How Japanese Companies Actually Decide Who to Work With

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No. This course is about how to structure your thinking, evidence, portfolio, and proposal so a Japanese partner can evaluate you with confidence. Japanese fluency helps with research and relationship-building, but it is not required to apply the framework.

No. The examples are especially useful for games, design, content, publishing, and creative studios, but the framework applies to any creator or small team seeking a serious partnership with a Japanese company, agency, media outlet, or local government.

No. Bring one real project, portfolio, pitch deck, or early idea you want to develop. You will use it throughout the week to build a clearer portfolio narrative and a decision-ready proposal outline.

You will leave with a practical framework for researching Japanese partners, a revised portfolio narrative, and a proposal outline that makes your relevance, credibility, execution plan, and next step easier to evaluate.

Yes. The course includes practical exercises and a proposal clinic where you can test your draft against the course framework, identify weak points, and make targeted revisions before using it in real conversations.

No. This is a focused course on entering the Japanese market through stronger portfolios, partnership proposals, and cross-border credibility—not a broad introduction to marketing.

Each day includes a 30-minute Zoom workshop followed by a Discord group review and Q&A. Bring a proposal, portfolio, or report for collective feedback. We’ll identify practical revisions that make your work clearer, more credible, and easier for Japanese partners to evaluate. Feedback is shared in the group, not guaranteed 1:1 consulting.

The course includes collective review rather than a guaranteed private 1:1 consulting session. You can submit your proposal, portfolio, or report for discussion, and the shared feedback will help you identify concrete improvements you can make to your own work.

You can submit a proposal, pitch email, portfolio page, case study, or report that you are preparing for a Japanese partner. Sensitive information can be redacted. If you do not have a draft yet, submit a one-paragraph description of the partner you want to approach, the value you bring and the main uncertainty they may have about working with you.