"It is our honor to launch Tohoku-Israel Start-up Global Challenge in Tohoku - a region we connected with 10 years ago. We are very delighted to bring in the Israeli innovation skills and entrepreneurship spirit to contribute to the major challenge of reinvigoration of the economy. This special collaboration demonstrates the exciting development of Israel-Japan partnership in the past decade. We believe that the ongoing synergy between our two countries would benefit the prosperity of both economies and beyond"