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2026/07/15
[Tokyo] “Want to Change Society While Learning?” We’re Calling for Middle and High School Students! We’re Launching a Practical Entrepreneurship Program for Middle and High School Students!
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is launching a new initiative called the “Junior and Senior High School Student Entrepreneurship Program,” in which students plan and carry out projects on their own to spread the appeal of taking on challenges among their peers. We are pleased to announce that we are now recruiting “junior and senior high school student members” for this program, who will learn through various programs while planning and carrying out their own projects.
1. About the Junior and Senior High School Student Entrepreneurship Practice Program(1) Project Overview
Junior high and high school students will take the lead in planning and managing programs, creating a cycle in which their peers develop an interest in various challenges—such as solving social issues and starting businesses—acquire the necessary skills to address them, and put those skills into practice. Please visit the project website here.
(2) Program Details
Using Tokyo Innovation Base as a venue, the “junior and senior high school student members”—who serve as the core of this initiative—will plan and carry out the following activities:
- • Planning and managing events such as idea pitches by participating junior and senior high school students at the “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2027 Public Day” (*)
- • Activities aimed at fostering a culture of entrepreneurship at TIB (scheduled to run from November Reiwa 8 to May Reiwa 9)
- • Content designed to spark interest in entrepreneurship and business among junior high and high school students of the same age group (*) A day where everyone—from children to students to adults—can engage with startups and cutting-edge technologies and think about the future together
2. Recruitment of Junior High and High School Students(1) Application Deadline
Sunday, September 13, Reiwa 8
(2) Overview of Activities •
Starting around November Reiwa 8, teams of approximately 20 members will meet about twice a month at Tokyo Innovation Base to participate in group training sessions and planning meetings. During these sessions, you will work on developing the content for the “SusHi Tech Tokyo 2027 Public Day” event, designed to help your peers become more familiar with entrepreneurship and business.
- • During the program, you will also learn about how society works through lectures by entrepreneurship experts and participation in external events.
- • By working together with members from various grades at different middle and high schools, you will broaden your own perspective and develop your ability to collaborate.
(3) Application Please apply via the link below. Application Guidelines | Junior High and High School Entrepreneurship Practical Project
3. Awareness-Building Event: “The First Step Toward a Challenge Starts Here”
We will hold an awareness-raising event to introduce the objectives and planned activities of this project and highlight its appeal. Through talk sessions featuring experts and workshops, this event will provide insights into the “daily lives” and “struggles” of entrepreneurs.
(1) Date and Time Tuesday, August 4, Reiwa 8, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM(2) Location Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB) (3-8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB)
(3) Speakers Eriko Yamaguchi (President and CEO / Chief Designer, Motherhouse Co., Ltd.) Kota Hikichi (CEO, VISIONs Co., Ltd.; Representative Director, COMMONs; Creative Director) and others
(4) Event Registration Please register via the link below. Momentum-Building Event: “The First Step Toward a New Challenge Starts Here”
4. Other Information
- • At SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, held on April 29, Reiwa 8, a team of seven volunteer middle and high school students came together to carry out a project. Please click here for details.
- • The SusHi Tech Tokyo Public Day is held on the final day of the event as a day for everyone—from children to students and adults—to engage with startups and their cutting-edge technologies and think about the future together.
- • The next SusHi Tech Tokyo 2027 will be held from May 20 to May 22, Reiwa 9 (Public Day is May 22, Reiwa 9).
- • Please click here to view the official report for SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026.
[ Contact Information ] Secretariat for the Junior and Senior High School Entrepreneurship Program
tokyo-entre@mietaplus.com * This project is implemented by Mieta Co., Ltd. under commission from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.