Finding Business Opportunities in Japan

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Finding Business Opportunitiesin Japan

• Toshi Aoyagi
• Takaaki OzakiMBA Class of 2003

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Basic Information

• Population 120 million
• (33 million in Tokyo metropolitan area)
• Area 370K km2
  (California 400K km2)
• Unemployment Rate 5.3
• GDP 39.5 billion (-0.3 growth)
• Economy

Very bad!
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Prosperous Businesses in Japan

• Cellular Phone

• Video Game

• Brand Business

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Cellular Phone Business in Japan

• Cell phone ownership ratio 75.7 (1999)
• Can connect internet via cell phones
• Buy something Use banking services
• Take pictures Hear music
• Send e-mails to PCs cell phones
• Young people have their own mailing network

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Home Video Game Business in Japan

• Starts its history in 1975 (in Japan)
• Nintendo, Sony and SEGA enterprises sold more
  than 50 million units
• Can watch DVD software
• Can access internet
• Almost all students have video game machines

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Brand Business in Japan

• Japanese love luxury brand goods
• The sales growth of LVMH (2001)
• LVMHs stock price
• Hermes Japan (2001)

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What is the keyword???

• Japanese like to be in their own Mure
• People in Mure shares same values
• A member wants to act same as others in Mure
• Mure wants to find comfortable opportunities
  to spend nice time with members

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Traditional Mure Businesses

• Keiretsu (Japanese Conglomerate)

• Karaoke / Izakaya

• Convenience Stores

• Pokemon Cards

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Business Opportunities in Japan
If you can find good potential opportunitiesto
bring nice time to Mure,
They must be Business Opportunitiesin Japan