Business Advisory Consulting Service.

With our in-depth and wide-ranging knowledge of the Japanese market, we provide companies with strategic consulting and business advisory services required to help grow their business in Japan.

Most consultancy services are undertaken as project-based work, and each is undertaken within the parameters of the Japanese market environment.

Reviews

Our reviews include systems and operational procedures for a whole business or one specific section, often focusing on which functions and processes can best be outsourced.

We analyze the value of services and the tailoring of systems to meet client needs. We can also develop new systems from the ground up if required.

Business process system design & implementation management

This cover designing business process systems and managing their implementation, through to performance measurement and client reporting.

Outsourcing of functions that are not key competencies

We can help define services for outsourcing, including the generation of process maps, service level agreements, development of procedures for communications both internally and with head office, the shifting of processes to the new service provider, and metrics for measuring performance of outsourced functions

Feasibility studies & cost benefit analysis

To better cope with narrowing margins and ever-increasing customer demands, our studies and analysis can help identify opportunities to save costs and better utilize resources.

Business Assurance

We can help you to manage business risk in your Japanese organization whilst ensuring your business does not get bogged down with efforts to comply with Japanese regulations but rather focus more on business growth, smooth operational performance and profits.

FSA Compliance

For almost all financial related companies, some form of reporting and compliance is required by the Japanese financial Services Authority, or the FSA. Our team of experts can help you navigate through various registration processes, licensing and ensure ongoing compliance of your local corporate entity.

JSOX and Sarbanes Oxley

If you are a company reporting into the US regulatory system and require SOX compliance, we can ensure you are locally as well as US compliant.

Staff employment & retention

Human resources are critical to a company’s success in any market, particularly in Japan. We assist in organizational structuring and re-structuring, compensation planning, and incentive plans including Stock Appreciation Rights (SAR) to help motivate and retain key management and staff.

Industry research & trends analysis

For companies entering or growing in the Japanese market, we provide desktop research into all aspects of doing business in Japan.

Market & investor relations

In addition to designing and putting in place systems to generate the financial information required for meeting regulatory requirements and supplying financial statements, we can generate additional information for internal company reports, and for investor relations communications with stakeholders and the media.