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  1. Why Entrepreneurship Education Matters and What Should Change (2022 Edition)

    For the past several years, I have been involved in entrepreneurship education at The University of Tokyo. Over the last year or two in particular, I have felt that attention to entrepreneurship education has risen sharply. The current Kishida administration has made startups one of its priority investment areas…

  2. What Education and Educational Institutions Can Do to Increase the Number of Entrepreneurs

    With startups seen as one of the keys to economic growth, there seems to be growing attention on increasing the number of entrepreneurs. In that context, I have increasingly been asked for my views, especially from the perspective of educational institutions. So now, I would like to put together what I think educational...

  3. On Measures to Expand Entrepreneurship Education in Elementary, Junior High, and High Schools, Discussed at the April 2022 Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy

    At the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting held on April 27, 2022, measures to expand entrepreneurship education in elementary, junior high, and high schools were mentioned. If the aim is to promote industry by increasing the number of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship education for young people seems to have a certain effect…

  4. Mapping Entrepreneurial Support Activities

    When universities discuss entrepreneurship education, training for entrepreneurs, and startup support with one another, the people they support and their goals differ from one university to the next, so I feel it would be better to sort out each other's activities before discussing them. To do that, I am considering two maps like the following…

  5. Implementing "Implementing the Future"

    In the afterword of "Implementing the Future," I wrote the following. So, after publishing "Implementing the Future" in January 2021, I have been "implementing" the book. After its publication, I spoke about it some 30 times at public events and in-house talks, and besides that…

  6. How to Avoid Collaboration Contracts That Disadvantage Startups (and What to Do About Them)

    As startups attract attention and open innovation efforts spread across Japan, startups are increasingly doing things jointly with other companies. More startups are also tackling deep problems in various industries, and it seems that they are signing contracts such as NDAs with customer companies from an early stage…

  7. Nationwide Entrepreneurship Talent Development Program 2021 for University Students

    Part of the University of Tokyo Entrepreneur Dojo is now available online to university students across Japan. Nationwide Entrepreneurship Talent Development Program. Any university student in Japan can take part. Registration is free at the site above, and the deadline is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24…

  8. Politics, Regulation, and Product Management

    I have updated and published the materials from my talk at Product Manager Conference 2021. When building products that make use of IT, it seems that politics and regulation are becoming impossible to avoid. Complying with the rules goes without saying…

  9. Expectations for the Kishida Administration's Startup Policy

    Asked during the LDP leadership race, "What is Japan's growth industry?", Prime Minister Kishida answered "startups" on a flip board. Since I think expectations are also placed on startups within the "new capitalism," I am writing down my personal opinion. Personally, I support a redistribution-conscious…

  10. The Power of Randomness: Democracy, Science, and Social Implementation

    Suppose you have become interested in art and decide to buy something. Art includes paintings, sculptures, and music. At first you don't even know what you like. Everything looks good, and everything looks bad. Even if you ask friends who know art for comments and reviews, they evaluate by different criteria, so the evaluations are inconsistent…