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Tech Japan Forward

Inside Japan's technology and innovation ecosystem — semiconductors, AI, Web3, mobility, and the startups shaping the future from Tokyo to Osaka.

2 EpisodesUpdated 5/10/2026

Episodes (2)

Web3 Tokyo — How Japan Quietly Became the Most Crypto-Friendly G7 Country

1:41

From Mt. Gox trauma to national Web3 strategy. Akira and Kyoko unpack how Japan licensed exchanges, defined crypto as legal property, and built one of the cleanest regulatory frameworks in the world.

5/10/202611 plays1 min

Why Japan's Semiconductor Comeback Is a Quiet Revolution

1:48

TSMC Kumamoto, Rapidus, and the race to reclaim chip sovereignty. Akira and Kyoko decode why Japan's $27B reshoring bet might actually work — and why Kumamoto is becoming the new Silicon Valley.

5/10/202610 plays1 min