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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
