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The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and JEITA have launched “Japan Challenge for Society 5.0-Accelerate Innovation with Japan-, a contest for foreign startups interested in Japanese collaboration. We are calling for startups from all around the world with technologies and innovations that could help solve three types of social challenges in Japan to apply to this contest.

The purpose of this contest is to bring about innovational solutions to challenges unique to Japan by assisting foreign entrepreneurs collaborating with Japanese counterparts.

1. Mentoring by experts to help you to collaborate with Japanese firms (online)
2. Digital exhibition and business matching at CEATEC 2021 on October 19 to 21 (online)
3. Invitation to Japan to interact with startup ecosystems around Japan

Host: JETRO

Co-host: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies 2021 (CEATEC 2021)

Challenges:

1. Environmental Friendliness
2. Labor Shortage & Improving Productivity
3. Smart & Resilient Japan

Awards:

CEATEC is one of the largest exhibitions of information technology and electronics in Asia held every October in Japan

Application deadline: July 31, 2021

For application and more information, please visit the following website

For more information, please contact:

JETRO Paris
Japan_Challenge@jetro.go.jp (Ms. Isabelle Comtet and Ms.Tomomi ENDO)