{"id":2939,"date":"2026-02-07T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:22:09","slug":"%e3%80%90%e7%89%b9%e5%88%a5%e3%82%bb%e3%83%83%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%b3%e2%91%a1%e3%80%91%e6%96%b0%e3%81%9f%e3%81%aa%e4%ba%8b%e6%a5%ad%e6%a6%82%e5%bf%b5%e3%82%92%e6%9d%b1%e5%8d%97%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/2939\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Session 2] How to Create New Business Concepts in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/de5e9f7b7a1ba407bdca291ed3cffa77.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/de5e9f7b7a1ba407bdca291ed3cffa77.png 960w, https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/de5e9f7b7a1ba407bdca291ed3cffa77-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/de5e9f7b7a1ba407bdca291ed3cffa77-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/de5e9f7b7a1ba407bdca291ed3cffa77-16x12.png 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>On February 25, 2026, RIVERNESS CORPORATION (RIVERNESS) announced that it has received a grant from the Sendai Global Startup Hub (FY2025) to support startups in Sendai and the Tohoku region in accelerating their overseas business development.<a href=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/1tp3-te3-6\/\">results briefing<\/a>We are pleased to inform you that we will be holding a \"Seminar on the Future of the Japanese Economy\" in Sendai City, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The debriefing session was held to discuss the<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to create new business concepts in Southeast Asia<\/span>A special session will be held titled \"The first step of the project\" to provide case studies and key points related to overseas expansion together with startups selected for the project.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center\" >\r\n\t<a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-grey\" href=\"https:\/\/stepforseedgrowth260225.peatix.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPj-pFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYVmxndXB1eGlLS0kyNmVCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHu4iPAc5V8DpXFzszyFCMeBisOB-SX1tkcQFnb05yqNBAJ5PS1iyeVJirf8n_aem_mlVobo-ClD9ER7j1jLMUmA\" title=\"\">Click here to register<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_2 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_juicy_pink vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4>Session Summary<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>results briefing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u25a0 Date and Time: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 13:30-18:00 (Doors open and registration begins at 13:00~)<br \/>\nLocation: Urbannet Sendai Chuo Building \"YUI NOS\" 4F Conference Rooms A &amp; B (4-4-19 Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)<br \/>\nParticipation fee: Free of charge<br \/>\nOrganized by: Sendai City<br \/>\nOperated by: LIVERNESS Corporation, ICMG Co.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2><strong>How to create new business concepts in Southeast Asia.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Overseas expansion of ventures that offer completely new concepts and services that have never existed in the world requires uncovering a culture and market that are compatible with the new concept, and involving players who agree with the concept. Southeast Asia, in particular, with its growing market of 700 million people and cultures of other ethnic groups, has great potential as a place for Japanese ventures to introduce new concepts to the world. In this session, we will discuss with two companies that have made a start in Singapore and Thailand to disseminate new business concepts, how they got started, and their future prospects.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_border_width_2 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_juicy_pink vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4>speaker<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/20251220-DSC09594-1-scaled-e1770389154332.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Haruka Sakurai (Moderator)<br \/>\nStrategic Development Division, Liverness Inc.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Master of Chemistry from Imperial College London. Prior to joining Rivanes, he joined UntroD Capital Japan K.K. (formerly Real Tech Fund), a venture capital fund specializing in research-based venture investments, as a new graduate. He has been working in the Manufacturing Development Division since joining RIVERNESS, facilitating prototype development between Japanese factories and Southeast Asian and UK ventures, and is currently strengthening connections between Japan and overseas at Leave a Nest Singapore, having grown up in Singapore for the past 18 years.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/Miss-Junko-Iwai-e1770300998100.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Ms. Junko Iwai<br \/>\nChief Executive Officer and CDO, Storyline Inc. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Engaged in business design consulting at an overseas strategic design firm. While living in the U.S., she discovered specialty coffee. At Storyline, she is in charge of service design and overall company management.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/02\/fb6c95d23b78763f4c3f877bd8bc6f2b-e1770301022728.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p><strong><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mr. Masatsugu Fukuda<br \/>\nPresident and CEO, Metagen, Inc.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">After completing his PhD in Agriculture at Meiji University in 2006, he worked as a RIKEN Research Fellow before becoming an Associate Professor at Keio University's Institute for Frontier Life Sciences in 2012. He is also a group leader at the Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Industrial Technology, a specially appointed professor at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, a representative director of the Society for Intestinal Design, a representative director of the Short Chain Fatty Acids Association, and a representative director of the Intestinal Environment Health Care Association. In 2024, he was selected for the Forbes Japan Entrepreneur Directory 400 and Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center\" >\r\n\t<a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-grey\" href=\"https:\/\/stepforseedgrowth260225.peatix.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPj-pFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYVmxndXB1eGlLS0kyNmVCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHu4iPAc5V8DpXFzszyFCMeBisOB-SX1tkcQFnb05yqNBAJ5PS1iyeVJirf8n_aem_mlVobo-ClD9ER7j1jLMUmA\" title=\"\">Click here to register<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REVERNESS Corporation has been selected for the \"Sendai Global Startup Hub Project (FY2025),\" a program designed to help startups in Sendai and the Tohoku region accelerate their overseas business development...","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":2945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":"\u77f3\u6fa4 \u654f\u6d0b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2961,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions\/2961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbp.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}