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Everything we publish on Japan’s deep tech ecosystem — announcements, essays, and analysis.


Blog
Let’s Get Physical: The Antidote to the AI Age
The Surprising Magic of a Simple Room For months, I was trying to come up with a way to monetize our start-up product. Hacking away myself, and getting on…
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Insight
Modern Science Deserves Modern FinTech
Science research today operates much like it did fifty years ago, despite massive tech advances in our world. This outdated system creates barriers that…
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Blog
The Japan-Network State Symbiosis
The time is ripe to move from digital communities to physical societies. Why? Because we’re closer to those we text and e-mail than our physical…
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News
Merito: Building a Supportive Network for Japan’s Innovators
Every great idea begins somewhere small — in a lab where experiments spill over into conversations, in a seminar room buzzing with possibility, or in a…
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Insight
Japan’s Expanding Open Labs: A New Frontier for BioTech Start-ups
Japan’s life science landscape is changing fast . A new generation of shared wet labs, coworking research spaces, and open innovation hubs is giving…
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Insight
Unlocking Japan’s DeSci Market Potential: The Value of Merito
Japan’s science and innovation market is a fortress — difficult to enter and even harder to thrive in. Unique business practices and buyer behaviors often…
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Insight
Could DeSci Be a Game Changer for Scientists?
What if we could empower thousands more scientific pros to convert their fundamental (“deep tech”) research into commercial products and therapies? It’s a…
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Insight
DeSci:日本のディープテック・スピンオフスタートアップに数十億円規模の新規資本をもたらす革新的潮流
DeSci(Decentralized…
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News
Bringing More Innovation To Market: Merito’s Mission
As countries seek to capitalize on their university-led innovation, many are looking to shake up customary ways of funding science. Lately, focus has gone…
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