Pricing
Every price, on one page.
Quoted in USD and invoiced in USD or JPY. No retainer, no minimum term, no commission on any deal you close. If a request doesn’t fit a tier, we quote it before doing any work.
01 · Japanese Company Verification
Per companyBasic
$290
approx. ¥43,000
3 business days
- Corporate registry extract, translated to English
- Corporate number verified against the tax agency registry
- Capital, directors, established date, registered purpose
- Website and public presence check
- 2-page summary with a plain-language conclusion
Standard
$690
approx. ¥102,000
5–7 business days
- Everything in Basic
- Corporate history and ownership changes
- Credit reference data where publicly available
- Trading footprint: customers, suppliers, industry position
- Litigation and adverse-media search in Japanese
- Risk assessment with what we could and could not confirm
On-site
$1,500
approx. ¥222,000
10 business days
- Everything in Standard
- A member of our team visits the registered address
- Photographs of the premises and signage
- Observed scale of operation
- Travel within the Kantō region included
02 · Buyer & Distributor Discovery
Per product categoryLonglist
$690
approx. ¥102,000
7 business days
- Screening criteria defined with you
- 30–50 Japanese companies identified
- Segment, size, channel and fit noted for each
- Contact route identified for each
- Delivered as a working spreadsheet
Outreach
$1,900
approx. ¥281,000
4–6 weeks
- Everything in Longlist
- Your materials rewritten into Japanese by a native speaker, not translated
- 20 companies approached in writing, in Japanese
- Telephone follow-up to the main switchboard, asking to be routed
- Two follow-up rounds per company
- Every reply translated and assessed, including refusals
- Weekly status report
Meetings
$3,500
approx. ¥518,000
6–10 weeks
- Everything in Outreach
- Three online meetings scheduled and confirmed
- Interpreter present for each meeting
- Briefing before, written minutes after
- Follow-up correspondence in Japanese
03 · On-the-Ground Representation
Per visit · travel outside Kantō quoted separatelyStore / shelf check
$490 / store
approx. ¥73,000
Within 2 weeks
- Shelf position, facings and pricing recorded
- Competing products photographed
- Promotional material captured
- Staff enquiry where appropriate
- Photo report with observations
Trade show
$890 / day
approx. ¥132,000
Book 3 weeks ahead
- Full-day attendance on your behalf
- Target exhibitors agreed in advance
- Conversations held in Japanese
- Business cards collected and digitised
- Brochures and samples shipped to you
- Written report within 3 days
Meeting attendance
$690 / meeting
approx. ¥102,000
Book 1 week ahead
- We attend in person or online with you
- Consecutive interpretation throughout
- Pre-meeting briefing on the counterparty
- Written minutes in English
- Follow-up message drafted in Japanese
04 · Japan Desk — Bilingual Assistant
Monthly · cancel with 30 days' noticeLight
$490 / mo
approx. ¥73,000 · 10 hours
Start within 1 week
- 10 hours of assistant time per month
- Japanese email drafted by a native speaker, not translated
- Scheduling and calendar coordination
- Response within one Japanese business day
Standard
$1,200 / mo
approx. ¥178,000 · 30 hours
Start within 1 week
- 30 hours of assistant time per month
- Everything in Light
- Phone calls placed and received in Japanese
- Forms, applications and document handling
- Supplier and customer follow-up
- Named assistant with a named backup
Dedicated
$2,900 / mo
approx. ¥429,000 · 80 hours
Start within 2 weeks
- 80 hours of assistant time per month
- Everything in Standard
- Half-time equivalent capacity
- Joins your internal tools and channels
- Monthly review call with the account lead
05 · Japan Market Research
Per category or questionSnapshot
$390
approx. ¥58,000
5 business days
- Market size and recent direction
- Principal players and rough shares
- Typical retail and wholesale price bands
- Regulatory headlines for the category
- Around 15 pages, every claim sourced
Deep dive
$1,900
approx. ¥281,000
3 weeks
- Everything in Snapshot
- Channel structure mapped end to end
- Competitor products examined individually
- Import and labelling requirements identified
- Opportunity and risk assessment
- Presented to your team on a call
Custom
Quoted
Typically $2,500–$6,000
Agreed up front
- Multi-category or multi-question studies
- Primary interviews with trade contacts
- Ongoing quarterly monitoring
- Scope and price fixed before we begin
06 · Japan Entry Groundwork
Research and coordination onlyRequirements map
$890
approx. ¥132,000
10 business days
- Which permits and licences your activity triggers
- Which ministry or agency governs each
- Sequence, realistic timelines and official fees
- Which licensed profession handles which step
- Written so your counsel can work from it
Map + coordination
$1,900
approx. ¥281,000
4–8 weeks
- Everything in Requirements map
- Introductions to licensed professionals — no fee to you or them
- Interpretation for every meeting with them
- Your documents translated both ways
- Scheduling and progress tracking
- Office area and rent benchmarking
Office search support
$690
approx. ¥102,000
3 weeks
- Candidate districts compared on cost and access
- Current rent and deposit benchmarks
- Serviced-office options with published terms
- Enquiries placed with agents on your behalf
- We do not act as a property broker
What is always included
Scope in writing
Before you pay, you get a short statement of work: what we will do, what you receive, what it costs and when it lands.
An NDA if you want one
At no charge, signed before you share anything confidential. We will sign yours or provide ours.
Sourced findings
Every factual claim carries its source, and we state plainly what we could not confirm rather than filling the gap.
One round of questions
After delivery, you can come back with follow-up questions on the work at no extra cost.
Scope
What we do, and what we will not do.
Several activities in Japan are reserved by law for licensed professions. We stay firmly on our side of that line, and we would rather tell you now than after you have paid.
We do
- Research, verify and translate public and commercial information
- Identify, screen, approach and correspond with Japanese companies
- Attend places, meetings and events on your behalf
- Interpret and translate in both directions
- Map which permits, agencies and timelines apply to your situation
- Handle scheduling, documents, forms and follow-up as your assistant
- Introduce you to licensed lawyers, judicial scriveners, administrative scriveners and tax accountants
Introductions are made at no charge, to you or to them. We are paid only for the research, translation, interpretation and coordination work we actually perform.
We do not
- Register or incorporate a company for you, or prepare its registration filings
- Prepare or file visa, residence or licence applications with any government office
- Give legal advice, or review or draft your contracts
- Act as a real-estate broker or sign a lease on your behalf
- Represent you in any dispute or negotiation as your legal agent
- Take a commission or success fee on deals you close
- Investigate private individuals
Under Japanese law these activities are reserved for licensed professionals, and the restriction applies regardless of what a fee is called. Anyone who offers to do them for you as “consulting support” is taking a risk on your behalf.
Start a request
Tell us what you need done in Japan.
You do not need a polished brief. A company name, a product, or a question is enough to get a scope and a price back.
Response time
Within one Japanese business day. Our hours are 09:00–18:00 JST, Monday to Friday — that is UTC+9, with no daylight saving.
Office
708 Altair Akihabara Bldg., 1-8-4 Kanda-Sakumacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0025, Japan
Email
Phone
+81 3-6319-2800 — answered in Japanese first. Email is faster if you write in English.
Confidentiality
We will sign your NDA before you send anything sensitive. Just say so in the message and we will send it back the same day.