A small selection of my Japanese business network
Below please find a small part of the list of my business connections in various industries. FYI, in Japan, one connection in one industry, can often lead to introduction in another. So the list is far from my complete network.
30 years of business in Japan within a variety of industries, has given me a unique and vast network.
Industries served / worked with
Food (meat, seafood, dairy, chocolate), furniture, Interior, exhibition, gift industry, IT and more
Meat industry
Connected to all major importers of Meat in Japan. Have done business with them, have advised them, have had contact in various capacity, as employee at the Royal Danish Embassy, the Danish Agricultural Councils Japan office, as staff of Starzen, as GM of Group Bigards Japan office, and as consultant.
Seafood companies
Many of the largest sea food importers. In 2024, I worked on market Norwegian Cods to Japan, where I had contact to largest importers and sushi restaurants.
Other food industry companies
Food ingredients companies
Food manufacturer (for instance McDonalds burger manufacturer in Japan)
Restaurants
Retailers
Industrial organisations
Food
Meat
Interior and gift item industry
Furniture and design
Textile
Many other industries
Public institutions
Embassies
MAFF
Custom offices
JETRO
Other public offices.
Trading houses
All the biggest... like Mitsui (connected through Starzen), Itochu (meat, breeding boars and sows), Kanematsu (mainly meat), Toyotsu (Mainly meat), and many others.
Retailers / supermarkets
Supermarkets through Supermarket Association
Biggest retailers like AEON, Seven Eleven, and many others.
Forwarders, logistics, warehouses
Japanese (Nittsu, K-Line and others)
Danish (Maersk, Blue Water, Scan Global Logistics, )
Connection established thorough working with import of exhibition equipment, food (meat, cheese, seafood, chocolate, and more), furniture and more.
Beverage importers
Beer, wine, importers, connections with most of the biggest ones.
Interior importers - retailers
From my work at the Royal Danish Embassy, promoting Danish furniture & interior products like Fritz Hansen & Stelton, I got connected to a lot of interior related companies, hereunder the Japanese furniture industry, including industry organizations and design related companies in both Japan and Denmark. Later, JETRO hired me to work on export of Japanese furniture and interior, giving me even more contacts in the industry.
As self-employed in Denmark, I also started connecting with Japanese manufacturer or porcelain and kitchenware, where I have a vast network to wholesalers and manufacturers covering a lot of the porcelain and kitchen were available in Japan.
Construction industry
Biggest construction companies (through sales of Uridan, Damptech & other building materials)