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Japanese Company Verification
Find out whether a Japanese company is what it claims to be, before you contract or pay.
from $290
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05 · Onmitsu Japan Desk
Japan Market Research
Most of what matters about the Japanese market is published — in Japanese, by trade bodies, ministries and industry press that never gets translated. We read it and write you the answer.
From $390 Fixed price agreed before we start
Why this exists
Japanese-language sources, read and turned into something you can act on.
Research and business analysis has been Onmitsu's core work for Japanese clients since 2006. The method does not change for an English-speaking client: decide what judgement the research has to support, then gather only what serves that judgement.
Every factual claim in the report is sourced, and where the public record is thin we say so rather than filling the gap with a confident guess.
Pricing
What it costs
Quoted and invoiced in USD or JPY. No retainer, no minimum term, and no commission on any deal you close. If your request does not fit a tier, we quote it before doing any work.
Snapshot
$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
Decision-grade
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
Questions
About this service
Can we use the report in a funding round or a board paper?
Yes. Every claim carries its source, so your investors or directors can check the underlying data themselves. That is why we cite rather than assert.
Do you conduct surveys or consumer interviews?
Desk research is included in all tiers. Primary interviews with trade contacts are available under Custom. Large-scale consumer surveys are outside what we do, and we will point you to a specialist firm instead.
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02
Buyer & Distributor Discovery
A real list of Japanese buyers for your product, contacted in Japanese, with meetings booked.
from $690
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On-the-Ground Representation
We physically go where you cannot, and report back with evidence.
from $490
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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.