The Hottest Telecom Startups in Japan
Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology held its annual event for telecom related startups this week and several interesting companies gave presentations. Masaru IKEDA covered the event for the popular English language blog Asiajin and two of the companies caught our eye in particular.
Japan has long been a place where telephony and communications innovation can be found. Much of it is culturally specific but we think the work of companies Peace Mind Corp. and Brand Dialog could translate in interesting ways around the world.
Peace Mind Corp. offers an interesting service suitable for tough economic times. It's an online mental health service that includes tracking of factors that can contribute to depression in workers. Using official guidelines from the Japanese government, Peace Mind monitors "accumulated fatigue" in employees with increased responsibilities and shorter deadlines. Connecting employees with clinical psychotherapists is part of the service as well.
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