Japan's Startup Revolution (feat. Kathy Matsui) | E2235

Unlike many other countries, Japan has a very, very small and shrinking workforce. So young people, for young people today, it's a seller's market, right? They have so many opportunities in front of them. Why do entrepreneurs, when they come here, fall in love with it? As a measure of, let's say, quality of life, this country is very hard to beat, and I think most of my

Japanese colleagues here will agree to that if you've ever lived outside uh of Japan. And whether it's, I think, particularly as a parent, our kids are riding the subways alone at night. I never had to shuttle them around like a bus driver, like all my friends in America had to do with their children, always worried about where they are, you know, at whatever hours of the day. The food, you know, more Michelin-starred restaurants than any place else on the planet. I mean, you know, and and frankly, there are restaurants who refuse the star.

because they don't want people who are not their clientele to take up seats, right? So it's just a really unique oasis. Obviously it's quite peaceful. This week in Startups is brought to you by Zeit. Zeit is the fastest way to build business software with AI.

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