Japan Research

Japanese sources.
English deliverables.

We research public information about Japan using Japanese primary sources and deliver our findings in English, with source links, checked dates and clearly marked unknowns.

What we research

Japanese companies
Competitors
Products
Public pricing
Other agreed publicly available business information

For / agreed project scope: For overseas businesses with a specific question about Japan. We agree the question, research subjects, comparison fields and source limits in writing for each project. The standard Snapshot covers one question and up to five companies or products.
Not included: No market sizing, specialist industry or legal advice, market-entry decisions, vendor outreach or logged-in product testing. We do not accept research that requires specialist expertise we have not established.

Deliverables

English summary (up to 500 words)
Comparison or research table
Claim-level source links
Source check dates
Clearly marked unknowns and open questions

An English summary (up to 500 words), a comparison or fact table, a claim-level source log and open questions. Subjects and fields are confirmed in your written quote.

We confirm that the question can be answered from public sources before accepting the project. Japanese source wording and AI-assisted English are checked before delivery. Unresolved facts stay unconfirmed.

Sample Work

Fictional briefs, not client engagements or testimonials. Real product companies are research subjects, not our customers or partners.

SAMPLE
FICTIONAL CLIENT BRIEF
NOT A CLIENT ENGAGEMENT

Japan Research SAMPLE

The JP-001 fictional brief compares five scheduling SaaS products in Japan for an invented overseas company.

Compare billing conditions on the same basis. Separate a free plan from a trial, and a Japanese website from confirmed human support.

View the five-product fictional sample

Comparison: TimeRex / Jicoo / eeasy / Spir / Schecon
Price evidence: 10 source-linked pricing records
Open question: Japanese human-support language: unconfirmed

Validated sample scope: the original JP-001 mock deliverable passed an independent AI content review (QUALITY_PASS) for this five-product scheduling SaaS comparison. This does not validate research in other industries or specialist expertise. This public excerpt is an adapted version, not a separately certified deliverable.

Historical snapshot: 13 Sep 2026 JST. Prices are not current quotes.

Pricing

Indicative prices for the stated scope, before applicable tax. Your written quote confirms scope, tax and total JPY charge before payment.

One-time Snapshot

From ¥30,000

JPY / before applicable tax
If Japanese 10% tax applies: ¥33,000

Five Japanese business days after payment and confirmed inputs.

Monthly Change Desk

From ¥40,000

JPY / month, before applicable tax
If Japanese 10% tax applies: ¥44,000

After the initial research: the same agreed subjects and up to ten official pages, checked twice per service month. Two change notes, an updated table and one small source-based question. Notes arrive within two business days of each check.

JPY billing. Applicable tax and total are confirmed in your quote; overseas tax treatment is assessed separately.

Service terms

Monthly work starts after the initial deliverable and requires a separate order and advance payment each month. No automatic renewal. One consolidated in-scope revision within seven calendar days; our errors are corrected separately. Cancellation before work starts is fully refunded; after work starts, we agree delivered work and refund the undelivered portion.

How it works

01Inquiry
02Brief
03Scope & quote
04Payment
05Research
06Quality check
07Delivery

We work by email; no sales call is required. Responses within two Japanese business days.

Contact

Contact us by email with your company website and the question you need answered. Please do not include passwords, customer records or confidential information.

shirabel.jp@gmail.com

Your entries are not sent to or stored by this website. Review the message, then send it from your email app. If the email app does not open, copy the message instead.