{"id":4392,"date":"2023-03-02T11:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:48:41","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e5%b0%8f%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad%e3%81%ae%e6%b5%b7%e5%a4%96%e8%b2%bf%e6%98%93%e3%82%92%e3%82%82%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a8%e7%b0%a1%e5%8d%98%e3%81%ab%e3%80%80%e5%89%af%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%a4%a7%e6%a3%ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/2023\/03\/02\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%b0%8f%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad%e3%81%ae%e6%b5%b7%e5%a4%96%e8%b2%bf%e6%98%93%e3%82%92%e3%82%82%e3%81%a3%e3%81%a8%e7%b0%a1%e5%8d%98%e3%81%ab%e3%80%80%e5%89%af%e4%bb%a3%e8%a1%a8%e5%a4%a7%e6%a3%ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Making overseas trade easier for SMEs: Vice President Omori speaks at business matching event held in Sendai"},"content":{"rendered":"

A passionate speech on why now is the time to start exporting and how to do it - Summary of the lecture at the "khb Business Matching Exchange Meeting" held on February 27th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At the "khb Business Matching Exchange" held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture on February 27, 2023, Standage Executive Vice President and COO Omori gave the first presentation. Titled "Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Across the Sea: Making Trade Freer and Easier," he gave a passionate explanation of why SMEs should step on the gas now for exports, common concerns, and ways to enter the trade market at low cost and without hassle, while also introducing Standage's digital trade platform.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 Lecture content (summary)<\/strong>
\n1. "Export Promotion" as a National Policy and the Hurdles Standing in the Way of Japanese Companies<\/strong>
\nIn December 2010, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, JETRO and the Japan SME Corporation came together to launch the "10,000 New Exporters Program." With the record low yen last year as a catalyst, the government is actively encouraging companies to enter the export market. Standage is also collaborating with this program to provide more support than ever before to businesses considering new exports.<\/p>\n

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However, starting trade is not easy for small and medium-sized businesses, as there are many obstacles to overcome, from developing sales channels to negotiating and contracting, making payments, and arranging logistics. Trading companies are there to support these efforts, but the reality is that they are reluctant to handle small-scale transactions.<\/p>\n

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2. Streamlining analog and complicated business processes: Trade DX tools from Standage, a "digital trading company"<\/strong>
\nOne of the reasons why trading companies cannot undertake small and medium-sized businesses and transactions is the complexity and high level of expertise of trade practices. Paperwork is particularly prevalent among many industries, and complicated tasks tend to be personalized. To solve these issues in the trade industry, Standage is developing a digital trade platform that realizes digital transformation of a series of trade-related tasks, from contracts and negotiations to payments and logistics arrangements.<\/p>\n

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3. Case studies and methods for expanding overseas at low cost even without export experience<\/strong>
\nEven if digital tools streamline business practices, the barriers to entry into trade remain high for small and medium-sized businesses with limited resources. As a "digital trading company" with its own tools, Standage offers "Digitrad," a package service that allows businesses to outsource all trade processes. The company has aimed to design a service that is easy to consider even for those with concerns about costs, by offering subsidies to cover two-thirds of the implementation costs, up to a maximum of 3.5 million yen. The products handled in the examples range from medical equipment and educational toys to food.
\nNow is the time to consider entering the export market while you can receive generous support from the government. And of course, if you contact Standage, we will provide you with full support and assistance.<\/p>\n

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*This press release is an excerpt and summary of the presentation "Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Across the Sea: Making Trade Freer and Easier" held on Monday, February 27th (held at the "khb Business Matching Exchange" event hosted by khb Higashi Nippon Broadcasting, lecturer: Kenta Omori, Executive Vice President of STANDAGE Co., Ltd.). For more details and materials, please contact the "DigiTrad" service official website (https:\/\/standage.co.jp\/digitrad).<\/p>\n

