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I want to make Japan an entrepreneurs’ country.

October 02 2012

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Kentaro Sakakibara Incubator “We will create a second Google or second Facebook!” If you heard that, what would you think? Some of you might think, “No, it’s impossible”. But today we introduces a man who makes it his mission to realize such a thing. Kentaro Sakakibara, President of Samurai Incubate Inc. We got to know about him in April, 2012. We found him in a magazine which featured Japanese entrepreneurs who were aiming for a global expansion and their supporters such as incubators and investors. The word “Samurai” was burned

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I find astonishing ideas while communicating with a diversity of people.

June 28 2012

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Tomo Akiyama Venture capitalist We’ve brought you the stories of Japanese entrepreneurs who fight to change the world. But we introduce you to an investor who supports them for the first time. Tomo Akiyama, a Japanese venture capitalist/seed accelerator. We met him for the first time in mid June, 2012. We attended a conference in Tokyo and was deeply inspired by words of the man wearing a polo shirt and jeans. He was tapping on a laptop, his name was called, stood up, grabbed a microphone and said; “I think a rogue