New startup wave challenges Japan's aversion to risk
Cash-rich corporations are increasingly delegating task of keeping pace with technologies to smaller businesses
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A WAVE of startups is emerging in famously risk-averse Japan as cash-rich corporations increasingly delegate the task of keeping pace with technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to smaller, nimbler businesses.
Japan has been dry ground for startups, given the shame that entrepreneurs and investors associate with failure, but it is on track for a record funding year for unlisted startups, exceeding the dotcom bubble of 2000, according to a private research firm.
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