Disrupting Japan: Startups and Innovation in Japan

Taking Akiba Back from The Otaku – Mitsuo Hashiba

Long before the maker movement existed, Akihabara was world famous as a destination for hardware geeks, robotics nerds, and audiophiles and tinkerers of all kinds. Hundreds of tiny specialty shops lined the areas back streets and did a surprising brisk business in items you could not find anywhere else. The internet changed all that. ...