JAPAN — EUROPE BUSINESS CONSULTING
Who stands with youdecides the outcome.
Your local partner for European expansion: trade fairs, market entry, and the dinner afterwards. Two people on the ground in Germany and the UK, not a call centre in another time zone.
The first conversation is free, and carries no obligation.
Not just interpreters. Not just guides.
Our role is not only to communicate — it is to close the distance between a meeting and a result. We work to create the conditions in which a deal can actually be decided.
In a world where information arrives instantly, it is the human things — the atmosphere of a place, the energy between people, trust that has been earned — that carry the most value in business. Algorithms find data. They do not build relationships.
- No corporate stiffness
- Two people, directly
- Real-time local insight
Three areas where it actually counts.
- 01
Trade fair & on-site support
Booth setup, live interpreting through the negotiation, introductions on the show floor, and the follow-up that decides whether a meeting becomes an order. We are at the stand with you, working in Japanese, English and Mandarin.
- 02
Market entry & business support
Regulatory compliance, import and distribution setup, an eye on the contract, and the market figures behind the decision. Power BI models turn European market data into KPIs your team can actually act on.
- 03
VIP & leisure concierge
Business dinners, sightseeing, golf, hotels and transport. The arrangements Japanese visitors most often want and are least often offered, handled by people who know both the etiquette and the ground.
A closeness a large firm cannot offer.
Actually on the ground
Not a call centre in another time zone. We live in Germany and the UK, and we come to the booth, the meeting room and the dinner afterwards.
The same two people
No account manager, no hand-off to a junior team. The two people you speak with first are the two people standing beside you in Europe.
Judgement, backed by data
Local instinct is where we start, not where we stop. Power BI models, market figures and a legal eye on the contract turn a feeling into a decision you can defend internally.
How we work, in four steps.
- 1
Conversation
We start with an exchange of information, not a proposal. Where are you going, and why now?
- 2
Preparation
Market data, a target list, a briefing on local business customs, and an agenda shaped to how European counterparts actually meet.
- 3
On the ground
We are physically there — the booth, the meeting room, the dinner afterwards — working in both languages at once.
- 4
Follow-through
Bilingual notes, clear next actions, and continued contact with the people you met — so momentum survives the flight home.
The people we are usually called by.
- A
Japanese SMEs considering Europe for the first time
- B
Teams exhibiting at or visiting European trade fairs
- C
Companies heading into negotiations with European partners
- D
Executives who want a short trip to Europe to actually count
The same two people, start to finish.
Chiaki Holloway
Co-Founder/Germany
A design engineer by training, based in Germany. Years of mechanical design for automated packaging machinery in Nagoya, and CAD and 3D spatial data work across the UK before that — which means the technical vocabulary of a factory floor is not a translation problem, it is a working language. Alongside the engineering, an organiser of the Japanese Community of North England, running its events for a membership of around 360.
- Mechanical design
- Manufacturing & packaging
- JP ⇄ EN interpreting
- Trade fair floor
- Community organiser
I Furusho
Co-Creator & Project Lead/United Kingdom
Data, law and real commercial instinct in one person. An LLM in International Business Law, a Microsoft-certified Power BI analyst, court and police interpreting experience, cross-border China–Japan trade, VIP guest relations at ANA Hotel, and nine years running an independent hospitality business in Japan. That record is matched by a long history of community leadership — founding and running the groups and events that keep a community in touch with itself.
- Power BI & analytics
- International business law
- 日本語 ・ English ・ 中文
- VIP hospitality
- Community leadership
Start with a conversation.
European market entry, a trade fair in three months, or simple curiosity about how Japan–Europe business really works. We would far rather talk early than late — the first conversation costs nothing but time.
The first conversation is free, and carries no obligation.