JAPANTIMES

Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges, will provide junior high and high school students with education on entrepreneurship through a simulation.
 
With the Abe administration including entrepreneurship education in its economic growth strategy, as part of support for venture businesses, JPX intends to help out by using its close relationships with venture companies, officials said.
 
Under the learning through experience program, 30 students will divide into small groups and simulate the establishment of companies with support from JPX employees and judicial scriveners.
 
In three sessions starting Sept. 21, the participants will draw up business plans, learn how to procure funds, and prepare for the establishment of their mock companies.
 
The students will take part in an event Nov. 2 and 3 in Tokyo to sell the products or provide the services offered by their mock companies. Afterward, they will hold shareholders’ meetings.
 
Creating and operating mock companies will help them learn how the business world and society work, while increasing their ability to think and communicate, the officials said.
 
JPX also plans to publish brochures on entrepreneurship featuring interviews with entrepreneurs and people involved in related education. The first issue will be published in December.