Friday, January 29, 2010

Car Leasing / Car Purchase in Japan; Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe

I am pleased to announce that Lease Japan, a division of H&R Consultants K.K., my company, is now providing vehicle services in Kansai to add to our current service offering in Tokyo (Kanto) and Nagoya (Chubu).

At Lease Japan, we are not "Car Dealers". We are car service providers, and we are ready to help you find a car for purchase of for lease. We are all about providing you a good service.

We do all the coordination, all the paperwork, all you need to do is confirm the car you want. There is almost nothing we can't source for you.



Here are some common areas that we help people;

- Lease Japan can arrange leases for any time period. Not just 3 years. If you want something for 17 months, we can do it.

- Lease Japan can arrange your insurance. We work with 3 of Japan's largest insurance companies and can get you the best rates.

- Lease Japan offers ETC cards. ETC cards are usually linked to credit cards, so if you can't get a credit card, you can't get an ETC card. At Lease Japan we can give you an ETC card tomorrow. No applications, no credit cards necessary, and you just pay your ETC fees at the convenience store.

- If you have an accident, you call Lease Japan. Not the insurance company, not someone you don't know, but you call us. We will coordinate things for you; talk to the police officer at the accident site, talk to your insurance company.

- Lease Japan provides corporate leasing programs. Discounted fees are available for multiple lease oontracts, and we will manage your fleet and take all the burden off your staff!

Come talk to us for more details. Every situation is different, so we want to know yours!

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Beginning of a New Era

Having said goodbye to 2009 and welcomed in 2010, I must admit that there is a lot of uncertainty in front of us. I have just submitted our budgets for the financial year of 2010, and I found it even more difficult this year than last.

Last year it was obvious, sales budgets had to be cut, and with that you needed to cut your costs to say in business. Well, it is great still to be in business, but do you increase your sales budgets this year and ramp up your resources again.....? I suppose it wouldn't be any fun if the answer to that question were known, but it sure ain't easy to see what is in front of us in Japan in 2010.

On the up side, I am beginning to see recruiters again. There is very easy entry into the recruiting industry in Japan, so when you start running into more and more of them at networking functions, you know that companies are employing again. New employment means there is growth in certain industries. From what we see, medical related industries, low end consumer products and those investing in environmental development are moving forward quite rapidly, but with banks not eager to lend and the finincial sector not back, there seems like there is still alot of snow to be cleared before many industries can back out of their parking losts and get back on the road. Once on the road of course visibility is poor, and conditions make it difficult to get to the highway of growth quickly.

Futher on the dark side, bankruptcies were up 2.1% in December 2009 compared to November, although they are down compared to Dec 2008. For those of us in Nagoya, things appear to be going for bad to worse, as 138 cases of bankruptcy from a total of 1,021 were reported in Chubu in December, which is an increase of over 30% for the second consecutive month.

Well amongst all the uncertainty, one thing is for certain. We need to change. Last night, I was priveleged to attend a presentation by David Meerman Scott, who introduced a bunch of us to the new rules of marketing and PR. In a nutshell, it was all about getting "attention" on the web by using social media; getting your company on YouTube, creating an eBook and using "word of mouse" to reach your clientele directly.

This YouTube video was one David used to make his point



This new era calls for us to be creative and sell ourselves through social media. This is one of my new challenges for 2010.

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More Than Japan Housing, More Than Japan Cars and Furniture, More than Japan Service Apartments, More Than Japan Destination Services, More Than Japan License Conversion, More Than Japan Information!
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