Services

Each engagement is scoped individually after an initial conversation. The structures below describe the most common formats. Fees are discussed directly and depend on the scope and duration of the work. No price list is published: a written proposal states the fee before anything begins.

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Business strategy and direction-setting

For founders and leadership teams who need to think clearly about where the business is going and what it will take to get there.

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Family business transition

Succession involves more than a legal handover. We help families talk through governance, roles and timing; the legal and tax steps stay with licensed professionals.

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Market entry and expansion

For companies outside Japan weighing a first step into regional Japan, and for Japanese firms considering a new region at home.

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Organisational restructuring

When a company's structure has grown around its history rather than its current needs, we help map the gap and think through what to change first.

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Interim advisory

For clients who want a thinking partner across a period of months, rather than a defined project with a fixed end date.

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Strategy intensive

A focused engagement of about four to six weeks: a structured listening phase, a working analysis and a written report your team can act on.

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Family transition advisory

A longer engagement, usually three to six months, built around the succession or governance questions a family business faces. It does not replace legal or tax advice.

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Market entry review

A defined-scope review for companies considering entry into the Kansai market or a neighbouring regional market in Japan. It is a review, not a guarantee of entry or sales.

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Ongoing advisory retainer

A monthly arrangement for clients who want a consistent thinking partner over a sustained period, with scope and hours set out in writing.

Limits of the work

We advise on strategy, structure and decisions. We are not a law firm, a tax or accounting practice, a licensed financial adviser or a filing agent, and this site claims no such licence. Where a question touches contracts, taxes, share valuation or registration, we help you prepare it and a licensed professional of your choice carries out the regulated part. Nothing here promises a particular result, such as growth, sales, entry into a market or a smooth succession.