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A recent survey helped confirm what many have long feared: Japan’s start-up culture is in trouble. The poll, by the Nomura Research Institute, found that an increasing number of young people prefer a stable job with a major company to starting a business.

Of greatest concern for Japan, as it wrestles with a shrinking population, competition from China and, more recently, a brand tarnished by safet...read more