For Immediate Release

Mori Building to open incubation center for business innovation in Tokyo—“Ignition Lab MIRAI” to precede large incubator at Toranomon Hills Business Tower in 2019—Tokyo, August 9, 2017 — Mori Building, a leading urban developer in Tokyo, today announced that it will open
“Ignition Lab MIRAI,” a business incubation center, on the 40th floor of Atago Green Hills Mori Tower on August 21.
The Lab, by facilitating collaboration among next-generation entrepreneurs, is expected to help nurture newbusiness and innovation in Tokyo. In addition, it will serve as a prototype for the Innovation Center, a large-scalebusiness incubation center that will be housed in the Toranomon Hills Business Tower when the tower iscompleted in 2019.

Co-working space (image)

Furnished project rooms (image)Ignition Lab MIRAI’s 700 square meters will provide offices and furnished project rooms available for short-termrent, as well as co-working spaces and meeting rooms, targeted at agile start-ups seeking temporary offices or
meeting hubs for collaboration. Events will be hosted periodically to facilitate dialogue, strengthen the Lab’scommunity spirit and encourage collaboration among diverse tenants representing broadly varying fields. To date,a number of companies have already applied for spaces.
WiL, a venture business investor and business facilitator based in Silicon Valley, California, will co-manage Ignition
Lab MIRAI. According to Mr. Gen Isayama, co-founder of WiL, “Innovation is a key driver for business growtharound the world. Providing the infrastructure and atmosphere that start-ups need to collaborate and take risks
with their ideas is crucial to the process. In collaboration with Mori Building, we want to create Japan’s best
innovation center to empower individuals and emerging enterprises to act on their dreams and create valuable
alliances.”
Ignition Lab MIRAI will serve as a prototype for the planned Innovation Center, a 3,000-square-meter large-scalebusiness incubation center that will be housed at in Toranomon Hills Business Tower, which is expected to open inDecember 2019. The Innovation Center will offer office space, salons and seminar venues for tenants including
venture capitalists and the business development divisions of large enterprises. The facility will be a key
component of Mori’s vision to transform the Toranomon area into a vibrant, globally accessible business hub that
attracts gifted individuals and forward-looking enterprises from around the world.
Media Inquiries(Ms.) Priscilla Mayumi Purro, Mori Building

Tel: +81-3-6406-6606

Email: koho@mori.co.jp(Ms.) Rutsuko Nakajima, Weber Shandwick

Tel: +81-80-1037-7879 Email: moribldg@webershandwick.com

About Mori Building
Mori Building is an innovative urban developer based in Tokyo. The company is committed to maximizing themagnetic power of cities by creating and nurturing safe, sustainable and cosmopolitan urban centers based on its
unique Vertical Garden City concept of high-rise centers for business, education, leisure and residence. The
concept is applied in the company’s many leading-edge projects, including ARK Hills, Roppongi Hills andToranomon Hills in Tokyo and the Shanghai World Financial Center. Mori Building is also engaged in real estateleasing, project management and consultation. Please visit www.mori.co.jp/en

Overview of Ignition Lab MIRAI
Opens: August 21, 2017

Co-working space
PantryMeeting rooms

40F, MORI TOWER, Atago Green Hills2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Floor space: approx. 700 square meters
WiL office

Furnishedproject rooms

Small offices

Co-working space

Users can choose various sizes of desks orchairs according to their work style (42 seats)

Space can be used for events/seminars

PantryMeeting rooms

Pantry adjacent to co-working space forrefreshments and socializing

Six meeting rooms, each for 4–8 people, with PC
monitors and white boards

Furnished project rooms

Small offices

Six furnished project rooms for short-term rent
for small incubators (4–10 people)

Small offices for large-firm spin-offs
Note: Depicted interiors are subject to change