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<br>General Edition Sunday, August 29, 2010 Issue No. 579<br><br>+++ INDEX<br><br>- What's New<br>- News<br>- Candidate Roundup/Vacancies<br>- Upcoming Events<br>- Corrections/Feedback<br>- News Credits<br><br>SUBSCRIBE to, UNSUBSCRIBE from Terrie's Take at:<br>
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<br><br>+++ WHAT'S NEW<br><br>It's been a busy week for foreign company owners selling <br>their businesses. While your average Japanese CEO might <br>want to turn his company into a lifetime affair, there is <br>
plenty of opportunity in M&A-hungry Japan for enterprising <br>foreign entrepreneurs to sell locally.<br><br>First up, on August 20th, was the announcement that private<br>equity firm Appreciate, led by Hiroyuki Kurihara, bought the <br>
H&R Consultants and ReloJapan businesses off Oak<br>Lawn Marketing for an undisclosed sum. Appreciate has <br>purchased 100% of the operations, and this transaction ends<br>an 18-year association between H&R and its founders Harry <br>
Hill and Robert Roche. The businesses will still be run by <br>the very capable Steve Burson, however, and will continue <br>providing the same high-grade real estate and relocation <br>services they have done over the last two decades.<br>
<br>We asked Harry why he sold the firm. He responded that <br>since NTT DoCoMo bought out a majority stake in Oak Lawn <br>Marketing, one of Japan's largest direct marketing and TV <br>shopping companies, the compliance environment that came <br>
with DoCoMo, as a public company, has meant that keeping <br>H&R as a group business has become increasingly expensive <br>and time-consuming. This is of course understandable, and <br>we assume represents the natural evolution from small to <br>
big, an evolution which only gets interrupted if the owner <br>decides to jump out altogether and retire to a deserted <br>island some where...!<br><br>The H&R story is truly one of a bootstrapped start-up, and <br>should be an inspiration to other young entrepreneurs <br>
thinking about starting a company in Japan. We asked Harry <br>Hill to give us the start-up story in a nutshell. He <br>responded:<br><br>"H&R Consultants was founded in January of 1991. In <br>December of 1990, Robert Roche and I met at the inaugural <br>
meeting of the American Business Community of Nagoya <br>(ABCN), which became the Chubu Chapter of the ACCJ 10 <br>years ago. Robert was one of the organizing members. At the<br>time he had a company called Robert Business Consulting <br>
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<br>[...Article continues]<br><br>"This was the height of the US Japan Trade Friction years <br>and there was tremendous pressure on Japan and Japanese <br>companies to buy US [products and services]. This created a<br>
big rush in joint venture projects between the major <br>aerospace companies, with Boeing, Raytheon, Pratt and <br>Whitney, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, etc... all <br>announcing joint development deals that required US <br>
engineers and their families to relocate in Nagoya. The <br>first meeting of the ABCN essentially was Robert and <br>myself, representing local, young and hungry entrepreneurs, <br>hosting a forum for executives from the aerospace industry."<br>
<br>"At the time, the representatives were estimating an influx<br>of 200 families within an 18 month period. Robert and I <br>looked at each other and realized we could either hate each<br>other or become partners. We chose the latter and H&R <br>
Consultants was born. While H&R was never Robert's nor <br>my primary business, during the first 5-6 years of its <br>existence it provided both of us with steady supplementary<br>income that was essential to survive. Robert and I were <br>
very involved in the operations, sales, and day-to-day <br>business for the first 6 years, but over time an incredible<br>group of dedicated, hard working and motivated individuals <br>from Scott Reid, current managing director for brands at <br>
OLM, to Steve Burson, have taken over H&R."<br><br>"Over the years, in addition to housing and relocation, H&R<br>was involved in marketing of international telephone <br>services and satellite television sales to expats. As well, we <br>
