October 3, 2022
Office of the Governor for Policy Planning

Invest Tokyo online event
"Tokyo: Innovation is Everywhere" (2nd session) to be held

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, and work toward the realization of a "Sustainable Recovery".

We are pleased to announce that, we are holding the 2nd session of our Invest Tokyo online event "Tokyo: Innovation is Everywhere". Following the 1st session held in September 30, this event aims to increase the interest of foreign companies and others in expanding into Tokyo.

At the event, we will communicate the advantages of Tokyo as a business city, and the measures taken by the TMG to attract foreign companies to Tokyo. Following up, we will continue to provide participants with information regarding developments and opportunities to support entry into the Tokyo market.

1 Name

Invest Tokyo online event "Tokyo: Innovation is Everywhere"

2 Date and time

Thursday October 27, 2022, 6:30pm –8:00pm (EDT / UTC-04:00)

3 Target Area

New York, USA *To be held online (Zoom)

4 Target Audience

Companies and personnel interested in expanding business into Tokyo

5 Program (planned)

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

6 Organized by

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in collaboration with New York City Economic Development Corporation

7 Details and how to apply

Please visit the event website.
We will keep you updated via the website.

Media Inquiry

Invest Tokyo online event secretariat
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If you wish to obtain information about all of Tokyo’s programs and initiatives to support foreign companies, please visit Website.

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Inquiries

Strategic Projects Section, Strategic Projects Division, Office of the Governor for Policy Planning Phone: 03-5388-2061 (Japanese only) Email: S0014701(at)section.metro.tokyo.jp * The above e-mail address has been arranged as an anti-spam measure. Please replace (at) with @.