Provide startups with needed facilities

August 22 , 2020

Komeito officials visit a University of Tokyo incubator on Aug. 21Komeito officials visit a University of Tokyo incubator on Aug. 21

Delegates from a Komeito committee to promote new industries led by House of Councilors member Katsuo Yakura visited the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo on August 21. The delegation toured the university’s “Entrepreneur Lab” that provides venture companies with the necessary facilities during their startup phase. The Lab offers 32 rooms, of which 22 are capable of supporting biotechnology experiments. Yakura praised the initiative, saying that his party will be lobbying the government to further strengthen such university programs through financial and other support.