Target Group (companies or individuals that meet the requirements given below)
- Sponsored residency at the JETRO Business Innovation Center is available in principle to companies or individuals engaged in
- high technology fields (IT, bio-tech, software, nano-technology, etc.) and falling within one of the following groups:
1. Japanese venture companies that are currently engaged in business activities.
2. Aspiring Japanese entrepreneurs or those who have acquired Japanese nationality.
3. Companies founded in the US within approximately the last one year (from time of application) by a Japanese national or a person who has acquired Japanese nationality.
- Applicants should meet the following criteria:
1. Be a small or medium-sized company as stipulated by the Small and Medium Enterprise Basic Law; less than 50 percent of whose stock is held by a large enterprise.
2. When over 50 percent of the applying company’s stock is held by a large enterprise investor, the core business of the applying company may not be the same as that of the investor.
- Applicants must be planning for business development and expansion in the USA and not be engaged in the following activities:
1. Solely seeking to import to Japan articles or technologies from the United States.
2. Dispatching personnel to the USA solely for technical training.
3. Seeking solely to recruit USA staff for Japan based operations.
4. Acting as a proxy for the sale of other companies’ merchandise.
5. Seeking to engage in business incubation or other business support activities.
- In principle, at the time of application (application deadline) the applying company should not have extensively developed
- business relationships or activities in the United States.
- US-based personnel must be competent in English business communication before entering JETRO BIC.
- Within six months of the acceptance decision (receipt of mailed acceptance letter), the successful candidate should move into
- BIC and launch business activities in the United States.
BIC’s review process considers applicants’ core technology, products and services, US market potential, personnel/management, and strategy for US business development.
JETRO members can receive a ten percent discount on the fees indicated below (payable to JETRO Tokyo).
- Short Program 5: 52,500 YEN (tax included・3 months term).
- Original Program: 105,000 YEN (tax included・1 year term).
- * If, by mutual agreement, a company desires to remain at BIC for an additional one year, JETRO will charge the fee of 105,000 yen.
- * If, by mutual agreement, a company desires to extend from the Short Program to the Original Program JETRO will charge the fee of 52,500 yen.
JETRO reserves the right to change the current application requirements without notice. Please contact JETRO with all inquiries at the below address.
How to apply
- Complete an application form.
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- Submit required documents
Please submit the following documents in electronic format to the address listed below.
(1) English business plan
(2) English executive summary.
(3) Japanese translation of English executive summary
(4) Articles of Incorporation, business license. (copy acceptable)
(5) Account settlement sheet. (balance sheet, profit and loss statement)
* Applicants should submit items （1）、（2）、（3） at the time of initial application and （4）、（5） after corporate registry has been completed.
Residents in Japan
JETRO New Technology Division
Mr. Ebara, Ms. Matsushita
Ark Mori Building 6F 12-32 Akasaka 1 Cho-me
Minato-Ku Tokyo Japan 107-6006
TEL： 03-3582-4631 FAX： 03-3582-7508
E-mail:
bert@jetro.go.jp
Residents in the USA
U.S.- Japan Business Innovation Center
Michiru, Junayd
111 N. Market St., 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113
tel: 408-351-3360 fax: 408-351-3357
E-mail:
bic@jetrosf.org
