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The $10 Billion Matcha Boom: Global Market Report 2026 — Data, Trends, and Business Opportunities
Executive Summary The global matcha market, valued at USD 3.67 billion in 2025, is projected to reach USD 5.35 billion by 2031…
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Executive Summary The global matcha market, valued at USD 3.67 billion in 2025, is projected to reach USD 5.35 billion by 2031…
How a shrinking labor supply is turning Japan into the world's most aggressive automation market — and what that means for global businesses.
An honest scorecard on Japan's five-year plan to build 100 unicorns — what's working, what's not, and why it matters for global partners
Why the luxury giant's PE arm sees a golden era in Japanese consumer brands
Japan has fewer than 15 unicorns. But behind the numbers, a new class of deep tech startups is raising bigger rounds and building for global markets.
In the US, 90% of startup exits are acquisitions. In Japan, 76% are IPOs — most of them tiny. The exit ecosystem is finally being forced to change.
Japan is the world's fourth-largest economy but has fewer than 15 unicorns. The structural reasons run deep — but the forces of change are finally gaining momentum.
Japan’s anime industry surpassed ¥3.0 trillion ($25 billion) in global market size in 2023, yet most overseas observers can name only a…
Japan’s anime industry generated a record $25 billion in 2024 — yet nearly every major studio is struggling to hire. The gap…
Born Global: 8 Japanese Startups You Haven’t Heard of — Yet Japan’s startup scene has a reputation problem. The narrative says Japanese…
Japan has only 15 unicorn startups despite being the worlds third-largest economy. This definitive guide covers every Japanese unicorn, their valuations, why the gap exists, and the soonicorns poised to break through. Updated for 2026.
The accountability gap in AI-generated code is widening. Japan's engineering culture — built on ownership, monozukuri, and sekininkan — is exactly what the world needs now.