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The path is real — but it rewards preparation and punishes shortcuts. Here's how to use this site well.
Start with the Complete Foreign Buyer's Guide, then valuation and FEFTA. An hour of reading here saves months of confusion.
Policy, data, and market observations that change how you should act — delivered a few times a month, archived in Briefings.
When your thesis, budget, and timeline are roughly formed, use the structured inquiry. Serious inquiries get personal replies and, where appropriate, warm introductions.
Regional edge
Succession pressure is national, but relationships are local. Our ground presence and partner focus is the Kansai region — Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shiga, and Nara — home to dense clusters of family-owned manufacturing, craft, food, and hospitality businesses, many with decades of profitable history and no successor.
The Kansai region
Kyoto · Osaka · Kobe · Shiga · Nara — an interactive map appears here when a Google Maps API key is configured.
The regulatory layer for foreign buyers of Japanese businesses: how FEFTA notification actually works, which sectors are designated, the Business Manager visa path, banking and guarantee hurdles, and sequencing that keeps deals on track.
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What Japanese SMEs actually sell for in succession deals: the net-asset-plus-goodwill convention, realistic earnings multiples, why reported profit misleads, and how deal structure changes the real price.
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How Japanese business succession (jigyo shokei) actually works for foreign buyers: the market reality, the process from thesis to close, realistic timelines, and the mistakes that end deals before they begin.
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A clear map of Japan's succession M&A ecosystem for foreign buyers: what BATONZ and TRANBI are actually good for, how government succession centers work, where intermediaries and banks fit, and how to use each channel intelligently and ethically.
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The seller's side of Japanese succession: why owners delay, what they actually optimize for, how decisions really get made around the owner, and the concrete trust signals that make a foreign buyer credible.
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Policy changes, market data, and ground-level observations on Japanese SME succession — a few times a month, no filler, unsubscribe anytime.