Japan puts startup ambitions at center of $2.3tn tech strategy
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Source: Nikkei Asia
Published: 2026-07-01 07:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Education, Asia, Technology & AI, Business & Economy, Asia Pacific, Technology
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TOKYO -- When Guido Appenzeller came to Japan in the late 1990s, he was struck by how little interest its universities showed in entrepreneurship. Today, as a partner at Silicon Valley's Andreessen Horowitz, he sees them displaying a newfound focus on creating and attracting investors to the next generation of deep-tech champions in biotech, artificial intelligence and robotics.
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