2024 Business Meeting
Processed Fishery Products Business Meeting
for Overseas Buyers
Online business meeting
Matching that considers both the wishes of the Sanriku and Joban regions' processed fishery businesses and buyers.
Business meetings are held online.
- STEP01
- Matching Preparation
You can view the products of processed fishery businesses in the digital products catalog.
Please make use of this when selecting a business partner.
※ Catalog listing start period: Late May - late June (updated as required)
We use Google Drive to ask about possible business meeting dates and which parties you wish to have business meetings with, and then we make matches based on both parties' wishes.
※ We use Google Docs to confirm information entered about matching, schedules, etc. Therefore, a Google account is required.
We kindly ask that those without an account create one.
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- STEP02
- Business Meeting Schedule and
Advance Preparations
We will contact you with a business meeting schedule after arranging suitable matches.
Advance preparations
In order to deepen an understanding with processed fishery businesses, we kindly ask that you prepare some presentation material with your company information, etc.
- STEP03
- Online Business Meeting
- Online Business Meeting
Mid July -
early August - Online Business Meeting
Late August -
mid September
Online business meetings will be set in two periods (by country) and carried out on Zoom.
We will carry out a connection test in advance to ensure everything goes smoothly on the day of the business meeting.
A moderator and interpreter will be present on the day.
Each business meeting takes 30-45 minutes.
※Interpreters will not be present for business meetings held in Japanese.
※We will contact you regarding schedules by early July for Online Business Meeting ① and by early August for Online Business Meeting ②.
Face-to-face business meeting
Atour of inspection to production area
We hold "face-to-face business meetings" where overseas buyers and processed fishery businesses that have participated in an online business meeting negotiate face-to-face. We also implement "production area inspection tours" where overseas buyers visit the Sanriku and Joban regions to observe the processing facilities, markets, and so on.
Overseas buyers can not only check the quality and safety of products but also gain a deeper understanding of processed fishery products themselves and learn about the production process.
Meeting and speaking face-to-face cultivates a sense of security and trust regarding business dealings for both parties.
You can also interact with processed fishery businesses that are not holding business meetings.
There have been cases where tastings held at the venues led to connections!
Please do not hesitate to speak to processed fishery businesses.
※Invited buyers participating in face-to-face business meetings and production area inspections will be selected by the business meetings secretariat based on the state of progress of online business meetings, etc.
※We will post the face-to-face business meeting dates on our homepage once they have been decided.
2024 Production Area Inspection Tour
2024 marked the third year of this project, which was implemented with the participation of 48 processed fishery businesses.
After conducting online business meetings, they met with 40 buyers from 13 countries for face-to-face negotiations on Monday, October 28th, in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, and visited the production areas, which led to many contracts being concluded and exports from Japan.
2023 Face-to-Face Business Meeting &
Production Area Inspection Tour
2022 Face-to-Face Business Meeting &
Production Area Inspection Tour
Tasting for overseas buyers
We intend to hold tasting events for overseas buyers in three countries: Malaysia, Australia and Mexico.
Products from participating businesses will be sent to local sites, and participating buyers can sample a menu arranged by local chefs.
We will carry out a questionnaire after the tastings.
We will notify each participating business of the questionnaire results and share what the tasting events looked like.
※We will post the venues for the tasting events, etc. on our homepage once they have been decided.
※We will notify buyers from the corresponding countries and regions via a separate email or by other means.
2023 Tasting Event
Last year, we held tasting events in three countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore.
The events gave buyers the opportunity to taste the processed fishery products of the Sanriku and Joban regions, which are plentiful, and to gain a deeper interest.
Online follow-up business meeting（WEB）
Follow-up business meetings are held to pick up on negotiations that need some final support to reach a deal with one more push.
There have been actual cases where deals were completed through this event.
For detailed information on business meetings
Contact
Secretariat of
Processed Fishery Products
Business Meeting
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Juniza (Ms.)／Endi (Mr.)
JTB Corporation hosts the “Processed Fishery Products Business Meeting” as a part of
Fisheries Agency's FY2024 Sales Promotion Support Project
for the Reconstruction of Fishing Industry.