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  • 【TMIP×MOONRAKERS】“MOON-TECH®” collaboration T-shirt story is now available

    TMIP has collaborated with MOONRAKERS, the winner of the Excellence Award in the “TMIP Innovation Award 2024” held on December 4, 2024, which recognizes “new business creation” from large companies. TMIP will be unveiling the product for the first time at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025, a gathering of technologies and ideas to tackle the challenges facing the world, together with MOONRAKERS, which is taking on the challenge of “spreading awareness of the excellence of cutting-edge technologies. The “Team Mate” of the challenge. Wear the invincible T-shirt” Collaboration Story is available here.

    TMIP×MOONRAKERS] space technology equipped | “MOON-TECH®” collaboration T-shirt
    https://moonrakers.jp/collections/tmip
    (Japanese only)

  • An article on how to use TMIP is now available, “How to you use TMIP?”

    Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform, or TMIP, is an open innovation platform that aims to create an innovation ecosystem in the Marunouchi area (Otemachi, Marunouchi, Yurakucho) through collaboration between large companies, start-ups, industry, government, academia, and the city. We work with 330 TMIP community members on a daily basis. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in co-creation projects beyond the boundaries of the company!

     

    How to use TMIP?

  • 【Media】2025.3.30 JTB Corporate Services website published an article introducing the case study of “New Regional Promotion Using Spatial VR Technology”.

    JTB Corporate Services website published an  article introducing the event that was held on February 2024 “Let’s go to Tokachi! Urahoro Town, where nostalgia and novelty mingle, brings you the charms of Tokachi”.

     

    Case study article:
    “New Regional Promotion Using Spatial VR Technology“

  • TMIP Accessibility Circle will have a booth at the Black Rams Tokyo game on March 30, 2025.

    Ricoh Company, Ltd. and TMIP have been working since January 2024 to establish the TMIP Accessibility Circle with the aim of realizing “a society where no one is left behind,” a principle of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. The Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo, a rugby club owned by Ricoh, will be working to create an environment where everyone can enjoy watching rugby at the game venue. The booth will feature Ricoh’s “Pekoe,” a communication service for the hearing impaired, as well as other services and technologies from companies participating in the TMIP Accessibility Circle.

     

    Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo
    “Announcement of ”Universal Day“ activities for the 13th match against Kobelco Kobe Steelers” (Japanese only)

     

    Press Release
    “Ricoh and TMIP will have a booth at the Black Rams Tokyo game, aiming to create an environment where everyone can enjoy watching rugby.” (Japanese only)

  • 【Media】TMIP Secretariat Ofuchi was interviewed in “Tokyo Echimachi vol59”.

    TMIP secretariat Ofuchi’s article was published in Tokyo Echimachi vol59.

     

    Tokyo Echimachi vol59
    https://www.tokyostationcity.com/tokyoekimachi/

  • TMIP Innovation Award Brand Movie Release “From Here, It All Begins, Connections, Movement” (Japanese only)

    TMIP Innovation Award is a program for recognizing “new business creation” from large companies. TMIP (Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform), an open innovation platform that aims to support the creation of new businesses by large corporations and to create businesses through collaboration between large corporations, startups, industry, government, academia, and the city, launched this award in 2023 with the aim of creating a society where large corporations can openly challenge new businesses. We would like to provide hints to those who are taking on challenges in large companies by introducing not only marketability, innovativeness, and social impact that could be the next core business, but also business creation management systems and innovations.

     

    TMIP Innovation Award Brand Movie
    “From Here, It All Begins, Connections, Movement” (Japanese only)

  • 【Media】Nikkei Business February 10th issue (on sale 2/7) features the results of the TMIP Innovation Award 2024

    Nikkei Business, a weekly magazine published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.

     

    Nikkei Business e-edition (reprint site)
    “Challenges of Large Corporations Create Change”.

  • 【Media】2025.2.7 NewsPicks/TMIP was featured in the article “From a Rice Mill to a Climate Tech Hub: Chemical Changes in a “Business District of 350,000”

    Article from 2025.2.7 on NewsPicks, the largest economic news platform in Japan
    TMIP was featured in the article “From a Rice Mill to a Climate Tech Hub: Chemical Changes in a “Business District of 350,000”

     

    Report
    From a Rice Mill to a Climate Tech Hub: Chemical Changes in a “Business District of 350,000”

  • 【Media】TMIP Silicon Valley Community was covered in the magazine “MEZZANINE” VOLUME 6 WINTER 2025.

