What Is It Like to Start a Business in Japan As a Foreigner? | Street Interview
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00:00 Intro
01:24 What kind of business do you run in Japan?
06:28 What’s one thing you wish you had known before starting a business in Japan?
08:28 How open is Japanese society to entrepreneurship?
13:58 What were the biggest challenges you faced starting a company in Japan?
19:45 What’s the difference between hiring foreigners and local Japanese?
26:48 What’s one thing you wish the government would change to help business owners?
Thanks to all our friends for sharing their honest opinions:
John: https://www.somado.jp
Will: https://wortal.ai
Beau: https://www.reiwaseiyaku.co.jp
Donald: https://www.startanalytics.net
Alex: https://sportseye.io/
Harley: https://bandruption.com
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"They told me it'd be easy…." to Start, but not easy to go Up.
The asian glow company guy is lying. Asia has so many of such companies
The answer is that you need a Japanese co-founder
The guy in the suit didn't hold anything back 😎
none of the startups are even remotely solving a real pressing pain point. there are already so many Patreons, so many prop-tech platforms for nomads, so many anti-hangover solutions (which also solves the asian flush, so no, its BS when he said its Asian first ever). seems like Tokyo attracts lots of entrepreneurs wannabes. only the gaming one is more legit, as he is solving a real distribution issue within that industry. i wish you could interview more experienced founders, not the startup type who just began 1-3 years, but those who have been there for 5-10 years, running a proper cashflow business.
Bunch of naive rich guys
The idea of removing Asian Flush will face a hard road.
He really needs to make Asian Flush as something uncommon in Asia where everyone has Asian Flush so everyone think it is normal.
Great video！Soon will live in the coolest my loved city Tokyo 😋🎀✌🏻🌸💜
I wonder why elon didn’t start his companies in Japan. Hmm
Ah ive seen the guy in the suit complain on LinkedIn all the time. Mostly about his bank account getting "frozen"
How did you find so many gaijin entrepreneurs on the street?
it's been a while since I saw Kei.
I'd be very surprised if that anti-Asian glow product actually worked. How do you replace an enzyme in someone's stomach?
No-one wants to speak japanese
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Thats why they deserve to be paid less.
21:45 this is not true to certain jobs, in America it’s all about connections and if not connections, it’s who is willing to give their life to the company. Honestly, no matter how much skill u have, if you aren’t outgoing in personality sense or know anyone in the company it’s hard. America in a sense is not that different to Japan, except for the fact that yes, people tend to take more of a risk but with that in mind you also have a higher chance of failing, which is why people look for opportunities doing it in their own homes. Honestly it suck’s everywhere if you don’t know anyone. Connections it’s all about connections
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Thanks for the interviews and for those sharing their experiences…very informative. 😊
I think with the current leadership in Japan, changes will be quite challenging. Furthermore, speaking about education and culture, people are shaped to be quite conservative in Japan. Still, Japan is an open country so foreign culture can help reshaping the country mindset, but I believe the best way is the young people in Japan that have different mindset care more about the politics. Politics will connect to the future of the country anyway. 😊😊😊
Hahahaha! Have zero sympathy for people who can’t be bothered to do any kind of research before jumping into living and working in a country where they don’t even speak the language. Go cry in your pink puff puff balls.
😆 asian glow no wonder they not making money
New Zealand got 3 months probation period
Dude I’m rooting for the white boy in pharmaceuticals! What work ethic!
i only heard one guy legitimately answering your questions. That's Japan for you, honesty and bluntness is mostly gone.
14:50 i wonder, when he says "non-citizens", does that include people who have PR in Japan? or are PR holders also treated as citizens in the instances he's talking about?
i think calling people "misfits" is inappropriate. it would be more accurate to say, people who don't follow the traditional customs or expectation laid out by japanese society. think about 帰国子女 (returnees from abroad). are they misfits? hell no. they've just lived abroad for a certain portion of their life and are now back in japan. that's not misfit, that's BENEFIT.
Finally asian boss some real ropic than "love relation ships culture differences sh.t"
GO HOME GAIJIN
Good interview. The guy in the suit was great !
French guy is fashionmaxxing
Got that Mark Zucc chain out on display 😂
It would be interesting to know their networth
Two faced channel ( not related to this video)
So many people complaining about building a business, all of them with less than 5 years experience of living in Japan 😂 well duh.
Assuming that is accurate, requiring the company to be profitable within 2 years while simultaneously making it impossible to start operating for the first 6-12 months due to business registrations, banking, branding, leasing, etc. that is an extreme impediment and only encourages a service economy company that has low capital investment needs up front.
As a Japanese, working for Japanese company is hell, better to start your own company lol.
The redhead’s voice is so interesting
This video doesn't give a full story. Proposing a risky business is different from scam. If the business is legit, It will pass those challenge eventually.