| Asking price | ¥0 (asking share price, described as "almost zero") |
| Annual revenue | ¥100,000,000 to ¥250,000,000 per year |
| Operating profit | ¥5,000,000 to ¥10,000,000 operating profit |
| Price vs profit | Priced at ¥0 or near it: the broker fee is the real price. |
| Location | Kanto/Koshinetsu region (greater Tokyo area), Japan |
| Industry | Food manufacturing, baked confectionery (beverages/food/sake/winery category) |
| Employees | 10 or fewer |
| Transfer type | share (譲渡対象 会社 (financial info table lists "会社" as the transfer target, and asking price is described as share price near zero, 株価ほぼ0円)) |
This is a company that manufactures baked confectionery (焼き菓子), both producing goods to order for other companies and selling its own brand online. The business has built up long-standing manufacturing know-how and has operated long enough to develop its own customer network and e-commerce sales channel. The seller is selling for strategic reasons, described as a review of strategy and a decision to focus the business ("選択と集中").
Because this is a share sale, the buyer acquires the company itself, including its existing contracts, bank account, and any licences, rather than having to set these up fresh.
If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.
If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). The company's existing bank relationship comes with it.
What this listing says. The company is currently in a state of excess debt (debt exceeds assets), although the seller states this has been shrinking over the last two fiscal years as profits improved; detailed figures on cash, debt and net assets are not disclosed in the public listing, and no buyer-side brokerage fee is mentioned (listed as "none" for buyer commission).
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Summary of a public listing as at 2026-10-28. Seller-reported figures, not verified. Listings sell fast, the original may already be gone. Nothing here is financial or visa advice. Free weekly email: Japan Deal Flow.