    TMIP Silicon Valley Community’s efforts were covered in “MEZZANINE” VOLUME 6 WINTER 2025, a magazine that reports on the city of today, on sale on January 28, 2025.

     

    The magazine for the urban now
    “MEZZANINE” VOLUME 6 WINTER 2025

  • TMIP Innovation Award 2024 Award-winning project interview article is now available

    We have published an interview with the winners of the TMIP Innovation Award 2024 held on December 4, 2024.

     

    Grand Prize: Takenaka Corporation “Archi-Hub”
    “Only a major general contractor can approach the structure of the industry itself. Therein lies the opportunity and responsibility.”

     

    Excellence Award/Audience Award: Mitsubishi Corporation Machinery “SPARE-MARKET”
    “Sparking world-changing innovation from the ‘frontlines’ of trade practice”

     

    Excellence Award: Toray Industries, Inc. “MOONRAKERS”
    “Changing people’s lives with apparel products that utilize Japan’s leading-edge technology”

     

    Nikkei Business Award: “cordimate Corporation,” a spin-out from NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    “Creating a business that transcends the framework of existing businesses and that you can be passionate about as a personal matter”

     

    Honorable Mention: Nomura Research Institute, “Talent Market Place”
    “Using generative AI to change common sense in the human resources field.“

  • Tokyo GreenTech Challenge Special Site Open

    TMIP, selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for its “Startup Support Program by Diverse Actors”, will launch a program to support startups in the fields of environment, energy, and climate change. To help startups realize their impact in solving social issues in the shortest possible distance, TMIP will provide strong support by utilizing the TMIP community of over 300 organizations, “gathering players such as large companies and local governments,” “identifying areas of collaboration,” and “providing demonstration costs (up to 5 million yen) and fields.

     

    Special Site
    Tokyo GreenTech Challenge(Japanese Only)

  • 【Media】TMIP Innovation Award was covered by Fuji Television Network’s “Live News Alpha” on December 4, 2024.

    TMIP Innovation Award 2024 held on December 4, 2024 was broadcast on Fuji Television Network, Inc.

     

    FNN Prime Online
    Mitsubishi Estate holds event to create new businesses, 5 major companies including NTT Docomo and Takenaka Corporation Participate
    Toward a society where people can take on new challenges. New Businesses Started by Large Corporations” (Japanese only)

  • TMIP Official Website Renewal

    Thank you for visiting the Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform website.
    We are pleased to announce the renewal of our website today, Friday, November 1.

    Since its launch in 2019, TMIP has grown to become one of the largest open innovation communities in Japan with over 300 organizations participating. We will continue to strive to provide the latest information in an easy-to-understand manner in order to promote open innovation and create examples of co-creation with players who are challenging to create new value.

  • TMIP’s official Facebook page is now open!

    We are pleased to announce the opening of the official Facebook account for TMIP (Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform).
    We will provide you with information on upcoming events and updates on the TMIP Web site.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/tmipjp/

  • TMIP Selected as a Key Focus Area Partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Startup Support and Development Project by Diverse Actors (TOKYO SUTEAM)”

    Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform, together with Nomura Research Institute, Green Talent Hub, and Token Express, has been selected as a partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Startup Support and Development Project by Diverse Actors (TOKYO SUTEAM)”. The project has been adopted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. TMIP will contribute to the realization of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “10x10x10 Innovation Vision for the Future” through this program.

     

    Press Release
    “TMIP has been adopted as a partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s ”Startup Support and Development Project by Diverse Actors (TOKYO SUTEAM)” in the priority fields.

  • TMIP Innovation Award 2024 Special Site Open

    This year again, we will hold the TMIP Innovation Award, a program for recognizing outstanding examples of large companies that are working to create new value and businesses that transcend internal and external barriers. This award aims to create a society in which large companies openly take on the challenge of new business, and will provide hints to those who are taking on the challenges of large companies by introducing not only the marketability, innovativeness, and social impact of their next core business, but also their business creation management systems and innovations. We hope you will enter the competition and make use of this opportunity to promote innovation in your company.

     

    Special Site
    TMIP Innovation Award 2024

  • 【Media】Nikkei Business August 26th issue (on sale 8/23): 8-page special feature article

    A feature page was included in the August 26 issue of Nikkei Business, a weekly magazine published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. that covers topics in the fields of economics and management.

