Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”), a global integrated business enterprise with 10 business groups that operate across virtually every industry. These include natural gas, industrial materials, petroleum & chemicals, mineral resources, industrial infrastructure, automotive & mobility, food industry, consumer industry, power solution, and urban development. Through its various business groups and subsidiaries, MCA engages in strategic investment and global trading of industrial and consumer products.

JETRO, or the Japan External Trade Organization, is a government organization that works to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world. Our various programs for startups provide many free services which allow startups to expand their businesses and receive expert mentoring. We also support US companies in their efforts to expand into the Japanese market. If you would like to know how to break into the Japanese market, please reach out to us!

TMI Associates is one of the big 5 law firms based in Tokyo, and the only Japan-based big law firm that has a branch office in Silicon Valley. TMI Associates provides various fields of legal services from general to highly specialized to both Japanese companies and US companies.  TMI Associates’s goal is to be a linking bridge between Japan and overseas countries including the U.S.

Pro-Vider Consulting LLC, together with Pro-Vider Japan GK provide consulting and accounting services to  1) Japanese companies coming to the U.S; 2) US companies going to Japan.  Our professionals are US CPAs and CPA candidates, fluent in both Japanese and English.

NEDO is Japan’s largest public R&D management organization, which promotes research and development of energy, environmental and industrial technologies. NEDO aims to strengthen Japan’s technological capabilities, enhance its industrial competitiveness, and solve its energy problems through integrated management of technology development from the discovery of technology seeds to the promotion of mid to long-term projects, and support for practical application.

Life is sweeter without sugar – TEAS’TEA
Japan’s #1 green tea – Oi Ocha

Teraoka & Partners LLP is a pre-eminent international business law firm, bridging the Pacific to serve a wide range of Asian businesses in commercial ventures and legal compliance. It assists foreign businesses operating in the United States in a number of areas, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, real-estate sales and leases, employment law compliance and defense, trademarks and intellectual property, executive visas, and commercial litigation including Prop 65 defense. For the convenience of its Japan-based clients, the firm offers Japanese services, including Japanese-speaking attorneys and paralegals. Its main office is located in San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center, with branches in Palo Alto and Los Angeles.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide and the financial institutions that support them.