With globalization, the trend toward a borderless international economy is accelerating. However, business across international borders requires a wide range of practical skills and expertise, which are different from those needed when doing business domestically. Thanks to its extensive international business expertise and highly specialized personnel, the International Business Division offers a wide range of services and strategic planning for developing practical global business strategies. Our experience includes the ability to provide advice to companies, domestic and foreign government-related organizations, and financial institutions that wish to develop international business. As your "total business advisor and one-stop service center for overseas projects and international business," we will support your company's overseas projects by using our vast resources to flexibly respond to your needs.

We offer you professional advice and consultation together with administrative assistance for a wide range of international operations. These include the expansion of the overseas business networks needed for international operations through the establishment and management of branch offices or subsidiaries all over the world. Our advisory and consultation services include, but are not limited to the following:

1.	Advising our clients on global strategy and assisting in international business feasibility studies.
2.	Supporting the expansion of overseas networks and/or withdrawal from overseas operations. This can include traveling to the location to offer assistance, if necessary.
3.	Advising and assisting in the preparation and negotiation of documentation such as business contracts, joint venture agreements, distributorship contracts, trade agreements, technical assistance agreements, service contracts, and so on.
4.	Planning and implementation of the relocation and reorganization of overseas networks.
5.	Assistance in site selection and arrangement of accommodations for expatriate employees, assisting in negotiations for lease conditions and prices, or for house purchases.
6.	Assistance in preparing internal rules and procedures for overseas units, such as Accounting Rules, Employment Handbooks and other regulations.
7.	Business Auditing (Compliance Consultation) of overseas business units.
8.	Consultations for developing human resources in overseas units, and personnel training.

Based on the consignments of non-Japanese government organizations and companies, we have supported their representatives in Japan in attracting regional investments from Japanese companies,strengthening tie-ups with Japanese companies, gathering information and other tasks. We have also assisted local governments in Japan in attracting investments from non-Japanese businesses, and in strengthening economic tie-ups. Under a practical concept, the International Business Division can assist in such activities as gathering a wide range of information, approaching Japanese and non-Japanese investors, publicity activities (planning of presentations) and preparation of public relations materials.

For the purpose of assisting in fostering human resources in countries transitioning to market economies and developing countries, based on consignments from governmental bodies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others, we offer trainees opportunities to learn a wide range of knowledge in all business areas such as financial systems, economic policy, corporate management, and promotion of small and medium-sized companies.

According to the requests of general customers from overseas, foreign students, and employees of foreign-capital companies from abroad, we have planned and implemented training on a wide range of business themes, from finance, marketing, corporate finance, and quality control, to cultural and social programs in Japan.

We accept consignments for research and study regarding international financing and individual countries' systems, economies, and industrial circumstances, and have regional specialists for Asia and Latin America who conduct a wide range of research and study by providing seminars, data contributions and writing.

We provide research reports by Dun & Bradstreet, the largest corporate information company in the world, and can provide credit research reports on Asian companies by local leading research companies in Asia, at a reasonable price. The reports are in English, but we can translate them into Japanese at the customer's request.

Our vastly experienced specialists can answer your inquiries in the course of daily business regarding export and import trade, export bill insurance, trade claims, interpretation of Foreign Exchange Law, market research and other matters.