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::: INTERNET VERSION OF JAPAN :::
Nippon Net
The Japan mirror
“Order, craft, attention to the smallest part.”
::: WHY THIS COUNTRY :::
The substrate is already here.
Aging population creates appetite for foreign builder visas. Japan was the second country (after El Salvador) to recognize Bitcoin payments. Web3 White Paper from the LDP is forward-leaning. Prefecture-level autonomy allows for SEZ experiments.
::: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES :::
Pre-existing legal scaffolds.
- 01Fukuoka Special Zone for Global Startups
- 02Tokyo National Strategic SEZ
::: CITY SITES :::
Where the polity could anchor.
Tokyo (Shibuya)
Tech and cultural capital, dense
Fukuoka
Startup-friendly mayor, Special Zone for Global Startups
Niigata
Snow + Web3 program, lower cost than Tokyo
::: CANDIDATE FOUNDERS :::
Who could run this.
- YYYuki Yokota (Niigata Web3)
- MLMona Lisa (Foundation)
- HTHiroaki Takeuchi (Tokyo)
::: ALREADY ON THE GROUND :::
Existing societies in this country.
Niigata Web3Fukuoka Startup Zone
::: BUILD THIS MIRROR :::
Be the founder of Nippon Net.
If you live in Japan, run a project there, or are connected to one of the candidate founders above, this is your invitation. The substrate is in place. The legal scaffolds exist. What is missing is the polity.
::: NEIGHBORING MIRRORS :::