invested in a 2X4 house builder and import construction <br>materials company...! While humility is one of Robert's and <br>my more under-stated attributes, the hands-on experience we<br>gained in the early years by being on 24-hour call taught <br>
us humility and gratitude to all the companies who gave us <br>a chance at the beginning of our careers. We are indebted <br>to the ABCN (now the ACCJ Chubu chapter) members who gave <br>us a chance and this has inspired us to want to mentor and <br>
provide opportunity to this generation of entrepreneurs <br>coming of age in Japan. Certainly here in Nagoya, I believe<br>that both OLM and H&R has been open to giving a foreign <br>entrepreneur a shot."<br><br>
While the price paid by Appreciate for H&R is not public, <br>Harry did say: <br>"The price is not public, but Robert and I founded H&R as <br>a Yugen Kaisha. H&R pretty much supplemented our incomes <br>
at a nice annual salary per year until 1999 when we sold <br>H&R to OLM for JPY120m. OLM has steadily received dividends<br>and sold H&R for a healthy capital gain, so over the years <br>H&R has certainly generated several hundred million yen off<br>
of an initial investment of JPY3m."<br><br>*********************<br><br>The next deal is that of Wall Street Associates, owned and <br>run by Nick Johnston. Nick founded WSA in 2000, and <br>although in a mature industry without the advantage of a <br>
dotcom model, he has been able to build up his business <br>over the last 10 years to an impressive level. The main <br>tools he has had at his disposal are: focusing on growth <br>segments of the market, leveraging with mass (recruiters <br>
and clients), running the operation at a very personal <br>level and staying part of the team, bringing his core <br>management team along for the ride (stock options), and of <br>course personal leadership qualities.<br>
<br>This mix has served Nick well. The buyer is an online and <br>Japan-specialist recruitment company called En-Japan, which <br>is actually the second largest online recruiter in Japan <br>after Recruit. They paid the well-priced amount of JPY1.7bn<br>
for WSA, making it, as far as we know, the biggest earn-out<br>amongst the 3 foreign recruiting firms to have been sold so<br>far in the last 5 years or so.<br><br>When we first saw the earn-out amount, we were surprised, <br>
because the En-Japan press release that came out on Friday <br>said that sales for the last financial year were JPY1.859bn<br>and more importantly, Ordinary Income was JPY296m. If <br>correct, that means En-Japan paid 5.7 times last year's <br>
earning for the company. In the current economic <br>environment, this is a fairly high multiple, so we <br>contacted Nick to confirm why this price was paid. He <br>responded that apart from the people and systems, the <br>
business itself is on track for a strong recovery this <br>year, and that sales are running 25% ahead of last year. So<br>clearly En-Japan was pricing this performance into their <br>purchase price.<br><br>Why would En-Japan, a Japanese online recruiter with a <br>
remarkably small number of bilingual candidates in their <br>database, be interested in a foreign-company specialist <br>like WSA? It seems that for much the same reason as Recruit<br>was interested in another recruiter, CDS, several years <br>
ago -- to bring more aggressive western-style recruiting <br>skills into the Japanese operation, and perhaps more <br>importantly, to take the business abroad. It is no secret <br>that Japanese firms have given up on their domestic markets<br>
for expansion, and that this philosophy has really hit home<br>over the last 12 months. Therefore, with WSA, En-Japan gets<br>a foreign markets-capable platform to do what Recruit has <br>gone on to do with CDS.<br><br>Anyway, we want to congratulate the latest group of foreign<br>
businesspeople for showing that although tough, the <br>Japanese market for venture companies can also be very <br>rewarding. Well done, Robert, Harry, Steve, and Nick. <br><br>*************<br><br>Lastly, next week's prize in the Metropolis Members Club is<br>
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- 70% prefer Kan over Ozawa<br>- Tourism Agency to ask for budget increase<br>- Google ousts Microsoft as Japan's top brand<br><br><br><br>-> Job creation fund to double in size<br><br>Job training of care givers, subsidies for companies hiring<br>
