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Startup Cities 

The fastest growing city in Japan The city’s economy is booming, and this trend promises to continue.
People are flocking here, and Fukuoka has the highest population growth rate of any Japanese city. In fact, Fukuoka ranks No. 1 in terms of the growth rate of foreign residents among all the ordinance-designated cities. While the population grows, the prices in the city are still some of the most reasonable in Japan. This economy coupled with the startup incentives that the city provides make it an ideal place to found a new company.

Startup City Fukuoka
https://startup.fukuoka.jp/

Fukuoka Facts
http://facts.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/en/

Fukuoka

Population

1.6 mil

Economy

  • Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

  • The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd.

  • Saibu Gas Co. Ltd.

University

  • Kyushu University

  • Kyushu Sangyo University

  • Fukuoka University

and more…

Support

Fukuoka City Government
e-mail:globalstartup[_at_]city.fukuoka.lg.jp
(replate [_at_] to atmark)
TEL:+81-92-711-4706

Access

Fukuoka Airport

10 min by train from Fukuoka station.

Ecosystem Builder

Start up a startup revolution from Fukuoka!

Key Persons

Qurate Inc.

A digital pioneer from the U.K., Tom Brooke’s eclectic career has advanced hand-in-hand with the evolution of the internet. Immediately after earning his graphic design degree from Westwood Art College,

Fukuoka

Tom Brooke

Founder and CEO

Startups

Kyulux

Kyulux

MaterialTech

Kyulux develops materials for OLED display and lighting panels, with a focus on TADF and HyperfluorescenceTM emitter and host materials.

Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.

Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc.

SpaceTech

A menagerie of bold and aspiring experts on space engineering, from Kyushu, Japan.

Interviews

QUANDO, Inc.

QUANDO is a company that creates products to make field work smarter, to update the conventional industry.

Fukuoka

Junichiro Shimooka

Founder, CEO

LiLz Inc.

LiLz focuses on reducing fieldwork operations by combining machine learning and IoT.

Fukuoka

Keigo Onishi

CEO/Product Manager

KAICO LTD

KAICO produces medical-use proteins production platform in high yields and top quality.

Fukuoka

Kenta Yamato

CEO

Chaintope Inc.

Chaintope is an IT blockchain company developing a hybrid blockchain with a focus on non-FinTech, and FinTech sectors.

Fukuoka

Hideki Shoda

Founder, CEO

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