leaders who are reshaping Japan.

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This disruptive tech started with a dance move

Posted September 27, 2021

It's hard to get paid to do what you love. Perhaps no one understands this better than dancers, but Taku Kodaira and his team at Mikro Entertainment...

The Future of Disrupting Japan

Posted August 30, 202100:18:04

Disrupting Japan turns seven years old this week! Unfortunately, because of current conditions in Japan, we won't be able to sit down over a beer and...

The new era of Evocative Machines. Why you're going to love it.

Posted July 26, 202100:24:09

We speculate a lot about our future "robot servants" or "robot masters", but that whole metaphor is wrong. It's not going to happen that way. In past...

Why the robot uprising will give us Robot Pets, not Robot Masters

Posted June 28, 202100:39:17

Japan has a very different approach to robotics. Japan leads the world in industrial robots, but there is also a growing movement that is reinventing...

One way that AI is transforming family farms

Posted May 31, 202100:33:38

Some of Japan's innovations are going to have a much bigger impact outside of Japan. Like most startups, most AgTech startups sensibly tend to focus...