     

    Nikkei Business E-edition (reprint site)
    The Future of Innovation and Ecosystems in Large Corporations

  • 【Media】2024.7.11 TMIP Secretariat Azegami appeared on the “Decarbonization Career Channel” operated by the Green Talent Hub.

    Green Talent Hub, Inc. has posted a YouTube video on its “Decarbonizing Careers Channel” discussing the efforts of large companies and startups in the decarbonization space.

     

    Decarbon Career Channel
    Part 1: What is Open Innovation by Mitsubishi Estate and Nomura Research Institute?
    Part 2: Background and Expectations of Climate Tech Support from the Perspective of a Developer and a Management Consultant

  • 【Notice】Establishment of “TMIP Association”

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and cooperation.
    TMIP will become a “TMIP Association” on April 1, 2024, and will make a new start.

    We would like to take this incorporation as an opportunity to redouble our efforts.
    We look forward to your continued guidance and encouragement.

    Sincerely yours

    April 1, 2024
    TMIP Association
    Representative Director Eiko Shimada

  • 【Notice】Name Change of Startup Community “MiiTS”

    We would like to thank you for your continued patronage.
    We are pleased to announce that the name of our startup community “MiiTS” will be changed to “Startup Member” effective April 1, 2024.
    The details of the change are as follows.

    ≪Details of the change≫
    ■Changes
    Change in membership name

    ■ New membership name
    Startup Member (former name: MiiTS)

    ■Date of change
    April 1, 2024

    ■Impact of membership name change
    There will be no change in the services and fees currently available.
    We appreciate your continued patronage and look forward to your continued support.

  • 【Media】2024.3.29 NewsPicks/TMIP was featured in the article “Tokyo Expansion.How to Generate ‘+1%’ Growth from Marunouchi?”

    Article from 2024.3.29 on NewsPicks, the largest economic news platform in Japan
    TMIP was featured in the article “Tokyo Expansion. How to Generate ‘+1%’ Growth from Marunouchi?”

     

    Report
    Tokyo Expansion. How to Generate “+1%” Growth from Marunouchi?

  • 【Media】2023.10.19 JBpress/TMIP was introduced in “The Opposite of Japan, ‘Common Sense’ to Create Innovation as Seen by a Silicon Valley Expatriate”.

    TMIP was featured in an article on October 19, 2023 by JBpress (Japan Business Press), a media outlet specializing in corporate reform.
    TMIP was introduced in an article titled “The Opposite of Japan: A Silicon Valley expatriate’s view of the ‘common sense’ that generates innovation”.

     

    Report
    “The Opposite of Japan: A Silicon Valley expatriate’s view of the ‘common sense’ that generates innovation”

  • 【Media】2023.1.26 NewsPicks/TMIP was featured in the article “[Spotlight] Tectonic Shift Happening in Marunouchi, the Center of the Japanese Economy”

    An article from 2023.1.26 on NewsPicks, the largest economic news platform in Japan
    The article, “[Spotlight] Tectonic Shifts Happening in Marunouchi, the Center of the Japanese Economy” features an interview with a TMIP representative regarding the “CHANGE to HOPE 2022” held in October 2022.
    The article features an interview with a TMIP representative regarding the “CHANGE to HOPE 2022” event held in October 2022 and TMIP’s initiatives.

     

    Report
    “[Spotlight] Tectonic Shifts Happening in Marunouchi, the Center of the Japanese Economy”

  • 【Interview】TMIP case study was featured on the Morning Pitch website.

    TMIP partner Morning Pitch’s website featured an interview with Marunouchi City DX Partners’ startup partner BitStar Corporation, which operates an influencer marketing business, and Marunouchi City DX location partner Mitsubishi Estate Co,

  • 【Media】Interview report on “CDLE Hackathon 2021” posted on JDLA website

    The DX for DL website has published an interview report with the person in charge of the TMIP office of the CDLE Hackathon 2021, for which TMIP was the theme sponsor.

  • TMIP’s official Twitter account is now open!

    We are pleased to announce the opening of the Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform (TMIP) official Twitter account.
    We will send you information about upcoming events and updates on the TMIP Web site.

     

    @TMIPPR (https://twitter.com/TMIPPR)

  • TMIP was selected as a “Certified Regional Council” for the 2020 Support Program to Promote the Formation of an Innovation Ecosystem in Tokyo

    TMIP (Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform) has been selected as a “Certified Regional Council” for the 2020 Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem Formation Promotion Support Project.

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