A round-up of Japan’s technology, startup and funding news from across January, February and March, Q1 2022
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January 2022 | February 2022 | March 2022
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Japan: March 2022
- Japan’s V-cube backs Anifie, firm allowing digital content companies to create their own metaverse, monetizing using NFTs and white labelling
- Japan: Financial Services Agency and Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Assoc’n begin assessment of how sanctions can be enforced against Russia
- Japan becomes 9th APAC country to offer AWS Startup Ramp programme, the firm’s public sector startup accelerator
- Japan’s Jolly Good Inc launches English-language version of VR-based medical hands-on tracking system, allows students and physicians to train in a virtual space
- Japan’s Line messaging giant is to launch a non-fungible token marketplace, partnering entertainment companies and running on its own LINE Blockchain platform
- Japan: Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program selects Genome Miner and Menopause And Beyond as winning recipients of ¥1 million grant
- Philippines-based Yield Guild Games expands into Japan to support game companies in launching blockchain-based play-to-earn games
Japan: February 2022
- Japan: Folofly targets launch of a new electric vehicle model in 1.5 years, aiming to beat standard to-market time of 3-5 years, and building on order gained for 5K light electric vans
- Japan’s DeCurret, crypto exchange operator also involved in ‘digital yuan’ design, acquired by Amber Group digital assets firm
- Japan: Best Beer Japan raises $615K to help craft breweries with IT and logistics, and boasting Japan’s first keg-sharing service, which reduces carbon emissions
- Japan: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust looks at instant settlements of securities transactions with blockchain for trading and crypto for payment, with version of stablecoin tied to the value of yen
- Japan: China’s Huawei to begin selling large-scale battery systems for renewable energy storage in Japan in March, competing with Tesla and domestic firms
- Japan: PHI Inc receives ‘Free and Open Grant’ from Concordium Foundation to develop Govote blockchain-based open voting project
- Japan: JETRO x Techstars Startup City Acceleration Program – Clean Tech Pitch Day set for March 3rd, showcasing 11 tech startups online
Wild3 Conference / April 12-13 / Metaverse, NFTs, Web3, Blockchain
Japan: January 2022
- Japan: A video demonstration of how to create a DApp platform using Bunzz, a no-code blockchain-as-a-backend service
- Japan: China’s Tencent reportedly aiming to provide wide-spectrum metaverse-focused services to Japanese companies
- Japan is to work with the US on creation of international standards in unmanned technology using 6G, looking at applications from self-driving cars to automated factories
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