Blog – Business in Japan

Uncovering Japan’s Best Cities for Entrepreneurship

As a founder considering entrepreneurship outside your home country, Japan may seem like an outlier. For many, the country seems like a major hurdle, with a very hierarchical business culture,…

Japan Market Entry

Introduction Japan is one of the U.S.’s most significant trade and investment partners. In 2021, the bilateral trading of goods and services between the U.S. and Japan was valued at…

Find BIJ Events or Rooms on Clubhouse!

Clubhouse is great for connecting with people in Japan I have learned, in a very short time indeed. In January 2021, when I joined Clubhouse, I knew immediately the platform…

Chambers of Commerce in Japan (Foreign & Domestic)

If you’re like many people, a ‘Chamber of Commerce’ can conjure up images of Networking events, food spreads, juggling a plate, a drink and trying to get your meishi (Business…

SALES in the age of COVID-19: ‘Connect’ with your local Business community

This Webinar was a casual chat with two well know leaders in the Sales in Japan space. Dr. David Sweet and Dr Greg Story, with a core theme of Sales…

Why be an employee?

I have been an independent consultant in Japan for a few years now and can never imagine going back to being an employee. In fact, I don’t see why anyone…

6 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Job Hunting In Japan

Summary of Savvy Tokyo Article: You can and should read the whole article here. Chiara Terzuolo is “Foreign, a Woman, (and was), Looking For Job” and this is a quick…

Young Japanese Women Lead the Way in Overseas Travel – [Summary]

This is a summary of a Nippon.com article translated from the Japanese and you can read the whole thing in English here and in Japanese here. In 2018, an estimated…

What is the sense of duty which drives Yakuza gangs to murder?

A successful new crime drama, starring Japanese actors, includes scenes set in London and Tokyo. At one stage, there’s a violent confrontation in a famous hotel, with lots of fighting…

Five million yen for a big crab from Tottori? Why that’s not a crazy price

The media has had fun with the story of a crab which sold for five million yen ($46,000 USD). They implied it was a massive waste of money and a…

“Watch out China!” – A warning from the top of a new Tokyo tower

They are still building amazing skyscrapers in Tokyo. A huge one opened in Shibuya this week, with stunning views of the metropolis. There’s much excitement high above the scramble of…

“Honourable Madame monkey! I am big loving your thing!”

“You Monkey! You Idiot! I Love You!” A guide to using romantic language in Japan Call someone a monkey or an idiot in Japan and they might be rather pleased…

Selling in Japan: E-commerce Landscape in Japan [Summary]

This is a summary of the e-commerce landscape in Japan and the three marketing trends you should know before selling products online in Japan from btrax’s blog, freshtrax. You can…

Japan Company Incorporation [SMEJapan Business Guide Summary Series]

This is the first in a series of Summaries of the detailed Japan Business Guides put together by Business In Japan core partner, SMEJapan.com. The SMEJapan business guides are free…

Learning to Change: Three steps to a successful Market Entry in Japan [SUMMARY]

This is a summary of a post by Dominic Carter, longtime Japan market researcher and strategist from CarterJMRN, a strategic market research agency in Japan. Pondering why some famous brands…