Zombies are blocking the way for Japanese entrepreneurs.
Imagine that you’re a Japanese 26-year-old with big dreams. You graduated from Waseda University, an elite private school, with a degree in electrical engineering.
You and your university buddies used to hang around your apartment, watching anime on your LCD television, which was made by Sharp Corp, the world’s 10th-largest LCD TV manufacturer. Even then, you had ideas about how to improve the product.
Now, after graduating and working for four years in the research division of an LCD manufacturer, you’re sure that you have figured out how to make LCD panels more cheaply, at higher qua…
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