The creative studio and 01Booster’s four-month joint venture will help grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Japanese city of Fukushima and environs.

Japan-based multimedia services and creative agency Creek & River (C&R) has teamed up with startup incubator and accelerator operator 01Booster to launch an incubation scheme.

The Business Idea Commercialisation Program will fall under the auspices of Fukushima Tech Create, which promotes entrepreneurship in Fukushima, Japan.

Startups and individuals based in the city and the broader Tōhoku region of Japan have until August 11 to submit applications to the four-month program, which will run from September this year.

The initiative will…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.