TOKYO -- Japan's government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party intend to fertilize the country's startup ecosystem by making it easier for outside engineers and other specialists to be granted stock options and not be hit with high taxes, Nikkei has learned.
With startups increasingly leaning on freelance programmers, designers and management consultants -- people doing side jobs -- the government intends to adjust the tax system to make it easier for young companies to grant stock options to such workers.
