{"id":824,"date":"2026-02-21T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/?post_type=program&#038;p=824"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:25:54","slug":"challenges-and-possibilities-in-collaboration-between-corporations-and-startups-what-is-needed-as-the-first-step-toward-global-expansion-2","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/news\/program\/challenges-and-possibilities-in-collaboration-between-corporations-and-startups-what-is-needed-as-the-first-step-toward-global-expansion-2","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Potential for Regional Game and Creative Industries to Expand into Global Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload pc_only\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BG_4_t_br.webp\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-94c8710e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Exploring-the-Potential-for-Regional-Game-and-Creative-Industries-to-Expand-into-Global-Markets-1-1024x725.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-822\" width=\"2667\" height=\"1890\" title=\"Exploring the Potential for Regional Game and Creative Industries to Expand into Global Markets\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\" style=\"font-size:3em;letter-spacing:5px;line-height:1\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep04)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Exploring the Potential for Regional Game and Creative Industries to Expand into Global Markets<\/mark><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table style=\"--swl-cell1-width:300px;\" class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Date and time<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>February 25th (Wed.) \u300013:20~14:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Location<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building)<br>&#8220;AKARENGA HALL A&#8221; 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