About a year ago in May 2016, Japan was showcasing its automated driving technology to the world at the Iseshima G7 Summit in Mie Prefecture. This was the first truly high-level showcase of its technologies since the Tokyo ITS World Congress in 2013, where sleek automated buses shuttled visitors around on predefined routes. It was […]
Just over 3 years ago, I convinced Toyota to co-sponsor the first Techcrunch event in the MENA region that was held in the Autumn of 2018 in Beirut. It was an eye-opener to the developing ecosystems of the Near and Middle East, with strong attendance from neighboring countries, and Middle Eastern and North Africa-based entrepreneurs. […]
For someone who has supposedly travelled through much of Japan, it is rather embarrassing to say that I haven’t actually travelled extensively to any part of Chiba. Apart from shuttling to and from Narita Airport to fly abroad, and having friends in Funabashi, but that doesn’t really count. Adjacent to Tokyo, Chiba is one of […]
