Invest Japan Seminar "Japan-India Innovation Dialogue" ブラック ジャック 遊び方engaluru

March 2019

On March 8, JETRO held an Invest Japan Seminar under the title of "The Japan-India Innovation Dialogue" ブラック ジャック 遊び方engaluru, India, with the aim of facilitating business between India and Japan. Through the seminar, a call was made to invest in Japan to approximately 140 participants, including from local startups.

Vijaya Raghavan; Vice President and Country Head for Japan, Korea and China of L&ブラック ジャック 遊び方echnology Services; emphasized that in Japan it is importanブラック ジャック 遊び方o allocate bilingual staff with a thorough understanding of the Japanese language and culture to respond to customer needs in the workplace. He also underscored that patience is necessary in Japan as decision making takes time in accordance with “nemawashi”, a consensus-building process, and "ringi," a system for obtaining approval.
Anand Dureja; Head of International Expansion at OYO, the operator of the hotel reservation site “OYO Rooms”; said that with the Japanese hospitality market estimated to grow by a factor of 1.5 over the nexブラック ジャック 遊び方hree years, there is much room for entry as there are many independently managed hotels which rely on reservation sites.
Nalin Advani; CEO of the Asia Pacific and Japan at Grey Orange, which provides robotic warehouse automation systems geared toward the Japanese logistics industry; pointed ouブラック ジャック 遊び方he critical problem of a labor shortage in logistics despite the growth of the Japanese e-commerce market by 6% a year, and asserted that his company's technology could contribute to solving the problem. He also stated that JETRO's support enabled his company to secure highly motivated and flexible silver human resources with extensive knowledge in Japan, a country where recruiting manpower can be difficult.

Yuma Saito, Managing Director of Deloitte Tohmatsu Venture Support, explained thaブラック ジャック 遊び方he scale of investment by Japanese venture capital (VC) was around 200 billion USD in 2016, and that, in recent years, corporate venture capital (CVC) has significantly increased while collaboration with startups and mergers and acquisitions by large companies are also rapidly growing. He stressed that it is important for local startups to develop a network of contacts with large companies through participating in presentation events for ventures, gain awareness by taking part in acceleration programs and be found by a fund through media coverage.

Aブラック ジャック 遊び方he reverse pitch presentation session by Japanese companies, Yusuke Mori, Senior Director of the Strategic Planning and Business Development Division aブラック ジャック 遊び方he glass manufacturer AGC, expressed high hopes for collaboration with Indian companies possessing various technologies that his company would like to aquire (such as algorithms, control systems and network platforms), with the purpose of jointly solving issues which have been rising in line with drastic changes in the social environment.
Atsuo Suzuki; Assistant General Manager of Symphony Creative Solutions, which provides solutions in the shipping industry; introduced how his company has held competitions to find startups that may be able to help resolve issues surrounding the shipping industry, such as regarding the booking process or predicting fuel prices. He expressed his desire to incorporate Iブラック ジャック 遊び方echnologies, including voice and image recognition and data mining, created by Indian companies. Hidemi Kuwabara, Assistant Manager of the Business Innovation Office at Sojitz Corporation, said that, in addition to being a user of technologies of Indian companies, his company hopes to jointly expand business in new fields as their strategic partner.

Representing local authorities in Japan, presentations were given by the Osaka Business anブラック ジャック 遊び方nvestment Center (O-BIC), the prefecture of Shizuoka, the city of Hamamatsu, and the prefecture of Ibaraki.
O-BIC introduced the "Osaka Innovation Hub," which was established with the aim of creating innovation in Osaka, and "Hack Osaka," an international innovation conference. It also announced the opening of a facility named "Xport," which was jointly set up by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce anブラック ジャック 遊び方ndustry (OCCI) and the Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) for unique industries and academic organizations to form an open innovation hub. Shizuoka Prefecture presented on the fields in which each of its regions specializes; pharmaceuticals in the east, food chemicals in the middle and photonics in the west; and promoted the Agri Open Innovation (AOI) project based on strong ties between industry and academia within the prefecture. Hamamatsu City introduceブラック ジャック 遊び方ts public incubation facility “Hamamatsu Innovation Cube (HI-Cube)” and 11 universities and junior colleges, while touting the low-cost offices and promising young human resources within the city. Ibaraki Prefecture explained that numerous institutions are engageブラック ジャック 遊び方n R&ブラック ジャック 遊び方n fields like robotics in Tsukuba Science City, a hub for high-level research and education, where more than 7,000 foreign researchers reside. It emphasized that it is able to provide a network with startups born from many universities and research institutes in the city in a one-stop manner, and with international schools and hospitals that can accommodate English, it also openly welcomes families.

Assistant Director Sachino Taki of JETRO Bengaluru explained thaブラック ジャック 遊び方he Japan-India Startup Hub, a framework to facilitate joint innovation for the Indian and Japanese economies, was established at JETRO Bengaluru in 2018, as a part of an agreement between the governments of both countries, and that JETRO is currently supporting approximately 70 Indian companies among 85 active in Japan. She also promoted the facブラック ジャック 遊び方hat while JETRO’s Invest Japan Business Support Centers (IBSCs) usually provide free office space for up to 50 days, this period is extended to 100 for startups.
Bringing the seminar to a close, Chief Director General Kazuya Nakajo of JETRO New Delhi touched on the 2018 launch of the JETRO Global Acceleration Hubs, which assist both Japanese and overseas startups in expanding business overseas and within Japan respectively, in regions with ecosystems across the globe, including Bengaluru. He also stressed the importance of Indian companies taking root in the Japanese market and expressed his hope thaブラック ジャック 遊び方hey aim at global business development alongside Japanese companies.
Aブラック ジャック 遊び方he networking reception, consultation desks were set up by the four local authorities presenting aブラック ジャック 遊び方he seminar, Okinawa Prefecture and JETRO in order to respond to inquiries from local companies.