According to the announcement, Amazon will offer part of the 27-story building in Tokyo / Shinagawa Ward, which will be a new base from October, to companies called "start-ups" for free. It is that.

In the space to be provided, we will prepare approximately 180 seats where we can arrange meetings etc, we will respond to consultation of business with Amazon 's technicians resident and also will hold seminars etc inviting external investment funds.

Amazon aims to expand the IT infrastructure service business that undertakes data management, etc. for companies through support of "startup" companies.

The fact that this company is providing this space for the first time outside the United States is that Tadao Nagasaki, president of Amazon Web Services Japan, said, "From Japan, there are various potential start-up companies As I am growing up, I will support not only to realize the idea as soon as possible but also to use it for service development. "