Supports for Foreign Companies

Overview

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been implementing a variety of measures to attract foreign companies to Tokyo in order to create a progressive cycle of innovation and economic growth that also work toward the realization of "Sustainable Recovery".
We are holding a series of Invest Tokyo online events, "Tokyo: Innovation is Everywhere", to increase the interest of foreign companies and others in expanding into Tokyo.

  • Vol.1 Bangalore, India: Friday September 30, 2022
  • Vol.2 New York, USA: Thursday October 27, 2022

Material

  • Please read our latest leaflet written about Tokyo’s attractiveness as a business city.　　 Leaflet

Message from the Governor

Contents

Vol.1 Bangalore, India

  • Friday September 30, 2022, 3:30pm –5:00pm (IST / UTC+05:30)
    *IST: Indian Standard Time
    Participation : Online
    To be held in collaboration with TiE India

    Agenda
  • Message from the TMG (Video message)
    　KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo
  • The attractiveness of a business city “Tokyo” from the perspective of India (Presentation)
    　Srikant SASTRI, President, TiE Delhi-NCR
  • Overview of Tokyo’s market (Presentation)
    　Tina PHILIP, Principal Director, Accenture Ventures India
  • Advantages of expanding business into Tokyo from the perspective of foreign companies (Panel Discussion)
    　Moderator
    　Joseph ONG, Access to Tokyo Singapore Representative, Accenture Ventures Singapore
    Speakers
     -Krishan CALDWELL, General Manager, Representative of Japan, Tellus You Care
     -Kuan CHEN, Founder, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director, Infervision
  • Successful cases of investment in overseas startups by major Japanese companies (Presentation)
    　SUZUKI Daisuke, Senior Investment Director, Sony Ventures Corporation
  • TMG’s support programs
    　FUJITA Megumi, Director for Attraction of Foreign Companies, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Vol.2 New York, USA

  • Thursday October 27, 2022, 6:30pm –8:00pm (EDT / UTC-04:00)
    Participation : Online
    To be Held in collaboration with NYCEDC (New York City Economic Development Corporation)

    Agenda
  • Message from the TMG (Video message)
    　KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo
  • Tokyo’s market where startups can play an active role - the necessary ecosystem to generate innovation - (Panel Discussion)
    　FUJITA Megumi,
    　 Director for Attraction of Foreign Companies,
    　 Tokyo Metropolitan Government
    　Daria SIEGEL,
    　 Vice President,
    　 New York City Economic Development Corporation
    　JF Gauthier (Moderator),
    　 Founder & CEO, Startup Genome
  • The keys to success: case studies of personnel and companies expanding business in Tokyo(Panel Discussion)
    　Fariza ABIDOVA, Co-founder, Trusted Corporation
    　KOMURA Ryusuke,
    　 Program Director, Venture Café Tokyo
  • Open-innovation by major Japanese CVCs(Presentation)
    　KIMURA Yuichi,
    　 Investment & Business Development Director,
    　 NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.
  • Introducing the TMG’s support programs
    　FUJITA Megumi,
    　 Director for Attraction of Foreign Companies,
    　 Tokyo Metropolitan Government

　　

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