J-Bridge is a business platform to facilitate collaboration between Japanese and overseas companies.

Introduction of J-Bridge PDF file(2.4MB)

Objectives

Cooperation between Japanese companies and overseas startups for the development of new businesses, thereby:

Business alliance
including technical cooperation, joint R&D, and M&A
Capital alliance
including investment, setting up JV (Joint Venture), etc.

Focus Countries/Regions

  • Southeast Asia
  • India
  • Israel
  • Australia
  • U.S.
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Japan

*J-Bridge provides services mainly in Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia, the U.K. and Germany in Europe, and Nigeria and Kenya in Africa.

Focus Fields

Digital

  • Semiconductor
  • Mobility
  • Agri-Tech
  • Retail Tech
  • Smart Cities
  • FinTech
  • Robotics
  • Information security

etc.

Green

  • Renewable Energy
    (offshore wind power, biomass, etc.)
  • Hydrogen
  • Storage batteries
  • Energy conservation
  • Smart infrastructure
  • Greening and environmental tech

etc.

Life Sciences/Healthcare

  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Gene Therapy (Genomic Research)
  • Biotech (Bio DX, Bioinformatics)
  • HealthTech
  • Drug Discovery

etc.

What you can expect?

JETRO Offices in targeted countries/regions will provide you the following services.

  1. Flow

    01

    Publicity of your business activities and potential areas of collaboration to “J-Bridge Members,” JETRO’s membership program among Japanese corporates with special interests in business collaboration and alliance with overseas companies

  2. Flow

    02

    Networking opportunities with Japanese corporates through JETRO’s various online seminar/matching events

  3. Flow

    03

    One-on-one business meetings with J-Bridge Members and follow-up by JETRO

  4. Flow

    04

    Individualized support from JETRO in line with your business development stage
    (i.e. further consultation on business alliance formation and/or introduction of other Invest Japan programs)

How to make use of J-Bridge service

If you would like to join J-Bridge or find out more about it, please contact JETRO office near you.

*search your nearest JETRO office

What you can do with J-Bridge

Examples of successful collaborations created via J-Bridge (from JETRO Global Eye)

*Subtitles (automatically translated) are available

Frequently Asked Questions

  • AJ-Bridge is a business platform for the creation of cross-border open innovation in the digital and green fields with numerous sub-categories within those fields. The objective is cooperation between Japanese companies and overseas startups for the development of new businesses, thereby: business alliance (including technical cooperation, joint R&D, and M&A) and capital alliance (including investment, setting up Joint Venture, etc.)
    There is a Japanese J-Bridge platform only accessible by Japanese J-Bridge members and a English J-Bridge portal (known as "Japanese Partner Finders") only accessible by overseas J-Bridge members.

  • AExposure to a group of Japanese companies that are interested in forming a strategic partnership with overseas companies. When you sign up and get accepted, your company information, collaboration needs, etc. will be translated into Japanese and posted on the Japanese J-Bridge platform.
    *Please note: the purpose of J-Bridge is to encourage collaboration, not expanding sales channels.

  • AMostly large companies and SMEs as well as overseas branches of Japanese companies and startups/CVCs/etc. The industries include trading, IT, electronics, chemicals, etc., but are generally categorized within digital, green and life science industries.

  • A It varies depending on the season, the activeness of the Japanese J-Bridge member, your request information, etc. Some responses take a week and others take a couple of weeks or more, especially since Japanese companies tend to take time to discuss internally.

  • A If the Japanese company requires an interpreter, JETRO will typically set interpretation support for meetings generated through the J-Bridge platform. There are cases where the Japanese company can speak English and an interpreter is not needed.

  • A Please reach out to your point of contact for JETRO. We can possibly search our network, suggest other similar companies on the J-Bridge Platform, or other ways to support your request for individual business matching.

  • A Typically a couple of weeks after your application and Terms of Condition is submitted to your point of contact at JETRO. If there is an influx of applications, this may take a little longer than usual.