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A Startup Scene That's Not So Hot: Japan's Entrepreneur Shortage

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Toshiba. Sony. Sharp. You know those brand names because they dominated the Japanese economy's global rise in the '80s. But that was 30 years ago. As the Japanese economy stagnates, it's unclear which new companies will replace them.

Doga Makiura is Japanese, and a startup founder. But he's not a startup founder in Japan. He created businesses in other Asian countries instead.

Why not be an entrepreneur in his native country?

"Cause I think it's boring," he said. "There's a huge, bigger market in everywhere in the world.


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