Enter through a business that already belongs.
Acquire / JapanPlatform acquisition, owner-led succession, bilingual diligence, and transaction execution.
Japan Desk · M&A Origination & Execution
Build in Japan. Partner with Japan. Acquire in Japan.
TVC connects international buyers, Japanese companies, and founder-led SMEs through local origination, bilingual transaction leadership, and the cultural judgment needed to move from first conversation to long-term value.
3Japan locations3Strategic pathways1Accountable cross-border desk
01 / Japan M&A thesis
Japan’s next chapter is changing hands.
Behind Japan’s global brands is a vast economy of specialist SMEs—businesses built on engineering, service, reputation, and relationships.
99.7%of Japanese enterprises are SMEs68.8%of private-sector employees work in SMEs3 pathsfamily, employee, or third-party succession
02 / Choose your Japan path
Choose the route that serves the strategy.
An acquisition, partnership, and new entity solve different problems. Start with the outcome, then design the structure.
Build the relationship before the structure.
Partner / JapanDistribution alliances, licensing, technical collaboration, joint R&D, capital alliance, and JV design.
From incorporation to an operating business.
Establish / JapanEntity route, regulatory screening, people, banking, accounting, governance, and operating setup.
03 / Japanese SME M&A
In Japan, an acquisition is also a promise.
The strongest process respects both transaction logic and the human system around the company.
Continuity before disruption
A founder may be evaluating more than price: the future of employees, customers, suppliers, reputation, and a name built over decades.
Trust before access
Sensitive opportunities often emerge through patient, permission-based conversations. The quality of the introduction shapes the quality of the process.
Consensus before commitment
Decision-making can involve owners, management, family, lenders, and long-standing advisers. Alignment is a transaction workstream, not a courtesy.
Integration before Day One
Management continuity, reporting, communication, authority, and cultural translation should be designed while the agreement is still being negotiated.
Local Japan presence
Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka—three perspectives on one market.
Tokyo
AM Building 7F, 2-5-3 Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Nagoya
4F Meiekimori Building, 5-3-8 Meieki Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-0002, Japan
Osaka
9F Toyosaki Izumi Building, 2-7-9 Toyosaki Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 531-0072, Japan