Through collaboration across PwC’s global network, our Japan Business Network (JBN) provides a wide range of services to meet the needs of Japanese companies operating overseas.

Japan Business Network - Supporting your overseas business

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Amid rapid changes in the global socioeconomic environment—driven by rising geopolitical risks, the restructuring of supply chains, and technological innovation such as AI—the level of uncertainty surrounding business, both domestically and internationally, continues to increase. In this context, Japanese companies, in pursuing overseas expansion and managing their global operations, are facing challenges that are more complex and demanding than ever before. In addition to traditional issues, they must reassess their expansion strategies, reallocate expatriate personnel, and rebuild global supply chains.

PwC has established the JBN (Japan Business Network) to help these Japanese companies solve their problems. The JBN is headquartered in Japan, and includes experienced professionals (including native Japanese speakers) in 41 countries around the world who work to support the business activities of Japanese companies. To do so, we provide services fine-tuned to the globalization needs of individual clients, taking local business practices and cultures into consideration. And through PwC’s global network consisting of 136 countries and regions with more than 364,000 members, we gather information and trends from each country to gain an accurate understanding of the world economy and provide clients with information that contributes to their business strategy.

PwC Japan’s support framework for Japanese companies doing business overseas

PwC Japan’s support framework for Japanese companies doing business overseas

PwC’s approaches and solutions for Japanese companies doing business overseas

Throughout the world, it is harder than ever these days to see the future. This uncertainty brings a host of challenges for Japanese companies doing business overseas. These challenges relate not only to accounting, auditing and tax, but also to consulting issues such as market entry, incorporation, strategic decision making, local cybersecurity risks, systems, governance and operational improvements. In countries and regions where laws and regulations differ from Japan, companies also face deal-related issues such as cross-border M&A for inorganic growth, and forensic issues such as fraud investigation.

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Challenges faced by Japanese companies when expanding overseas

Audit and Assurance

  • Local statutory audit
  • Financial reporting for parent companies
  • Establishment of internal control structures
  • Compliance with accounting standards
  • Establishment and enforcement of compliance

Consulting

  • Overseas market entry
  • Overseas strategy
  • Business plan development
  • System implementation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data analytics
  • Global HR

Tax and Legal

  • Establishment of local subsidiaries
  • Licensing
  • Tax reporting
  • Tax investigation and tax litigation
  • Transfer pricing

Deal Advisory

  • Cross border M&A strategy
  • Execution
  • Post merger integration (PMI)

Forensic

  • Prevention of fraud and embezzlement
  • Investigations
  • Handling of disputes and lawsuits

Overseas business support contacts for Japanese companies

Meet our JBN (Japan Business Network) representatives in countries around the world.

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Guidance and news from around the world

各国・地域の投資 および税制ガイドブック

Investment and tax guidance from around the world

Introducing the latest tax information and business guidance issued by PwC member firms for countries and regions around the world.

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各国・地域の 最新レポート

News from around the world

Introducing news issued by PwC member firms for countries and regions around the world.

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