Joint Ventures & Local Partners

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…

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…

Doing Business In Japan – The Airport Economist [Summary]

This is a quick Summary of a great little professionally produced, 20 minute video introduction and interview based guide to doing business in Japan, from Aussie Economist Tim Harcourt, who…

Japan 5th most attractive destination for multinational companies for 2017-2019

While Japan’s appeal, compared to other destinations, is very strong, its performance in terms of FDI has been weak at times. After a slowdown following the 2009 global financial crisis,…

Japan’s Real-Estate Investment Market – Part 2 – Tenants & Tenancies

Click here for part 1 Alright, so we’ve covered the basics – Japan’s got beautiful cash-flow, zilch to negative capital gain (recently that trend has changed, but no one knows…

Making it in Japan: Starting a Business in Japan

This is a BIJ summary of a great article about Starting a Business in Japan, that you can find and read in full at behere.asia/making-it-in-japan Some TL;DR takeaways: Researching, setting…

Japanese TD-LTE Rare Bands

While Japan has no more global mobile phone manufacturers, it does have an unfound asset for international business. For companies involved in 4G enhancement (and later in 5G deployment), the…

Global Companies in Mie: Promat Japan Corp.

There are many global companies in Mie prefecture. I would like to introduce one of those companies. What are the reasons why they decide to operate in Mie? Promat Japan…

Japan Real Estate Property Investment Market – Part 1

Uniquely Japan I’ve been intimately involved with Japan, its business environment, culture and etiquette for the past 14 years or so. I’ve lived here, on and off, for over 5…

Why is it a great time to do Business in Japan now?

With its large economy and industrial maturity, Japan has been one of best markets to attract worldwide business. However, Japan has also remained one of the most difficult markets to…

Mie prefecture; one of the best prefectures to do Business In Japan

How many prefectures in Japan do you know? I suppose, many people know urban areas such as Tokyo and Osaka. The topic of this article is Mie prefecture, one of…