Consulting services include renewable power generation; Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS); climate tech, and green tech. Advising on sustainability reporting in Japanese and English.
Why? Japan is a global leader in many aspects of sustainability – especially regarding transparency and disclosure – due to expectations from consumers, suppliers, corporations, stock markets (Japanese stock markets have required sustainability report for all local public listed companies since 2023), and overseas investors. Japan has a deep history of integrating sustainability into its society and economy. It was probably the first country with a circular economy during the 250-year-long Edo period, a time when Japan was isolated and had almost no contact with other countries.
Consulting services include Age-Tech; healthy living; extending lives; and enriching elderly minds,
Why? Japan has the oldest society ever in human history. Over 30% of the population is age 65 or older. It is also the second richest market spending on health services. There is a natural fit between Japan, as the longest living society in the world, and America, as the richest and one of the most innovative societies in the world. Aging in Japan is part of the larger and more urgent challenges of Japan’s population decline and the shrinking workforce. These issues will be solved, in part, through more use of AI and digital services.
Consulting services include Location based entertainment (AR, VR, eGames); Insure-Tech; Internet enabled new business models covering physical security, energy metering; and marketing.
Why? Japan presents opportunities for overseas digital innovation which might not be obvious due to unusual contradictions. On the one hand, the country has a robust Internet network with wide coverage and high speed at affordable costs. On the other hand, historically, the Japanese business community treated IT, computers, and cloud services as non-core activities to be outsourced to third parties. Now Japan is racing to upgrade basic corporate functions (such as eliminating the use of fax machines and paper/analog business processing) into digital processes and applications.
Consulting services include Sourcing investment deals; executing transactions; on-the-ground representation; administration; investor relations; sustainability reporting; seconding FSA licensed executives and managers; regulatory support for fund managers.
Why? In recent years, Japan has made progress in easing the entry of overseas financial services companies, covering everything from traditional forms of equity brokerage to asset management. There continues to be growth in overseas and local private equity firms opening for business in Japan in the last six years. Qualified bilingual staff are increasingly hard to find. Also, Japan has a robust and commercially friendly regulatory framework to handle FinTech, crypto currencies, and Stablecoins. There is much more room for innovation and adoption.
