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February 8, 2012

More Japanese head east, to Silicon Valley

  • As their country struggles with two decades of economic stagnation, an aging population, and the recent quake and tsunami, a growing number of innovators are leaving.
    • By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA
    Associated Press

    TOKYO — For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.

    Small but growing numbers of Japanese entrepreneurs are jumping into the startup scene in northern California, particularly since the earthquake and tsunami last March. They include Naoki Shibata, who took the plunge by giving up the sort of life many Japanese in past decades spent their lives trying to attain.


     
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