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We're the Japanese Market Specialist

  Thanks to strong demand and interest in our consulting services, I receive many questions about the services these days.

  One of the most frequently asked questions is this: "Can you help us market and sell our products in any other Asian countries than Japan?"

  My answer is, no. We solely focus on the Japanese market.

  I appreciate asking that question and I understand that many people want to do business in Asian countries such as rapidly growing China and South Korea, and there are other appealing Asian markets as well.

  Nevertheless, we recommend making Japan your primary target in Asia, especially if your products or services are unique and high quality. After all, Japan is the largest market in Asia (See figures below). Japanese businesses and consumers can be excellent purchasers when you can provide them good quality and value.

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From our standpoint, the reason why we focus only on Japan is that the market has quite different characters from other Asian countries. Asia is highly diverse in terms of history and culture. A good business manner in Japan could be a taboo in China, and vice versa. A marketing strategy that works remarkably well in Japan could devastate the similar market in other Asian countries. Frankly, I am not sure how "Asian Market Specialists" do their jobs in this enormous area.

  We are, therefore, the Japanese Market Specialist. We are proud of being able to provide our strength, experience and hands-on knowledge of business in Japan for you. We offer you our business sense that we acquired from our real business, we gained from many meetings with our own customers, and we felt from discussion with our vendors everyday in this country. We are not an armchair consultant who studies sales and marketing from books. We work together with you to lead you into great success in this exciting market.

  When you make a real success in Japan, that will be a great milestone toward greater success in other countries for you as an international company (regardless of size. I'm a strong believer in the age of small multinationals). That's what we hope for as the Japanese Market Specialist.

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