It is becoming difficult for many Japanese companies to realize growth without considering expansion overseas. In order to gain the upper hand when competing against multinational, regional, or local businesses, it is increasingly necessary to strive toward global optimization, both in terms of production and marketing. What is crucial when marching toward optimization is for businesses to rethink and retool the outlooks and behavioral patterns they have hitherto cultivated in Japan. If a company is to orient itself on the Asian market, for instance, it must first break free of the notion that Japan and Asia are two separate things. This starts with the company rethinking Japan's relation to Asia, and coming to consider all of Asia, of which Japan is just one part, as its home ground. By teaming up and working together with members based in Tokyo, we have come to see what thought patterns and actions are particular to Japanese companies, while simultaneously being able to offer consultations that bear in mind the reality of countries around the world. This is the "Real Change" promised by IT-japan, the company set on the global stage.

Implementation problems tend to bottleneck more frequently overseas than domestically in Japan. Japanese companies often share their troubles with us at their overseas places of operation—sometimes no one is available to carry out their plans, and other times actually implementing a project on site proves far different than what they'd envisioned. IT-japan can provide supplemental yet powerful support for building and expanding businesses in Asia. At times we even work with Asian governments and businesses to create new opportunities.

In the ever-changing markets of developing nations, strategies that once gave companies a leg-up can quickly become shackles that cause them to lose their competitive edge and fall behind. We bring to light the structural causes behind decreasing competitive power and draft drastic, comprehensive reformation plans which take into account business strategy, operations, organizational structure, and human resources. At IT-japan, our staff stay on-site with our clients to work and sweat together toward successful reformation.

In the fast-changing business environments of the IT and telecommunication fields, one powerful strategic option is to "buy time with money" through M&A projects. Considering M&A is also a crucial point of discussion for venture companies which must show constant growth, as M&A could be the key to finding a point of investment after their IPO (initial public offering). To help our clients secure a competitive edge in the industry, IT-japan offers results-focused, total M&A support, covering everything from evaluations and revisions of business