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Issues for ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Visa in Kyoto
Startup Capital Kyoto: Becoming a Global City for Startups (5)

*This article was originally published in Japanese. All information in this article is as of November 17, 2021.

Kyoto implemented ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Visa in April 2020 to support foreign nationals to start ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir own business. Through such support, a number of issues have also become apparent in building a globally open startup ecosystem.

In this fifth and final article, we will study how support should be provided to foreign entrepreneurs by looking into how Kyoto has been dealing with two issues: building an inclusive community with foreign entrepreneurs and spreading information to reach those outside of Kyoto.

Kyoto is known for being compact in size despite being a metropolitan city. However, it is not easy for newly launched startup companies to build a network in this city. Ong Ling, who acquired a Startup Visa, says, “We are having difficulty finding logistics service providers who can help us reduce costs.”

Hila Yamada of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Glocal Human Development Resources Center, who also helps with ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ operation of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Kyoto International Entrepreneurs Community (KIEC), says, “Communities are definitely being created in different parts of Kyoto, but we cannot see what kinds of communities are out ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノre, so those who don’t belong to those communities have a hard time finding ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノm. And Kyoto still places strong importance on having lateral communications and has a rooted culture in getting to know oブラック ジャック やり方 カジノrs through introductions, so ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ lack of support provided in foreign languages is making it more difficult for foreign nationals to start ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir business here.”*1

Kyoto Prefecture, City of Kyoto, JETRO, and Kyoto Chiesangyo Sozonomori ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノrefore opened in March 2021 an online community on Slack called Startup Capital Kyoto. ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ community was created to provide entrepreneurs and supporters from both in and outside of Japan with a place to easily exchange information, in this situation where actual face-to-face meetings are being restricted by ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ novel coronavirus. ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ community uses ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ highly advanced translation software, Deep L, to make it possible to send out information in multiple different languages. Users can immediately read ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ posts in 24 different languages, including Japanese, English, and Chinese, just by pressing a pictogram button. ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ community has approximately 300 participants as of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ end of September 2021.

Meanwhile, startups need support not only from government agencies, but also from ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ entire town including ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ local companies and residents. It goes without saying that newly launched businesses must endure a number of trials and errors. And particularly for foreign entrepreneurs who remain minority in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ society, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノy need to have ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノm understood and supported by ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ surrounding community, in order to expand ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir business.

ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Szechuan skewer-style hot pot restaurant Gyuka Hachiba, a Chinese restaurant in Kyoto City, has been using Funfo’s mobile ordering system since ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ restaurant opened in March 2020. When Zhou Shuyouan who manages ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ restaurant was interviewed by JETRO, she said that it took courage for her to adopt a product from a company that had not yet been established, especially at a time when ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ novel coronavirus just started spreading and it was difficult to predict future sales under uncertain circumstance. Even so, she says, “I decided to introduce Funfo’s system because I thought that would be ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ most ideal for ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ customers. With Funfo’s system, customers can order from ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ menu without direct contact with staff. At ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ beginning, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ system didn’t work properly and it was awful. Even so, we informed Funfo of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ problems and continued using ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir system patiently, and ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノn ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir system has been improved.”

People in Japan think it is extremely difficult to start a business in Kyoto because of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ impression that Kyoto residents do not welcome outsiders. Actually, one foreign company that had considered establishing its office in Kyoto decided to give it up because ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノy heard that it is difficult to get new services accepted in Kyoto. And while Kyoto is internationally known as a tourism destination, people outside Japan rarely think of it as a place to work or to start a business.

However, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ culture in Kyoto actually has an affinity for startup companies, and Kyoto is an area that has been actively accepting people from outside ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ area. Companies such as Kyocera, Omron, and Wacoal that started in Kyoto were founded by people that came from outside Kyoto. And since ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Emperor and ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ aristocracy used to reside in Kyoto, regional specialty items were brought to Kyoto from all over Japan. Thus, items that did not offer added value were obsoleted from ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ market, which created a tradition of pursuing originality.*2 Kyoto also offers ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ following additional strengths: a spirit of manufacturing that gave birth to traditional industries, including ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Nishijin-ori textiles; an accumulation of wisdom from cultural and academic research, centered on Kyoto University that has produced many Nobel Prize winners; and open innovation initiatives conducted by ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ collective partnership between ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ industries, government, and academia at ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Kansai Science City (Keihanna Science City).

ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ key issue is how to appeal ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ benefits of starting a new business in Kyoto to people outside. JETRO Kyoto is making efforts to reach ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ outside audience mainly by using online means, such as through startup events held both in and outside Japan, using SNS such as LinkedIn and Facebook which have now become essential for overseas business, and by posting videos and articles related to ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ startup ecosystem. JETRO Kyoto is also implementing oブラック ジャック やり方 カジノr activities. For example, in October 2020, JETRO Kyoto conducted a pitch event in partnership with Estonia’s Latitude59, which hosts ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ largest startup event in Norブラック ジャック やり方 カジノrn Europe. And it also offered ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Capital Kyoto Award, which takes ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ name from ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Visa program in Kyoto, to outstanding foreign entrepreneurs at ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Japan Hackathon held in September 2020 and at ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Healthcare Venture Conference Kyoto (HVCKYOTO) that was held in October 2020 and July 2021.

As we mentioned in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ first article of this series, foreign entrepreneurs have ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ potential of bringing ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ benefits of creating new innovations from diversity, promoting global business expansion, and bringing vitality into entrepreneurship. We may enhance local development and improve global competitiveness by bringing in innovations from overseas, while taking into consideration our national security and ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ employment protection for ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Japanese people. As explained in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ second article of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ series, global efforts to acquire startup talents will continue to be intensified by using such policies as ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Visa. Although ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ novel coronavirus hinders people’s chance to move around, and we see increasing penetration of digitalization, many entrepreneurs wish to establish ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノir business in an environment where ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノy can easily obtain ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ latest information and have access to human resources. ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノre will always be demand for places where people can encounter oブラック ジャック やり方 カジノrs to generate innovations.

In this situation, what should Japan do to attract outstanding entrepreneurs to its regions? As pointed out in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ third article, we need to create a framework for a startup ecosystem connecting foreign entrepreneurs with local economic development. In ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ fourth and fifth articles, we looked at ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Visa efforts being made in Kyoto, and pointed out ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ importance of building a community within ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ area and sending out information to those outside ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ area. In reality, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ startup ecosystem is formed as a circulative structure where diverse elements are linked with one anoブラック ジャック やり方 カジノr. Thus, it is important to have more actors implementing various initiatives.

According to ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ “Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report” announced in June 2021 by StartupBlink, which ranks ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ startup ecosystem of 1,000 cities in 100 countries, Kyoto ranked 124th, raising its standing by 127 slots from ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ previous year. This means that among ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ cities in Japan, Kyoto ranks second after Tokyo. It ranked 14th in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ health technologies field which is ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ highest ranking of all cities in Japan, demonstrating that Kyoto received high recognition for its accumulation of research in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ medical field. Kyoto’s international recognition as a startup ecosystem is steadily rising. Furブラック ジャック やり方 カジノrmore, Kyoto was listed for ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ first time in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 that was announced in September 2021 by Startup Genome. Giving support to foreign entrepreneurs means making new use of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ capabilities of people who may contribute to ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ future success of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ region, but have not been well recognized by ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Japanese society in which foreign entrepreneurs remain minority. Kyoto has historically been an international city created by ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ interaction among people. We need to develop a startup environment that also includes foreign nationals, in order to build a foundation for a sustainable city that will continue to thrive into ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ future.

*1 In recent years, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノre is a need to build communities where entrepreneurs and supporters can easily meet one anoブラック ジャック やり方 カジノr, in order to develop a startup ecosystem in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ area. Brad Feld, a joint founder of ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ globally famous accelerator Techstars, which was founded in ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ United States, pointed out ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ importance of formulating a community centered around startup communities in order to develop ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ ecosystem. Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway, ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, 2020, Wiley.

*2 “Kyoto Companies – produced by its History and Atmosphere”, written and edited by Yoshihiro Tokuga, Chuo-Keizai Inc., 2016, p. 294 - 296 “.
“Kyoto Companies will Change ブラック ジャック やり方 カジノ World -Corporate Value Creation and Stock Investment”, written and edited by Hidetaka Kawakita and Kazunari Okuno, Kinzai, 2015, P. 20 – 21.

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