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Jump Starting Japan

Mariko Oi meets a group of young entrepreneurs who are breaking the Japanese business mould, and finds out how they have done it.

Japan has a reputation for a rigid work culture, and its economy has stagnated for two decades. Now a growing number of millennials are bypassing the corporate world to forge business success. Mariko Oi meets a group of young entrepreneurs who are breaking the Japanese business mould, and finds out how they have done it.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Apr 201608:00GMT
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