DC Palter is the author of the mystery novel To Kill a Unicorn about Japanese culture in Silicon Valley, and the Tuttle guidebook on Kansai-ben, Colloquial Kansai Japanese. He's also editor of Japonica, the journal of Japanese culture. He previously lived in Kobe as an engineer at Kobe Steel before founding two tech startups and returns to Japan frequently to visit sake breweries and eat nikuman.

Check out part 1 of our conversation here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/AUM3DHLZYzb

Topics covered in today's episode include:

-the many things that haven’t changed in Japan since the 80’s

-why the successes of the Japanese education system may be holding it back

-simple fixes that could allow for startups to succeed

-why there’s no substitute for in-person communication in Japan

DC Palter's Links:

To Kill a Unicorn: ⁠https://amzn.to/3sD2SGH⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dc-palter/⁠Japonica: ⁠https://medium.com/japonica-publication⁠

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