From eels to EVs, Israel startups raise profile in Japan amid war

Growing international isolation has not deterred outreach to investors

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Eleven Israeli startups exhibited in a pavilion set up by the Israeli government at the Sustainable High City Tech Tokyo expo in May. (Photo by Takeshi Kumon)

TAKESHI KUMON, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Even as fighting rages in Gaza, high-tech Israeli startups have been pitching themselves to investors in Japan.

One of them is Forsea Foods, a developer of cell-cultured seafood. The company aims to bring down the price of lab-grown freshwater eel meat to the level of real eel in 2029, CEO Roee Nir told an event here last month.

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