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There are many business opportunities in Japan available to the foreign entrepreneur who is ready to embrace Japanese language, culture and institute business practices which are quite a bit different than those used in other parts of the world.

8 Top Business Opportunities in Japan for 2018

The unique challenges that doing business in Japan presents are more than offset by the potential for establishing a profitable company that will flourish in Japan’s burgeoning economy. In addition, the Japanese government is eager to help foreign-owned businesses establish themselves in the country, in order to “boost foreign investment and international competitiveness.”  

Here are some of the most exciting business opportunities available in Japan:

Food Service

Opening an ethnic restaurant is one of the top business opportunities in Japan. Just as Japanese restaurants flourish in other countries, and not necessarily in those neighborhoods with a large Japanese population, ethnic restaurants will also thrive in Japan. Foodies are foodies all over the world. Advertising one’s cuisine as “authentic” and prepared by chefs from the appropriate region will be a selling point.   Review sites such as TripAdvisor give ethnic restaurants free publicity. For example, here are reviews for “American restaurants in Tokyo.”

Fashion Retail

People in all countries love to follow fashion trends, and Japan is no exception. A company that can be a trendsetter with clothing or jewelry will find a ready market among Japanese men and women, and a niche market among Japanese teens. Osaka is home to the popular Amerikamura, for example.

Import/Export

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Ronnie Jackson by — October 8, 2018 in Small Business Investors

Do you have an email marketing strategy in place for your small business? If you are a really small business, you might not think that email marketing is for you. Truth is that all email marketing is for you. Email marketing has been and will continue to be an effective means of marketing to potential clients and current clients.

5 Email Marketing Services for Small Business

More than 3.7 million people worldwide use email and we are willing to bet that some of those people are in your target audience. If you think that email marketing is a thing of the past, think again. If you look back over the past year, it isn’t unlikely that you’ve been in your email, saw a note from a list you’d subscribed to and clicked through to make a purchase of a product you’d forgot in your cart.

Email marketing is sophisticated these days and that means that you have to use the best email marketing services for small business to help you stay afloat when you are working toward your goal or email marketing mastery.

With all of the options that you have for email marketing services, how do you know which ones are the best? Which ones are going to allow you to get the best results? There are a lot of great options out there and we are going to go over 5 with you today.

1. Constant Contact

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Ronnie Jackson by — August 8, 2018 in Small Business Investors