Singapore market and Japan market

In the case of the IoT Japan market, Singapore is an important country.

There are two reasons for this importance.

First of all, it is the distance between Japan and Singapore. Almost all of the places in the USA and EU are over a 10 hour flight away. That is a problem in the view point

of travel. For example, if some company visits a Japanese 3D printing factory, it takes a few days to go from the USA or EU to Japan and back.

Secondly, there is a problem about time differences. There is a least a 16 hour time

difference between Japan and Silicon Valley. That's a big barrier even in the case of a Skype meeting.

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa

So, Singapore is better than the USA and EU in these points.

Let me share the more detail about Singapore actions about 3D printing.

In the case of Singapore, the government drives the 3d printing industry.

First of all, there is the Singapore Centre for 3D printing.

http://sc3dp.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/Pages/About%20Us.aspx

The Singapore Centre for 3D printing (SC3DP) was built at Nanyang Technology University (NTU).

Though there is some government support of the 3d printing industry in Japan,the formation of support for the 3D printing industry in Singapore is

better than Japan in 2016.

Best regards,

Masafumi Asakura