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Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the world's largest cities with a population of 13.95 million. Its gross domestic product (GDP) is valued at 108.2 trillion yen (FY 2018), exceeding the GDP of the Netherlands.
Tokyo has approximately 3,000 large corporations each having capital of 1 billion yen or more, which is about half of Japan's total number of companies. An international business center, Tokyo is also home to 76% of the foreign-affiliated companies in Japan, with over 2,400. Tokyo ranks number one in the world in having Fortune Global 500 companies.

Tokyo

Population

13.9 mil

Economy

Euglena Co.,Ltd.
Mercari, Inc.

University

Tokyo University
Tokyo Institute of Technology

and more…

Support

Office of the Governor for Policy Planning,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
e-mail : S0000001[_at_]section.metro.tokyo.jp
(replate [_at_] to atmark)

Access

Haneda Airport

11 min from Shinagawa station.
23 min from Yokohama station.
31 min from Shinjuku station.

Ecosystem Builder

DTVS's challenges to accelerate the startup ecosystem from Tokyo to the world

Key Persons

Triple W

Tokyo-based Atsushi Nakanishi, 38, has an academic background in business and global business　management.

Tokyo

Atsushi Nakanishi

Founder and CEO

Startups

Mujin, Inc.

Mujin, Inc.

Robotics/IoT

Making Industrial Robots Intelligent to Improve Productivity.

Lily MedTech Inc.

Lily MedTech Inc.

HealthcareTech

Our mission is saving women and their families from breast cancer.

Global Mobility Service Inc.

Global Mobility Service Inc.

Fintech/IoT

We create a system in which all hardworkers are recognized.

Interviews

Willbox, Inc.

Willbox is a technology company that continues to contribute to the growth of shippers and logistics companies involved in international logistics.

Tokyo

Motonari kami

Founder, CEO

WARPSPACE, inc.

Warpspace aims to deploy relay satellites for the launch of ”WarpHub InterSat,” the world’s first optical telecommunications infrastructure by end of 2022.

Tokyo

Satoru Tsunemachi

CEO

Restore Vision Inc.

Restore Vision is a startup aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa.

Tokyo

Yusaku Katada

CEO

obniz Inc.

Obniz is a cloud based IoT system that provide realtime and bi-directional access to real hardware from the cloud.

Tokyo

Yuki Sato

CEO, Co-Founder

BionicM Inc.

BionicM aims to provide high-functional prostheses to improve the Quality of Life of amputees in the world.

Tokyo

Dr. Sun Xiaojun

Founder, CEO

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