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\u25a0About Standage<\/strong>
\nEstablished in March 2017. Opened an office in Nigeria in December of the same year, and established local subsidiaries in Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt in 2021. Provides "Digitrad," a comprehensive digital trade service that can complete all trade operations, from matching trade sellers and buyers to payment, financing, and cargo delivery. For payments with emerging countries, it has developed a safe, inexpensive, and fast payment system using blockchain and crypto assets. By combining trading company functions with tech, it aims to create a society in which domestic small and medium-sized enterprises are seamlessly connected to the rest of the world.
\n\u25c7\u201cDigiTrad\u201d service official website: https:\/\/standage.co.jp\/digitrad
\nEstablished: March 2017
\nRepresentative: President and CEO Akinori Adachi
\nCapital: 548,240,000 yen (including capital reserve of 272,620,000 yen)
\nURL: https:\/\/standage.co.jp\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why Now is the Time to Start Exporting and How: A Passionate Explanation of the Presentation at the "KHB Business Matching Networking Event" Held on February 27th At the "KHB Business Matching Networking Event" held in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture on February 27, 2023, a director of Standage... Continue reading Making overseas trade easier for SMEs: Vice President Omori speaks at business matching event held in Sendai<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"acf":{"en_news":{"custom_css":"","en_title":"Making Overseas Trade Easier for Small and Medium Enterprises Vice President Omori speaks at a business matching event in Sendai City","content":" \r\n\r\nA passionate speech on why now is the time to start exporting and ways to do it. Outline of the presentation at the February 27th \"khb Business Matching Gathering\".<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u00a0Standage Executive Vice President COO Mr. Omori participated in the first part of the presentation at the \"khb Business Matching Gathering\" held on February 27, 2023 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Under the title of \"SMEs Across the Sea: Trade More Easily and Flexibly,\" he passionately explained why SMEs should step on the gas for exporting now, common concerns, and how to achieve low-cost, hassle-free trade entry, while introducing Standage's digital trade platform.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0Lecture Content (Summary)<\/strong>\r\n

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  1. \"<\/span>Export Business Promotion\" as a National Policy and Hurdles Facing Japanese Companies<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\u00a0In December 2010, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, JETRO, and the Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation of Japan (SME) joined forces to launch the \"10,000 New Exporters Program. The record depreciation of the yen last year has prompted the government to encourage companies to enter the export market in a big way. Standage is also cooperating with this program to provide more support than ever to businesses considering new exports.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\u00a0Initiating trade, however, is not so easy, as small- and medium-sized businesses face a number of high hurdles, from developing sales channels to negotiating and signing contracts, settling payments, and arranging logistics. Although \" shosha\" are there to support them, the reality is that they do not handle small-scale transactions very well.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n
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    1. streamlining analog and cumbersome business operations \"Digital trading company\" Standage's trade DX tools<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\u00a0One of the reasons why trading companies cannot take on small- and medium-sized companies and transactions is the complexity and specialization of trade practices. Among the many industries, paperwork remains particularly strong, and cumbersome operations tend to be conducted by a limited number of employees. To solve these issues in the trading industry, Standage has developed a digital trading platform that enables the DX of a series of operations involved in trading, from contracts and negotiations to settlement and logistics arrangements.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n
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      1. low-cost ways to enter overseas markets without export experience<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\u00a0Even if business operations are streamlined with digital tools, the high entry barriers to trade remain high for small and medium-sized businesses with limited resources. Therefore, Standage, as a \"digital shosha company\" with self-developed tools, offers Digitrad, a packaged service that allows the entire process of trade to be thrown in. We aimed to design a service that is easy to consider even for those who are concerned about costs, such as by offering a subsidy of up to 3.5 million yen, or two-thirds of the introduction costs. The products we handle as examples range from medical equipment, educational toys, and food products.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0Now is the time to consider entering the export market with the generous support of the government. And, of course, when you contact Standage, we will be happy to support and assist you.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n "},"author":{"author_image":"","author_name":"","author_image_link":"","introduction":""},"production_published":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}