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Japan Sourcing and Market Entry Guides

Practical, specific guides written from Tokyo for people who need something done in Japan: finding suppliers, verifying who they are, and operating once the relationship exists.

Sourcing from Japan

Finding, verifying and buying from Japanese suppliers when you have no entity and no Japanese-speaking team.

How to Find a Matcha Supplier in Japan

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How to Find a Matcha Supplier in Japan

How to find and verify a matcha supplier in Japan: growing regions, the four supplier types, what ceremonial grade actually means, the tencha shortage, certificates to demand, and realistic MOQs.

Japanese Skincare and Cosmetics Sourcing: Wholesale vs OEM

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Japanese Skincare and Cosmetics Sourcing: Wholesale vs OEM

How to source Japanese skincare: authorised wholesale, the risks of parallel import, and OEM private-label manufacturing in Japan — licences, MOQs, lead times and destination-market compliance.

How to Verify a Japanese Company Before You Pay

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How to Verify a Japanese Company Before You Pay

Check a Japanese supplier using public records: the free corporate number register, the commercial register extract, credit reports, and the payment structure that protects you when verification runs out.

Japanese Kitchen Knives Wholesale: A Sourcing Guide

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Japanese Kitchen Knives Wholesale: A Sourcing Guide

Where Japanese kitchen knives are actually made, what forged versus stamped and each steel family mean commercially, realistic MOQs and lead times, OEM options, and the export rules that catch new importers.

Selling and operating in Japan

Localization, pricing and the first ninety days for overseas software companies entering the Japanese market.

Software Localization for Japan: A Working Guide

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Software Localization for Japan: A Working Guide

How to localize a product for Japanese business users: product context over string lists, tone as a product decision, local formats, billing expectations and in-interface QA.

Doing Business in Japan Without a Local Office

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Doing Business in Japan Without a Local Office

How overseas software companies enter Japan before hiring locally: how trust is evaluated, localizing the buying process, a realistic first ninety days, and what to defer.