Rakuten to support Ukrainian startups with Kyiv gov't institution

To facilitate the startups' entry into the Japanese market, Rakuten will help the institution, Brave1, showcase the startups' technologies and products at DSEI Japan, a defense and security trade show, that opened Wednesday, it said. "We want to engage in communication that can stimulate Japan's defense industry so that it will lead to support for Ukrainian startups and contribute to their growth," said Rakuten Executive Officer Hideaki Mukai at the press conference in Tokyo. Brave1 CEO Nataliia Kushnerska called Rakuten a "unique, great partner to cooperate with" to help the "Ukrainian ecosystem and society to be a part of the Japan market."