JETRO = Japan External Trade Organization will strengthen support for market development so that SMEs can conduct business negotiations with overseas companies online in order to link the rapid depreciation of the yen to the expansion of exports. ..

Among small and medium-sized enterprises, the recent rapid depreciation of the yen has been a tailwind for exports, but rising costs when going overseas for business negotiations and establishing sales bases have become an issue.



For this reason, JETRO has decided to strengthen its support for developing sales channels.

Specifically, we will utilize the matching site "Japan Street" that JETRO opened last year to bring together domestic SMEs and overseas buyers.



Information on products handled by companies is posted free of charge on this site, but in addition to having an interpreter present when the person in charge of small and medium-sized enterprises conducts business negotiations online through the site, local buyers are invited to JETRO's overseas bases. However, we are planning a tasting party for the foods posted on the site.

While the Korona-ka restricts business traffic to and from overseas, the number of overseas companies that have registered buyers on the site has increased to 800, which is four times the initial number, and the opportunities for online business negotiations are increasing, so the platform Daisaku Yukita, chief of the Business Division, said, "Online, you can reduce travel expenses and other costs, so I want you to get a chance to connect with overseas."