Pacific Rim Partners is a private firm based in the United States and Japan that invests in and advises growing companies that seek to capitalize on the opportunity to do business between the US and Japan.

We were founded in 2002 with a very specific mission: to become the most highly recognized and capable advisory firm in the Japan-US transaction corridor.

We believe tremendous untapped commercial opportunities exist between Japan and the US. This conviction is based on an analysis of the staggering size of these two markets as well as upon the interest both countries have in expanding commerce, sharing and jointly capitalizing on complementary expertise, products, technologies, and learning new and different methods of achieving high results.

Furthermore, our founders have seen the mutual respect, admiration, and friendships that have developed amongst Americans and Japanese once both have invested in relationships with each other.

That said, while certain American companies like McDonald's and Starbucks along with certain Japanese companies like Sony and Toyota have developed tremendously successful sales channels in the respective market across the Pacific, the majority of American and Japanese companies have nevertheless failed to do so.

We aim to fix that.

Pacific Rim Partners enjoys an ever-expanding role among US and Japanese companies that have asked the question: “How can we prudently expand our business across the Pacific and find a way to enjoy profitable operations in Japan (for US companies) or the US (for Japanese companies)?”