Panel calls for steps to boost venture businesses in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A panelist addresses a symposium on venture business held in Tokyo on March 8. The National Forum on Entrepreneurship and Venture Business, headed by Shibaura Institute of Technology President Leo Esaki, presented a report calling on the government to reform Japan's systems in areas from taxation to education so as to promote venture businesses.

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