Japan’s Startup Villages 20 Years After Bit Valley

Kawabe Kentarō.

Mercari CEO Yamada Shintarō (left) with Prime Minister Abe Shinzō at the award ceremony for the Fourth Nippon Venture Awards on February 26, 2018, at the Prime Minister’s Office. (© Jiji)

Hori Shin’ichirō.

Netage founder Nishikawa Kiyoshi (left, photograph from 2006) and SoftBank Group CEO Son Masayoshi . (© Jiji)