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About Japan Promotion Agency

We are a dynamic and flexible chartered agency based in Tokyo. We support and provide workable solutions for foreign companies, organizations, government contractors, and individual businesses seeking commercial presence in Japan.

We provide a full range of representative office services and market entry solutions, as described hereby, so please read on.

We are professional, but we can also be informal and flexible according to needs.

What We Can Do For You

  • Market entry support
  • Liaison / representative services
  • Incorporation or branch registration of a foreign company in Japan
  • Staffing - dispatch or recruit individual staff dedicated to your own tasks and needs
  • Provide a physical address, nominee director, opening a bank account
  • Accounting services
  • Task performing and management
  • Translations, maintaining a Japanese website, etc.

For the complete list of services and details, visit our Service section

Your Advantages

Here are a number of advantages you can think of

Your Advantages

  • Simple, Small, Flexible - key words that clearly convey the standard of our services
  • We strive to provide flexible, efficient, and cost effective services that match a broad range of service industries
  • We have developed a team of multifarious specialists that can cover a wide array of professional fields
  • Our bilingual staff is incredibly efficient and is able to flexibly perform various tasks to fulfill your requirements
  • We respect and protect client and individual confidences and proprietary information. Adherence to the code of ethics to protect our clients' interests is one of our main priorities
  • We always prioritize optimizing the cost-performance ratio to avoid charging customers unnecessarily high fees; one way we do this is by cutting the running costs
  • We do not spend a fortune on advertising our services; we only pin-point each of our valuable customers. Most of our clients are from other customers' referrals
  • Your interests on the Japanese market served professionally with minimal investment
Latest News On Japan

Japan News   Nissan announces personnel changes including CFO to rebuild management due to worsening performance

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., whose business performance is deteriorating, has announced personnel changes including the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) in order to rebuild the company's management.

Japan News   Yen market: Slight price movements, refrain from trading before consumer price index announcement

At the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 11th, many investors refrained from aggressive trading ahead of the announcement of the US consumer price index, and the yen exchange rate showed small movements.

Japan News   Preferential treatment of corporate tax rate for small and medium-sized enterprises adjusted by two-year extension Tax reform

In next fiscal year's tax reform, the government and ruling party will extend the current preferential treatment that keeps corporate tax rates low for small and medium-sized enterprises for two years, while reducing the preferential treatment for companies with income exceeding 1 billion yen.

Japan News   Exhibition of the latest technologies and materials such as semiconductor-equipped robots for generative AI

An exhibition introducing the latest technologies and materials related to semiconductors will begin on the 11th, with robots equipped with semiconductors for generative AI and the latest manufacturing equipment on display.

Japan News   Stock prices Slight price movements Movement to buy back stocks that have fallen in price

On the Tokyo stock market on the 11th, there was a move to buy back stocks that had fallen in price in the afternoon, and the Nikkei Stock Average had small price movements.

Japan News   Nippon Life Insurance Company announces acquisition of foreign company operating in Europe, America, etc. for approximately 1.2 trillion yen

Nippon Life has announced that it will acquire a foreign company operating an insurance business in Europe and the United States for approximately 1.2 trillion yen.

Japanese News   President Biden officially intends to block US Steel acquisition plan US report

Local media reported that President Biden intends to formally block Nippon Steel's plan to acquire US Steel, a major American steel manufacturer.

Japan News   Self-driving taxi service planned jointly with Honda GM to be canceled

Honda has decided to cancel its self-driving taxi service, which it had planned to launch in Japan in two years in collaboration with GM, in response to the withdrawal of American car giant GM (General Motors) from the fully self-driving taxi business.

Japan News   Bankruptcy proceedings begin for the operating company of medical hair removal service “Alicia Clinic”

The management company of Alicia Clinic, which operates over 40 medical hair removal clinics across the country, has run into financial difficulties, and the court has decided to start bankruptcy proceedings.

Japan News   GM withdraws from self-driving "robotaxis" business due to intensifying competition, etc.

American auto giant GM (General Motors) has announced that it is withdrawing from the self-driving taxi or "robotaxis" business, citing intensified market competition and high development costs as the reasons.

Japan News   Tokyo begins “up to 10% point return for 2D code payments”

As a measure against soaring prices, a campaign began on the 11th in which up to 10% of the amount paid using 2D code payments will be returned as points at supermarkets in Tokyo.

Japan News   Index showing business confidence of large companies +5.7 points, positive for third consecutive quarter

According to the ``Corporate Business Economic Forecast Survey'' announced by the Ministry of Finance and other organizations, companies are actively investing in digitalization, and the outlook for the economy in the ``information and communications industry'' has improved, starting from October this year.

Japanese News   Saizeriya cyber attack, about 60,000 pieces of personal information leaked

Saizeriya, a restaurant chain, has announced that its internal servers have suffered a cyber attack and that approximately 60,000 pieces of personal information, including those of employees and business partners, may have been leaked.

Japan News   Corporate price index rose 3.7% year-on-year in November

The November corporate goods price index, which shows the prices of goods traded between companies, rose 3.7% compared to the same month last year, due to rising prices of rice and aluminum.

Japan News   Bank of Japan Tankan: Economic outlook for large manufacturing companies may worsen somewhat Private research company

Regarding the Bank of Japan's Tankan (Short-term Economic Observation Survey on Businesses) to be released this week, many private research companies predict that the economic outlook for large companies and manufacturing industries will deteriorate somewhat compared to the previous survey.

Japan News   Aomori Hachinohe Port Oyster farming trial begins in earnest, local fishing cooperatives, etc.

As fish landings continue to be sluggish at Hachinohe Port in Aomori Prefecture, local fishermen's cooperatives and other organizations have begun full-scale oyster farming trials.

Japanese News   Number of dairy farmers nationwide falls below 10,000 for the first time “Is a decrease in income the cause?” Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries believes that one of the reasons for the fact that the number of dairy farmers nationwide has fallen below 10,000 for the first time in a survey conducted by producer organizations is due to a decrease in income due to soaring feed costs.

Japan News   “White license plate” test will be mandatory for one year, breathalyzer detection “burden reduction” service

This month marks one year since breathalyzer testing was made compulsory for businesses using cars with so-called "white license plates," but record management and a lack of manpower have become issues.

Japan News   Cosmetics giant Kose acquires Thai company to strengthen strategy for emerging markets

Major cosmetics company Kose announced that it will acquire a Thai cosmetics company in order to strengthen sales in Southeast Asia and India, where markets are expanding.

Japan News   Nippon Life Insurance companies in Europe, America, etc. Adjusted due to acquisitions approximately 1.2 trillion yen

It has been revealed that Nippon Life is making arrangements to acquire a foreign company that operates insurance businesses in Europe and the United States for approximately 1.2 trillion yen in Japanese yen.