A$15k to A$50k+ on bespoke consulting, or months lost picking through fragmented government portals in a second language. Most founders stall before they reach the market.
The Business Manager Visa now demands ¥30M in capital. Entry is a serious-commitment game. The curious are filtered out at the door, leaving the founders worth backing.
A ladder, not a leap. Start with the webinar series, go deep in the online program, and earn your way to an in-market week in Tokyo.
The entry point. $99 sessions on building product for Japan, hosted with a guest who has done it. Where serious founders start.
The real product. The mechanics of Japan entry: market validation, the ¥30M visa reality, KK vs GK, banking, hiring, localisation, partnerships. Built for founders who are serious about landing.
The in-market week. Curated, small, and earned. By the time you reach it you have self-selected through two layers, so the room is right and the week is dense.
A six-part series on the craft most Japan-entry content ignores: making a product Japanese users actually want. Each session pairs us with a guest who has done it.
Six weeks, three acts, one for each of the three things that stop founders. You do not learn about Japan in the abstract; you build your own market-entry plan, one part at a time. Prove the market, map your entry, then line up how you operate and who helps you land.
The premium in-market layer, where you execute your plan on the ground with the network in the room. Curated, small, and earned.
Watari Bridge isn't a program built on a deck. It's built on years of being in the room in Japan.
Nine years of in-market work in Japan. Tokyo is a home base, not a destination. Language and cultural fluency to do business, not just attend it.
Active relationships with Venture Café Tokyo, Business in Japan, CIC Tokyo, and the founder community.
Already shipped: a BIJ-sponsored AI investment evening in Tokyo, an AU × JP AMA series, and Venture Café storytelling.
Innovators Campus brings a 13,000+ member founder community. The program launches into existing reach, not from zero.
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