A snapshot of Japan’s tech news headlines, articles, reports and downloads from August 2021
Japanese technology news in August 2021 reported on developments including: the country’s cybersecurity stance; virtual YouTube celebrities; government support for fem-tech and women-led startups; and more. To provide a more rounded picture of Japan’s technology and startup space, we’ve also included links to last month’s Japan tech news summary, and to the Q2 2021 quarterly round-up.
More of Japan’s tech news:
Japan’s tech news, July 2021| Japan’s tech news, Q2 2021
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- Japan: A dive into the country’s virtual YouTubers, entirely digital YouTube celebrities hitting magazine covers, sales campaigns, music performance and modeling
- Japan: Vision Fund to date has made no investments in its home country, a situation now to change with investment pro hire to focus on Japan’s startups
- e-news-latest issue: Japan’s Vision Fund, TikTok and blockchain, ISPs and ‘clean pipes’…
- Webinar: ‘Cybersecurity, critical technologies and energy – Japan and its role in the Indo-Pacific’ set for August 30th
- Japan: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in June chose 20 femtech startups to receive combined subsidy of $1.4M
- e-news, latest issue: Axie income tax, Japan’s femtechs, Indian social commerce, coworking in Taiwan…
- ICYMI: Japan’s Mobile Content Forum to partner European Games Developer Federation to investigate whether Google and Apple are pressuring smaller app providers
- e-news, latest issue: Australia’s crypto MasterCard, Japan’s virtual celebs, new Singapore startups…
- Unlocking the next frontier of data-powered threat hunting’ webinar set for August 5th, featuring speakers from Japan, Taiwan and Singapore
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