It's bad enough for a would-be entrepreneur that Japan is suffering a protracted economic slump and the country is bound -- still -- by archaic business practices.
But on top of this, Optorun Co. President Daiyu Son is foreign-born, often "strike three" for many trying to set up a venture business here.
Despite these hurdles, the 53-year-old says Japan is the only country where he could have launched his technology-based venture business.