Immigration
Applications for business‑management visas have sharply declined as a result of stricter capital requirements.
Shibuya Innovation Institute’s Saeko Seno interviews Logistical CEO Shakhboz Khayrilloev at the Shibuya Startup Support coworking space in Tokyo, June 22.
Based in Tokyo, Shakhboz Khayrilloev’s AI startup boasts investors, staff, and expanding revenue streams. By most metrics, the 25‑year‑old Uzbek entrepreneur embodies the very type of founder Japan claims to want to attract.

