Fukuoka Stock Exchange / New Business Investment Co. Ltd. / Hercules / Venture Businesses 1 / Venture Enterprises / Medium Enterprises / Osaka Securities Exchange / Nagoya Stock Exchange / Venture Capital Investments / Emerging Stock / Sapporo Stock Exchange / Venture Capital Funds / Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co. Ltd. / National Life Finance Corporation / Current Liquidated Investments / Investment Size Investments / Financial Affairs Inc. / Japanese LLC / Private & Venture Capital Association Ventures / University Education Press / Tokyo Stock Exchange / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Japan / United States / /
Currency
USD / JPY / /
Event
Company Expansion / Bankruptcy / Reorganization / /
Facility
National Life Finance Corporation’s Research Institute / University Technological Transfer Promotion Law / Tsukuba University / Kinzai Institute / /
IndustryTerm
venture capital / civil law / employment insurance / corporate tax law / technology licensing organizations / machinery / take technologies / finance / telecommunications / /
Organization
Industrial Organization Division / Small Business Research Center / Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs / White Paper / Fund Benchmark Research Venture Enterprise Center / National Tax Agency / National Life Finance Corporation’s Research Institute / Bank of Japan / Industry-University Cooperation Law Promoting University / Industrial Structure Improvement Fund / Tsukuba University / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Small and Medium Enterprise Agency / National Venture Capital Association / White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan / Japan External Trade Organization / Ministry of Economy / Trade and Industry Fig / Ministry of Economy / Ministry of Education / Ministry of Economy / Trade and Industry / /
Person
Kentaro Noda / Yutaka Mitoma / /
Position
present writer / full head / average salaried worker / auditor / entrepreneur / Private Sector / head of steam / /
Product
M-9 / /
ProvinceOrState
Fukuoka Prefecture / Wyoming / /
Technology
2000 Industrial Technology / take technologies / /
(C) JETRO Japan Economic Monthly, May 2005 Changing Environment for Japanese Venture Businesses Dai Higashino