The Nordic’s position as a leading innovation region is on the rise. The number of unicorns per capita ranks second only after Silicon Valley, and Nordic countries are often ranked high in global indexes such as the European Innovation Scoreboards. …

Digitalization can be a powerful tool to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, and the current Japanese government has put digitalization and e-government front and centre as a key policy ambition. …

On January 20th, 2022, Business Sweden, Business Finland, and Nordic Innovation House Tokyo jointly held a webinar to share the key findings of the newly published Japanese E-commerce Retail Guidebook. After the opening remarks by Laura Kopilow, Advisor at Business Finland Tokyo, we had Kasper Thim and Joakim Larsson, Consultants…

New ideas and technologies are invented all around the globe. Especially in this era where we are facing issues such as climate crisis and the covid pandemic, innovative ideas and technologies are valued more than ever. But what if a piece of invention that you worked so hard on, turned…

How is the circular economy developing in the textile industry, and what are the bottlenecks in moving forward? What actions can we as individuals take towards sustainable fashion while we wait for a systematic change in the industry? On November 25th we held our second Nordic Talks Japan series event…

This time for our NIH Tokyo “Meet our Members” series, we have with us Revieve, a Finnish beautytech company. The company was established in 2016 and started its activities in Japan in spring 2021. But what comes to your mind when you hear the words “beautytech”? We have learned that…

Nordic Talks are dialogues between some of the brightest minds in the Nordics and their counterparts from around the world who are acting to make a change towards a sustainable future 🌱 On October 28th we held our first Nordic Talks Japan series event, focusing on Just Energy Transition. …

As part of Oslo Innovation Week 2021, the 5 Nordic Innovation Houses around the world — Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo — came together and hosted a webinar on the topic of global expansions of Nordic fintechs, inviting 3 Nordic fintech pioneers to share their first-hand…

What does the Japanese AR/VR market look like, and what are some advantages and challenges for a Nordic company to enter Japan? To find out, we sat down with Paul Yang, Managing Director of ZOAN Japan, a member company of NIHTokyo, who kindly shared his insights and experiences. Q: Thank…