Liverpool · Pier Head
Two birds. One eye on Japan, one on you.
That's the watch we keep: Japan in one eye, your business at home in the other — wherever home is. (The birds above this harbor have kept the same watch for a century.)
Japan market entry · partner sourcing · research — for overseas B2B, from any port
The list is easy. The crossing is the work.
We identify your Japanese counterparties, reach their decision-makers in native Japanese, verify what's real, and report back in clear English — first findings inside 72 hours.
The working port
We take the wheel.
Not a monument — a working port. This is the crossing, in four moves:
- 01 Identify the right Japanese counterparties.
- 02 Reach their decision-makers in native Japanese.
- 03 Verify what's real — sources named.
- 04 Report back in clear English you can act on.
On record
Crossings already made.
29
beneficial-owner records resolved to named decision-makers for a US law firm.
35+
Japanese suppliers contacted & screened for an overseas buyer on a fixed fee.
4+
work-streams run under one monthly retainer for a cross-border group.
A selection, anonymized. Real engagements, not composites.
Landfall · Tokyo Bay
The far shore.
Eleven thousand nautical miles later — you're in Tokyo Bay. And you didn't cross it alone. That's the whole promise of this firm, kept in miniature.
Your port → Tokyo Bay
Two ports. One crossing. Between a foreign company and the Japanese market lies a channel most never cross alone: language, keiretsu, the unwritten rules of the room.
EVERY MARKET ENTRY IS A SEA CROSSING · YOUR PORT → TOKYO
Pier Head Japan is the harbor pilot for that channel. A pilot doesn't replace your crew — we come aboard, read the water you can't see from offshore, and bring you alongside: the language, the keiretsu, the room's unwritten rules.
A small, specialist firm. Not a do-everything agency. Three services, executed deeply, with AI as the lever that makes a one-person operation move like a team.
Two ports · 二つの港
One crossing.
Named for the pier where great crossings began — and built to run yours: from any port to the far shore, with a pilot aboard.
Port of departure
2.9916°W
Port of call
139.6503°E
What we do · 事業内容
Three services. Executed deeply.
Translation, minutes, AI automation and deck-building live inside these as capabilities, not separate storefronts.
Ⅰ
Japan Market Entry & Partner Sourcing
日本市場参入・パートナー開拓
Identify Japanese partners, distributors and buyers → reach decision-makers in native Japanese → verify → introduce → a live conversation.
For overseas B2B companies with no one on the ground in Japan.
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Research, Due Diligence & Decision-maker ID
リサーチ・DD・意思決定者特定
Source-backed, triangulated intelligence. Market sizing, competitor maps, beneficial-owner and decision-maker identification. Every claim cited.
For investors, law firms and companies weighing a Japan move.
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Ⅲ
Bilingual Execution Retainer
バイリンガル実行リテイナー
The whole crew on monthly retainer: research, minutes, localization, decks and outreach, run as one continuous operation in two languages.
For founders who need a bilingual right hand, not another vendor.
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On record · 航海記録
Crossings already made
A selection, anonymized. Real engagements, not composites.
29
beneficial-owner records resolved to named decision-makers for a US law firm.
35+
Japanese suppliers contacted & screened for an overseas buyer on a fixed fee.
4+
work-streams run under one monthly retainer for a cross-border group.
Mid-channel
The list is easy. The crossing is the work.
Anyone can hand you names. We reach them in Japanese, verify what's real, and bring back something you can act on.
One crossing · your port → Tokyo
Why us · 選ばれる理由
What makes the crossing safe
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The rare intersection
Not a translator, not an AI shop. Japanese-market access × the structuring discipline of management consulting × the speed of AI, held in one operator.
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Proof, not promises
Named decision-makers identified, meetings delivered on success fees, retainers renewed. The numbers are the pitch.
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Honest about the edges
We say what we don't do. Past clients stay anonymous. Reports carry their sources so you can check them.
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Output-based, not hourly
You buy a deliverable with a defined finish line, not a meter. Scope is fixed before we sail.
Sectors crossed so far: aviation, manufacturing, real estate, travel, legal and materials. NDA available · English-written reporting · source-backed →
Insights · 洞察
Notes from the water
Field notes on entering Japan, cross-border execution and AI-accelerated research.
AI & Research
Triangulation over volume: sourcing that survives scrutiny
Three independent sources beat thirty scraped links. The method behind our reports.
Read →
Japan Entry
Why your first Japanese partner is usually the wrong one
The counterparty that answers fastest is rarely the one that closes. How to read the silence.
In preparation →
Cross-border
The cold-call that isn't: reaching Japanese decision-makers
Why we lead with email and form, in Japanese, and what actually gets a reply.
In preparation →
Any port·You'll never enter alone·Tokyo
Departures on request
Set your course.
Tell us where you're trying to land in Japan. The first conversation is a free chart of the crossing.