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Nagase & Co., Ltd.

At Nagase, we use our nearly 200 years of subject matter and industry expertise to help our partners identify, develop, and expand new business opportunities with solutions that impact growth through innovative problem solving. By bringing together our expertise in manufacturing, distribution, R&D, logistics, bio-technology, and digital experience, we collaborate with our customers to solve their greatest challenges.

Tokurai Corporation

http://www.tokurai.co.jp 1. Importer of specialty analytical devices, (including mass spectrometry), systems, software, consumables, etc. We also import and distribute consumables for the medical device industry. 2. Consulting for foreign firms wishing to enter the Japanese market or improve their current business there. This includes market research, distributor searches, assistance in branch setup, etc. 3. Creation of Japanese and English media including J-E and E-J translation, copywriting, media creation, etc.

MJOLNIR SPACEWORKS

Hybrid rocket engines and weldless tanks development at the core, MJOLNIR SPACEWORKS Co., Ltd.(MSW) is on a mission to become a company of mass-producing rocket engine system just like cars. As of today, although the small satellite market has been growing on such a rapid pace and rocket launches has become certainly demanding, launch capacities are falling short with highly-costed condition and the industry is about to step into a launch crisis. To fill that demand and solve this situation, MSW aims to accelerate the development for “Simple, Safe & Low-cost” Propulsion System. Our core product offers Hybrid Engine system using a combustion method that combines solid plastic fuel and LOX. As plastic fuel is available on every home improvement store with no risk of explosion and it leads us to produce much simpler engine structure, we can provide engines with significantly cost-reduced, safer and simpler. Our Weldless Fuel Tank technology is also open to any rocket, satellite, spacecraft providers. The weldless tank we developed offers shorter leadtimes without compromising quality stability. MJOLNIR SPACEWORKS(ミヨルニア・スペースワークス) が目指すのは誰もが自動車に乗るように宇宙に行ける時代。 そのために我々は最も困難なエンジンの大量生産をきっかけに、ロケットが自動車のように大量生産される「誰もが宇宙に行ける時代」を創り出します。 かつて日本は自動車の大量生産で世界一になりました。つぎはロケットの大量生産で世界一を目指します。

movus technologies

movus provides new solution in car ownership through our car rental scheme. Our mission is to enhance people's lives by making mobility accessible, especially to help people who essentially need cars but are not qualified to use the existing traditional services. We are translating our mission to eventually helping people and organizations who need options in car-ownership journey, while providing an extensive service and flexibility. Our technology creates good impact on our internal operational and car warranty, changing the game in automotive ownership and providing safe, fair mobility.

Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.

Developing a Symbiotic Software Foundation for Humanity and Computers -Renewal of industry, culture, and academics adapted to computer age– Our daily lives and experiences are changing as data is flooding the world due to developing computer technologies. It is getting natural to live surrounded by computers and machines. For example, we communicate to each other using smartphones and VR devices, aim for destinations following GPS navigation systems, pass through ticket gates with IC cards, and clean home by robots. Such changes in human behavior is caused by not only digital data itself, but also media devices that connect the real world and the digital world. Behavior changes do not occur just by invention of media devices. In order to solve various social issues using such media devices, an incubation system that strengthens the symbiotic relationship between humans and computers is necessary in which technological innovation continues to occur, sprout, and grow up. Therefore, Pixie Dust Technologies (PXDT) builds a mechanism that is a symbiotic software platform for humans and computers, and promotes open innovation with local governments and business companies. In addition, we aim to link academic technologies with social issues/needs by collaborating with universities for value creation and social implementation continuously.