Shinka Management provides a range of support services tailored for government-funded Japan trade missions and business delegations visiting Japanese industry.
Whether your delegation is attending trade shows, participating in business-matching events, visiting industry expos, or preparing for Osaka Expo 2025, our expert team ensures your delegates are prepared for their time in Japan, and supported throughout their journey.
Our services are focused on providing access to exclusive learning opportunities, unique experiences and facilitation and support services to provide added value for trade missions and business delegations to Japan.
Pre-Departure Support for Business Delegations to Japan
Preparation is essential for success in Japan’s unique business environment. Our pre-departure services equip your delegates with essential skills and insights, ensuring they are confident and effective from day one:
Japanese Business Etiquette Seminar – Understand cultural norms, communication styles, and etiquette to build respectful and successful business relationships. Most delegations that we support with visits to Japan benefit from this customised pre-visit seminar, a customized version of our Japanese business etiquette training program.
Market Briefings – Gain market insights and understand industry trends, with a briefing tailored specifically for your delegation ahead of their Japan trade mission.
Export Readiness Sessions – Personalized one-on-one consultations to help individual businesses refine their strategies, prepare corporate presentations, practice delivering effective pitches tailored to a Japanese audience, and translate and localize marketing materials for maximum impact.
Group Briefings and Workshops – Tailored group sessions focusing on pitch customization, effective communication, etiquette, and strategies for relationship building.
On-the ground Support for Japan Trade Missions
Maximize your business delegation’s experience and impact during their time in country, with our on-the-ground support services:
Event Facilitation and Interpreting – Professional bilingual support to ensure clear and effective communication at trade shows, expos, business-matching sessions, and other key events.
Company and Factory Tours – Exclusive visits to industry-leading organizations, offering firsthand insights into best practices in Japanese management and manufacturing excellence. Visits include shop-floor access and discussion sessions with local management.
Management Seminars and Workshops – Participate in specialized sessions delivered by experts on Japanese management practices, lean manufacturing, Toyota Production System and Kaizen culture. Seminars include a mix of photo and video case studies from Japanese industry, and other content sourced from our lean manufacturing training and kaizen training programs.
Ongoing Japan Market Entry Support
Our support continues beyond your mission, providing long-term assistance to ensure successful market entry and sustainable growth in Japan:
Follow-up Consultation – Continued guidance and advisory services to convert contacts into meaningful business relationships.
Market Entry Assistance – Practical support including partnership development, distributor selection, communication services, and localization strategies to streamline your entry into the Japanese market.
Post-event Reporting and Feedback – Comprehensive reviews and analysis of your delegation’s activities to identify successes, opportunities for improvement, and recommended next steps.
Osaka World Expo 2025 | Business Delegation Support
During April through October 2025, Shinka Management is offering specialized support for delegations visiting the Osaka World Expo 2025. Ensure your delegation is market ready and able to achieve its objectives at this significant global event.
Our services for business delegations and trade missions visiting the Osaka World Expo 2025 include:
- Pre-departure (or on-the-ground) seminar on Japanese Business Etiquette
- Pre-departure one-on-one consultations with participating delegates/companies to provide individualized support tailored to their specific intended outcomes for their time in Japan
- Seminar on Japanese management practices, including topics such as the Toyota Production System, lean manufacturing and kaizen
- Site visits to Japanese organizations depending on the specific interest of the delegation – e.g. manufacturing, healthcare, housing construction, service industry, government, etc.
- Cultural visits and experiences
Shinka Management has supported numerous delegations and industry study missions with a two-day side program added to their conference, tradeshow or trade mission program. This program typically includes a mix of seminars and company site/factory visits.
Why Choose Shinka Management?
Shinka Management has extensive experience facilitating trade missions and study tours to Japan focused on Japanese business culture and management practices. Let our team help your delegation make a lasting impact.
Contact us today to discuss your upcoming mission and discover how we can ensure your success in Japan.
Our Japan Trade Mission Support Team
Shinka Management is a consulting and training firm specializing in Japanese management practices. The Shinka Management team assists clients with market entry strategy, intercultural trade relations, Japan trade missions, study tours to Japan, and implementation of Japanese management practices.
Our consultants and facilitators are fluent in the language and culture of Japan, having each lived, studied and worked in the country over many years. The following members of our team support business delegations and trade mission activities in Japan through pre-departure training, on-the ground facilitation and interpreting, and the organization of industry site visits.
Support for your Japan Business Delegation
Inquire about support for your business delegation or trade mission to Japan.
Case Study – South Australia Department of State Development
Support for High-Tech Business Delegation to Innovation Leaders Summit, Tokyo, Japan
Shinka Management has been working with the South Australian Government’s Department of State Development since 2022 to enhance the market readiness of technology-focused companies seeking partnerships and clients in Japan.
The support provided by Shinka Management and the Department of State Development to South Australian companies has contributed to the South Australian delegation’s reputation as having some of the most prepared attendees at the annual Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS). Held annually in Tokyo, ILS is Asia’s largest open innovation matching event, connecting startups with major Japanese corporations to foster new business opportunities.
Shinka Management’s support comprises the following:
Group Briefing Session: A pre-departure briefing session is provided in Adelaide, covering pitch customization for Japanese audiences, effective communication strategies, essential business etiquette, and approaches to follow-up and relationship building.
Mock Business Pitch Workshops and One-on-One Consultations: Through individual scheduled sessions with each participating company, company representatives deliver mock pitches focused on the product or service they will be featuring at ILS, and receive feedback to simplify and improve their approach and messaging. Shinka Management staff also review Japanese language usage in slides, business cards, and marketing materials to ensure cultural appropriateness and clarity, and discuss opportunities within participants’ target markets in Japan, providing tailored advice to navigate the local business landscape effectively.
Through our targeted support, South Australian companies have effectively engaged with potential Japanese partners, enhancing their prospects in the Japanese market.
