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Reiko Naito - studied law at Kyushu University and got her LL.B in March 1990. In April of that same year, she entered the Fukuoka Municipal Government, where from 2002 till 2005 she presided the incubation and support of start-up companies. From 2005 till 2008 she set up the “ Fukuoka City Industry-Academia Collaboration Center”. At the moment she works for the Economic Promotion Industry Policy Department at the Industrial Cluster Promotion Section of the City of Fukuoka, where she is the Chief of Digital Content Industry Promotion. Her main responsibility includes the promotion of the games industry in Fukuoka City.
Fukuoka Game Industry Promotion Agency, Japan
With the aim “to make Fukuoka the game industrial city which the world aims at", “Fukuoka Game Industry Promotion Agency” was established in 2006. It is organized by a consortium of game-related companies (10 companies, as of April 2008) called GFF (GAME FACTORY'S FRIENDSHIP), Kyushu University and City of Fukuoka. This business-academia- government collaboration is the only cooperation of its kind in Japan. Their project includes training and securing talented personnel, such as creators and producers (e.g. organizing internships), market cultivation, PR activities (internationally and domestically) among others. City of Fukuoka acts as the bureau for the Agency, taking care of all administration matters. |
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 The business side of games
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