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Japan Market Entry & Marketing
For global AI, Web3, and internet companies entering Japan. We support localization, community building, influencer marketing, events, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy.
Visit ALTLIER →Kakehashi means bridge
Building bridges between Japan and the world.
We connect global companies, creators, learners, and communities with Japan through marketing, education, content, events, and culture.
Market entry
Language education
Media & content
Events & community
A Tokyo-based company building practical routes into Japan.
Our Vision
Kakehashi means “bridge” in Japanese. Our mission is to build real bridges between Japan and the world — helping global companies enter Japan, helping people learn Japanese, and creating communities where culture, technology, and education meet.
What We Do
Each business serves a different audience, but they all move in the same direction: connecting international ambition with Japan’s markets, language, commerce, people, and culture.
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For global AI, Web3, and internet companies entering Japan. We support localization, community building, influencer marketing, events, partnerships, and go-to-market strategy.
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We operate Japanese learning programs for students, professionals, and institutions around the world, including online lessons, university partnerships, and study-in-Japan programs.
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Through PuniPuniJapan, we create Japanese learning content for a global audience, with over 120,000 YouTube subscribers.
Visit PuniPuniJapan →We organize and support events, hackathons, meetups, founder gatherings, cultural activations, and community experiences in Japan.
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We help bring global Web3 communities and cultural IP into Japan through partnerships, events, local activations, and community building. This includes our Japan-side work with Own The Doge.
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Through SayOK, we build tools that help people improve cross-language messages before they send them, making everyday communication clearer, warmer, and easier across cultures.
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Through J-Fair, we support commerce experiences that help global audiences discover Japanese products, culture, and services online.
Visit J-Fair →Why Kakehashi?
We are not only consultants. We build, operate, teach, host, create, and connect. Our strength comes from working across both sides of the bridge.
We understand both Japan and global markets
We operate real brands, communities, and events ourselves
We connect business, education, culture, and technology
About Kakehashi LLC
Kakehashi LLC is a Tokyo-based operating company working across AI, Web3, education, media, events, and Japan market entry. Through multiple focused brands and programs, Kakehashi connects international companies, learners, creators, and communities with Japan.
Contact
Whether you are entering Japan, learning Japanese, building a community, hosting an event, or looking for local partners, we would love to hear from you.