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Mark's avatar

Hi Richard

I always enjoy reading your thoughtful articles. Reading your book at the moment.

I strongly agree there is so much more the government can do to support more entrepreneurial activity in Japan. Question - how do you square this with the incredible startup activity in the restaurant industry in Japan. I don’t have data to support this but anecdotally I’ve met many salarymen who leave their corporate posts to start a little restaurant. Japan is clearly world class in this space. Why not in tech/bio etc? Perhaps the capital required is so much less than a new software business.

My view is - and you make this point in your book - the Japanese clearly have it in them to start new enterprises. Thank you

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Seamarine's avatar

Thank you Richard! I learnt a lot from your articles!!

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