1. Japan's ¥10 Trillion Startup Goal Falls Short, CIC's Tim Rowe Calls for Policy Shift
Japan has missed its ambitious target to funnel ¥10 trillion into startups, a shortfall that spotlights a critical gap in the nation's innovation ecosystem. The admission of this failure comes as Tim Rowe, founder of the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), points to a lack of sufficient policy support as a key bottlenec...