Niigata: Japan's North Asia hub: language difficulties, intense competition and productivity, political instability and poor infrastructure have all made finding a suitable base to service the markets of North Asia a daunting challenge for foreign companies.(Sponsored Section)

Japan Inc. | July 1, 2003| | Copyright

FOR FOREIGN BUSINESSES IN North Asia, the conventional compromise for establishing a locus of operations has been Tokyo or Seoul, despite the exorbitant costs of setting up in either location.

However, there is another choice, and one that you may not have considered--Niigata Prefecture. Serviced by a world-class infrastructure and facilities for both sea and air, the prefecture of Niigata is centered in the middle of the North Asia trading region, only two hours' flight from Seoul, Korea, 1 hour and 45 minutes from Harbin, China, and 2 hours by Shinkansen from ...

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