Lower the first hurdle to overseas expansion
Before making a full investment or formal commitment, members can connect with overseas business leaders and experienced operators to explore their potential.
Build connections around the world.
Move business forward.
Successful global expansion begins with meeting people you can trust.
GSJ Community is a B2B community designed for companies, sole proprietors, and employees and officers of corporations and other organizations to support their business and professional activities.
Simply gathering information is not enough to get business moving.
You need people who can give you honest insights into local markets, introduce you to reliable business partners, and offer guidance when challenges arise. In international business, these kinds of human connections can play a major role in determining success.
Start by connecting with the world.
Join GSJ Community
WHY GSJ COMMUNITY
Turn overseas markets from distant places into places where you know people.
Information about overseas markets is easier to obtain than ever, but information alone does not create business. GSJ Community is not a place where you are expected to decide on overseas expansion immediately.
First meet business leaders around the world, get to know one another and build trust. New business opportunities can grow from there.
OUR PURPOSE
Three Key Benefits of the Community
Build relationship capital around the world
Rather than a one-time introduction, ongoing interaction helps build trusted relationships that can lead to future trade, collaboration, and market entry.
Connect regional business potential to the world
Through global relationships, regional companies can discover new markets and new roles for their technology, products, and services.
MEMBER BENEFITS
What you can do in GSJ Community
More than information: meet people, understand local markets and create opportunities for your next step.
Special Market Letter
Monthly insights written by certified experts, including practical local information that is hard to find publicly.
Networking sessions with Japanese and overseas business leaders
Speak directly online with local business leaders and experienced operators, and start building relationships before formal negotiations.
Priority access to local visits and in-person events
Receive priority invitations to members-only events and study tours, with member benefits on eligible programmes.
Access to the GSJ certified expert network
Connect with experts and local partners from the GSJ network according to your target market and business sector.
First-use discount on GSJ professional support (10–15%)
Access market research, sales support and other full-scale overseas expansion services at member rates.
HOW IT WORKS
Five steps from joining to opportunity
Turn encounters into trust, and trust into opportunity, one step at a time.
Join & gather information
Networking sessions
Visits & in-person events
Build trusted relationships
Business, collaboration & expansion
WHAT TO EXPECT
What participation can help you gain
Access first-hand local information
Gain practical, first-hand insight that cannot be found through online research alone.
Meet trusted overseas contacts
Build lasting relationships rather than simply exchanging business cards.
Gather evidence for your expansion decisions
Learn how your products and services may be received overseas through real interaction.
Create opportunities for sales and collaboration
Conversation and connection can open paths to sales, partnerships and local market entry.
FOR YOU
Who this is for
- Considering overseas expansion
- Want to begin with information gathering
- Want to build trusted local relationships
- Want ongoing contact with overseas business leaders
- Operate in food, retail, manufacturing or services
- Prefer a lower-barrier starting point before major overseas investment
LOYAL MEMBER BENEFITS
Loyal member benefits
The longer you remain a member, the greater the benefit on eligible study tours and events.
| Membership period | Tour & event benefit |
|---|---|
| Up to 5 months | Standard discount (5%) |
| 6–11 months | Max ¥20,000 off |
| 12–23 months | Max ¥40,000 off |
| 24+ months | Max ¥60,000 off |
FROM CONNECTION TO OPPORTUNITY
Make overseas markets places where you know people.
Meet online, learn about the market, visit in person and explore business possibilities. GSJ Community helps bring the world closer, step by step.
MeetConnect
LearnLocal insight
VisitTours & events
ActOpportunity
Start by connecting with the world.
You do not need to decide on overseas expansion before joining. Start by meeting business leaders around the world and discovering what may be possible for your company.
