JPSG Inc.
Your team in Japan, for selling and sourcing.
Find customers or suppliers in Japan, and keep working with them, without hiring staff or setting up an entity.
JPSG helps companies do business in Japan without opening a local office or hiring Japanese-speaking staff.
We act as your team on the ground: finding customers or suppliers, contacting them in Japanese, and staying on as your Japan-side contact once the relationship starts.
Start small, see what works, and commit further only when it makes sense.
About JPSG
Consider us your Japan office.
Why Japan is hard to work with on your own
Many Japanese companies do not reply to English inquiries. Beyond the language itself, decisions and negotiations follow their own norms.
Japan's distribution runs through layers of trading companies and agents, so it is hard to see from outside who actually buys or makes what. Whether you will find buyers, or the right supplier, is hard to know until you try.
Hiring bilingual staff or setting up an entity is a major investment. It does not end at launch either: strict employment rules and other less visible obligations stay with you.
Why work with JPSG
Three ways to do business with Japan, compared.
Establish a legal entity in Japan
Best suited for: Full-scale expansion
Hire Japanese-speaking staff, wherever you're based
Best suited for: Roles that must be based locally
Your outsourced team in Japan
Best suited for: Starting to sell or source, and SMBs
What we do for you
One plan, whatever you need in Japan this month — and you can shift the mix as things move.
Sell into Japan
New customers in Japan
Target research, email and contact-form outreach, calls, meetings, quotations and first-order follow-up.
A customer you already have
Your contact window in Japan — regular meetings, correspondence, and spotting new needs and upsell opportunities.
Buy from Japan
Suppliers in Japan
Sorting out your RFQ, researching candidate suppliers, approaching them in Japanese, and collecting quotations and terms.
A supplier you already work with
Your contact window with the supplier — correspondence and translation, RFQ and schedule coordination, and regular check-ins.
Market research & translation
Checking whether there is a market — or a supplier base — before you commit, and handling Japanese documents.
Support on the ground
Joining meetings, site and factory visits, and events in Japan on your behalf.
Our plans
Your team in Japan, by the hour. Plans differ only in monthly hours — any plan can be used for selling, sourcing or anything else you need.
For focused work — testing the market, a specific sourcing need, or an existing partner.
Typical use
- Testing the Japanese market
- Sourcing a specific part or material
- Handling Japanese inquiries
- Managing a customer or supplier
For steady outreach — new customers or suppliers contacted and met.
Typical use
- Finding new customers
- Finding and comparing suppliers
- Meetings and quotations
- Following up to an order
For an active presence — more outreach, meetings and follow-up.
Typical use
- Several products or industries
- Selling and sourcing together
- Frequent meetings and visits
- A full team in Japan
Every hour is visible
All time is logged with what was done — check hours used and remaining in your portal at any time.
Unused hours carry over
Up to 25% of your monthly hours roll into the next month.
Terms to suit you
Contract term agreed case by case. Plans can be changed from the next billing month.
Options
Success-linked fees, larger calling campaigns, and travel for on-site visits can be added case by case.
Pricing depends on the hourly rate of the team member assigned to your account, so we quote each case individually.
Request a quoteClient portal
Track progress in real time.
Keep track of your activity in Japan from one central place.
- —Hours used and remaining, with every time entry
- —Outreach, meetings, and quotations at a glance
- —Prospect, customer, and supplier lists with status
- —Monthly reports on activity, feedback, and priorities
- —Contracts and invoices in one place
From consultation to launch
Get started in Japan in four simple steps.
Free consultation
We discuss your goals in Japan: what you want to sell or source, and who you already work with.
Strategy & plan
Together we define targets and scope, and pick the monthly hours that fit.
Launch activities
We begin outreach and meetings, and look after your customers or suppliers once the relationship starts.
Report & improve
We report on activity and results regularly, adjusting approach as needed.
We discuss your goals in Japan: what you want to sell or source, and who you already work with.
Together we define targets and scope, and pick the monthly hours that fit.
We begin outreach and meetings, and look after your customers or suppliers once the relationship starts.
We report on activity and results regularly, adjusting approach as needed.
Frequently asked questions
Answers to common questions about working with JPSG in Japan.
You choose a number of hours per month — Lite (10), Standard (20) or Advance (40). We spend them on whatever you need in Japan that month: finding new customers or suppliers, looking after the ones you already have, market research, translation or support on the ground.
Pricing depends on the hourly rate of the team member assigned to your account, so we quote each case individually. Send us a quote request through the contact form.
The contract term is agreed case by case, depending on what you need. Plans can be changed from the next billing month.
Up to 25% of your monthly hours carry over to the next month. You can check hours used and remaining in your client portal at any time.
We can generally handle most B2B products and services, with particular experience in manufacturing. We also support B2C businesses with a meaningful product unit value.
No. JPSG acts as your local presence in Japan — no entity, local bank account, or hires required to get started.
Your hours can shift to looking after that relationship — regular contact, follow-up, and new needs or repeat orders — on the same plan, alongside any new outreach.
Yes. Many Japanese suppliers are cautious with small or first-time orders, so we explain your plans in Japanese and look for suppliers open to your volume. Whether a supplier accepts is ultimately up to them.
Our role is basically finding suppliers, collecting quotations, and handling communication afterwards. Shipping, customs and payment are usually arranged between you and the supplier, but we can support them case by case.
Yes, we can visit factories and join meetings on your behalf. Technical inspection is outside our scope, but we communicate with the supplier following your guidance and specifications.
Basically, our fee is time-based, charged for the hours we work. Depending on transaction volume, we also accept partly success-linked arrangements.
Everything runs through your client portal — hours used, activity with each company, meetings, quotations and monthly reports, all visible in real time.
Yes. Everything on our side — calls, the portal, reports, and contracts — is in English. Japanese is only used with your prospects, customers and suppliers in Japan.
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