Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Support Center is a public-interest corporation established by Tokyo Metropolitan Government for promoting business developments of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tokyo, and it supports SMEs in various business fields to meet their levels of growth.
The Tokyo Trade Center, one of the division of Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Support Center, is responsible for comprehensive support of SMEs in terms of their internationalization, through various activities as explained below.

1. Supports for development of overseas marketing

(1) Comprehensive consultation on overseas trade
The "Consultation Services for overseas trade" is provided by specialized consultants to implement the consultation and advice related to the trade, investment abroad, etc.

(2) Overseas trade expansion support seminars; Business start-up seminars (in Japanese only)

Two types of seminars are held, i.e. the one related to market development of countries (mainly in Asia) from the high marketing needs; The other one related to the introductory lecture on the international trade transactions together with the talks on "experiences of international business".

(3) "Hands-on" supports by overseas-marketing navigators ( in Japanese only )

The comprehensive and practical supports are provided by the long experienced "overseas marketing navigators", aiming at the sales in overseas markets with the cooperation from the trading firm and its overseas sales network.

(4) Overseas business desk report ( in Japanese only )
Cooperating with private enterprises, the desk collects the latest information on the major markets in Asia, and carries out the market research and the periodical report is provided.

(5) Overseas trade fair
Various overseas trade fairs are effectively used to show the target products for overseas market development.

Target sales items selected by our office will be exhibited at some major trade fairs in overseas markets. The marketing navigators together with our staff will support the exhibitors for those selected target items, including the visits to some buyers/trade offices on particular markets where those trade fairs are held.

(1) Supply of marketing database information
http://www.tokyo-trade-center.or.jp/TTC/en/index.html

 

The information on the SMEs and trade associations in Tokyo, who are eager to do international business, are registered in our database and are accessible on our homepage both in Japanese and English. This database utilizing Internat searching system is quite useful as a trigger to start the overseas business.

(2) Introduction of appropriate companies and trade associations against various types of inquiries mainly from overseas countries.

We introduce appropriate SMEs in Tokyo and trade associations in Japan, both of which were registered in our database to meet the various specific inquiries made by e-mails, faxes, telephones, and letters mainly from overseas through our websites inquiry/response system in English.

(3) Reference books and data corner for the overseas business

Various reference books, trade magazines and leaflets are available for visitors to find necessary trade related information on a free of charge basis.

3. Trade business seminars

Seminars for export and import business practices are periodically held to meet various requirements and interest of the learners.