Insights
Five platforms now dominate global anime streaming, but each holds different rights, libraries, and business models. A region-by-region map for media buyers and investors.
Most foreign companies bungle their first anime IP deal because Western licensing instincts produce wrong answers in Japan. A practitioner's step-by-step guide.
Overseas anime sales topped ¥1.7T and overtook domestic in 2023. What the AJA data, geography and licensing terms mean for foreign buyers.
Almost every Japanese anime is owned by a multi-company production committee — not the studio that drew it. A B2B guide for foreign buyers, distributors and investors on how the 製作委員会 system shapes rights, deals and timelines.
1.27 million ownerless companies are driving a record M&A wave — and the rarest opening yet for global buyers
Executive Summary The global matcha market, valued at USD 3.67 billion in 2025, is projected to reach USD 5.35 billion by 2031…
How a shrinking labor supply is turning Japan into the world's most aggressive automation market — and what that means for global businesses.
An honest scorecard on Japan's five-year plan to build 100 unicorns — what's working, what's not, and why it matters for global partners
Why the luxury giant's PE arm sees a golden era in Japanese consumer brands
Japan has fewer than 15 unicorns. But behind the numbers, a new class of deep tech startups is raising bigger rounds and building for global markets.
In the US, 90% of startup exits are acquisitions. In Japan, 76% are IPOs — most of them tiny. The exit ecosystem is finally being forced to change.
Japan is the world's fourth-largest economy but has fewer than 15 unicorns. The structural reasons run deep — but the forces of change are finally gaining momentum.