long-term unemployed youth, and subsidies for new graduates<br>are all part of the job creation fund that the government <br>has spent JPY150bn so far this year on. Now the DPJ plans <br>to extend the program for another year with the same size <br>
budget, with the goal of creating an additional 60,000 jobs <br>-- mainly in health care and agriculture. (Source: TT <br>commentary from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Aug 28, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100827D27JFA15.htm">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100827D27JFA15.htm</a><br>
<br>-> Vaccine makers see demand evaporate<br><br>Thanks to a Health Ministry study last year, the government<br>has made the decision that it only needs half the inventory<br>of flu vaccine it originally wanted to ward against an H1N1<br>
style epidemic this coming winter. The study concluded that<br>just one shot of the vaccines made by GSK and Novartis is <br>enough to create resistance to the flu. Previously a course<br>of two shots was recommended. Experts say the decision has <br>
chopped the vaccine market size by a massive JPY40bn. <br>Particularly upsetting for Novartis is the fact that the <br>company has not been named as one of the favored few to <br>mass produce the vaccines here in Japan from now on. <br>
(Source: TT comment from <a href="http://nikkei.co.jp">nikkei.co.jp</a>, Aug 26, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100827D26HH581.htm">http://e.nikkei.com/e/ac/tnks/Nni20100827D26HH581.htm</a><br><br>
-> 70% prefer Kan over Ozawa<br><br>Although it's not up to the public, a Kyodo News poll of <br>1,450 voters has found that 69.9% prefer Naoto Kan to <br>Ichiro Ozawa, in the upcoming DPJ party leadership contest.<br>
Rumors are that Ozawa is making his run because it offers <br>an opportunity for him as PM to avoid court charges of <br>political funds irregularities. Although Kan is more <br>popular, Ozawa is the driving force behind the DPJ and <br>
many of the newly elected MPs owe their success to him and <br>his election strategies. If Ozawa is successful in ousting <br>Kan, he will be the DPJ's third leader in a year, and <br>Japan's third PM in a year as well. (Source: TT commentary <br>
from <a href="http://wsj.com">wsj.com</a>, Aug 28, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100828-700190.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100828-700190.html</a><br><br>-> Tourism Agency to ask for budget increase<br>
<br>Sensing it is on a roll, with massive increases of tourists<br>recently, the Japan Tourism Agency will apparently request <br>a 3% increase in budget for the remainder of fiscal 2010, <br>and more for FY2011. The Agency says that it wants to hit <br>
15m tourists visiting Japan by 2013 and will need JPY13.1bn<br>next year to promote Japan as a travel destination. The <br>Agency plans in particular to target Saudi Arabia, the UAE,<br>Spain, and Italy for advertisements highlighting Japan. <br>
(Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com">ibnlive.in.com</a>, Aug 28, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2a7q3gm">http://tinyurl.com/2a7q3gm</a><br><br>-> Google ousts Microsoft as Japan's top brand<br>
<br>A Nikkei survey of 33,033 shoppers and 14,184 executives <br>has found that Google now has the most respected and <br>recognized brand in Japan. In being so ranked, Google has <br>surpassed last year's leader, Microsoft. Sony came in <br>
third, followed by Yahoo, then other famous indigenous <br>brands in the top 20, such as Canon, Panasonic, Casio, and <br>Sharp. (Source: TT commentary from <a href="http://warc.com">warc.com</a>, Aug 27, 2010)<br><br><a href="http://www.warc.com/News/TopNews.asp?ID=27164">http://www.warc.com/News/TopNews.asp?ID=27164</a><br>
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<br>-------------------- CCH Tax Seminar ----------------------<br><br>CCH Japan presents 'Tax Seminar 2010'<br><br>Important Changes in Japanese Transfer Pricing<br>and Corporate Tax in 2010<br><br>Transfer Pricing<br>
-NTA clarifies expectations around documentation--the role of<br>documentation and supporting materials in managing TP risk.<br>-Advance Pricing Arrangements: a great value for some<br>taxpayers--what do they accomplish, and what is involved?<br>
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