UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 1 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Skal jeg holde mig væk fra personer, som lige har været i Japan? Der har ikke været så betydende udslip fra kernekraftværket, at der er risiko for, at personer er blevet forurenet med radioaktive stoffer. Så du kan roligt opholde dig sammen med personer, som har været i området. Mennesker kan heller ikke blive radioaktive af at være nær radioaktive stoffer eller ved at blive udsat for stråling. 2 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Japan – Et marked for små og mellemstore danske virksomheder? Jesper Vibe-Hansen ”Handelsråd” Kgl. Dansk Ambassade, Tokyo 3 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 4 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 5 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 6 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 7 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 8 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 9 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 352 10 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 11 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 12 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK JAPAN ET MARKED NETOP NU? 13 Japan Key Information Greater Tokyo: 36 mill. people Population: 127,433,494 Number of million pop. cities: 14 Total Area: 377,873km2 GDP: $4.91 trillion (2008 ) GDP / Capita: $38,457 (2008) Greater Osaka: 22 mill. people UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Around 127 million people = 15 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Small in size, but… 2002 2015 16 Kilde: Worldmapper.org UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Antal udtagne patenter 17 Kilde: Worldmapper.org Perceptions and Myths Japan has been in constant economic crisis since the bubble burst in the late ’80’ies Only high-end luxury brands sells well in Japan. Japan is a closed and complicated market with no short term profitability perspectives Perceptions and Myths Japanese consumers are demanding, quality and service minded in the extreme, detail oriented but once they are customers they are very loyal. Japan is a very conservative and formal society, culturally and language wise very different. Rigid and not forward moving. UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK 20 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Trade Department Tokyo Focus areas Life Sciences Food and agriculture Environment and energy Creative Denmark ICT Industry UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Særlige udfordinger - Kommunikation - Geografisk/kulturel afstand - Beslutningsprocessor JAP DK 22 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Kritiske succeskriterier - “Flødebolleeffekten” - Hold ud - Spis brød til – gab ikke over for meget - “Finding Mr. Endo” 23 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Hvad kan Ambassaden gøre for dig? - En indledende screening - Partneridentifikation - Markedsundersøgelse - Business Center/Inkubator faciliteter - X, Y og Z 24 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Trade Department Tokyo Key products and job examples Market entry Rent an employee Market survey Secretariat Public diplomacy Incubator Customer access/ residence events 25 25 Global Public Affairs Homepage General market support UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Hvad kan Udenrigsministeriet gøre for dig og din virksmhed? - Henrik P. - ESP - ETC 26 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK ”For a small company Japan can be a challenge, but with the help of the embassy our products are now sold in two of the most prominent departments stores” Dan Schumacher, Owner of Schumacher Snaps Don’t take our word for it… “The embassy has opened “Enavigo Consult” being a small consultant company has been able to penetrate a very conservative part of up a lot of doors for us and created access to a lot of new clients and market segments” “The positive views reported in the sales and profitability Japanese business thanks to forecasts are also reflected in the the support and help we strategies of the foreign have received from the companies in Japan and 73% of Danish embassy” Steen the respondents continue to see Pedersen, Partner Ole Gerlich, Business Development Manager, 27 Grundfos Japan Japan as a market with room to expand in the long term” UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Trade Department Tokyo examples of other services Crash Course on Rental of the embassy’s Events at the Japanese Business Culture conference facilities ambassador’s recidence 28 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Strong regional collaboration 29 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Japan – Et marked for små og mellemstore danske virksomheder? Afgjort JA ! men er det noget for dig? 30 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Creative Embassy 31 UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK ? -25% by 2020! 32