The One Thing Japan Needs To Do To Dominate The Tech Industry

In this segment of 'Hello World: Japan,' venture capitalist Noriaki Okubo talks to Ashlee Vance about how Japan's risk-averse "salaryman" culture holds back innovation in a country that once led the world in tech.

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