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Nippon Life Insurance Company
Amidst the global drive to decarbonise, Japanese businesses are paving the way with world-class environmental research, market-leading sustainable technologies, and tactical ESG investing. According to Nikkei Asia, Japanese companies’ environmental s
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EDITOR IN CHIEF Jason Feifer CREATIVE DIRECTOR Paul Scirecalabrisotto DEPUTY EDITOR Frances Dodds PHOTO DIRECTOR Judith Puckett-Rinella MANAGING EDITOR Monica Im SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Tracy Stapp Herold COPY CHIEF Jessica Levy RESEARCH Andre Carter
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Raysum
Last year, Japan’s stock market reached its highest peak in over three decades. This year, observers are optimistic it could go even further. Lazard Asset Management, for one, says now “is an excellent opportunity for investors to re-evaluate their p
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THE Franchise 500® HALL OF FAME
This year, we at Entrepreneur published the 45th annual edition of our Franchise 500 ranking. As we celebrate that milestone, we also want to recognize the franchise brands that have been on this Franchise 500 journey right alongside us for the longe
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A Quick Look at the Fast-Growing Brands
Stratus Building Solutions, which made No. 1 on our list, added more than twice as many franchise units as the No. 2 company on the list! Three of the fastest-growing franchises on our list just started franchising in 2022! They are: Super Soccer Sta
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Yokogawa Rental & Lease
As Japanese businesses look to drive new growth amidst the country’s declining workforce, demand for technologies like artificial intelligence is soaring. Since the government’s launch of the Regulatory Sandbox in 2018 – which allows businesses to de
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Dip Corporation
Buoyed with confidence by the return of inflation, record wage growth, and low interest rates, foreign investors have made one thing clear: Japan is Asia’s most liquid “not China” buy. Their outlook is boosted by several key factors, including shareh
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Thailand
With its world-famous tourism industry, robust manufacturing, and flourishing financial services sector, as well as an agriculture base that ranks in the world’s top-15 exporters, Thailand boasts an enviably diverse economy. It is also a dynamic one
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Making the Midlife Leap
Sometimes, building the life you want requires a big risk. That’s what Keri Gardner realized when she cashed in $100,000 of her retirement savings to buy a franchise. It was November 2020, and she had just been laid off from her executive role at a h
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The 10+ Club
→ Here’s another elite group of franchises! → These brands have hit the Franchise 500 for 10 or more years. → Once they hit 25, they graduate to the Hall of Fame. → We list them here, ranked by years on the list. Anago Cleaning Systems Ranked 24 year
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Takasago Thermal Engineering
“Japan is at a turning point”, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a grouping of affluent countries, noted in a January 2024 survey of the country’s economy. The OECD noted that the Asian giant is on track to meet its 2% inflat
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You’re Never Out of Options
YOU’VE HIT a wall. Maybe it’s an idea that won’t work. A pursuit you were rejected from. An effort that failed. Now you feel stuck and frustrated. I’ve felt it too—but I learned four simple words that help me move past it. I think they can help you t
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#1 In Category
→ Another elite status from our Franchise 500. → These brands have topped their categories for 10+ years. → You’ll find many Hall of Famers and 10+ Clubbers here. Dunkin’ Ranked No. 1 in category 38 years The UPS Store Ranked No. 1 in category 34 yea
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How to Build a Side Hustle That Works For You
If you’ve been hearing a lot about side hustles lately, you’re not alone. The term has slipped into our common consciousness in recent years—so much so that Merriam-Webster added it to its dictionary in 2022. “Side-hustle is a word on the move,” the
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How to Build the Next Huge Thing
Want to start, fund, and sell a major company? Spencer Rascoff has some advice on that—because he’s seen it from all sides. As a founder, he first cofounded the travel-booking site Hotwire, which he sold to Expedia. He then cofounded Zillow, which he
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15 Side Hustles You Never Knew Existed
If you don’t get squirmy around creepy-crawlies, try breeding insects! Crickets, Dubia roaches, and mealworms are all easy to cultivate, and lizard-owners never stop needing to feed their reptiles. Jeff Neal learned this in 2016, when he bought his d
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Logicom Holdings
For global businesses expanding into Asia-Pacific (APAC), Japan’s exceptional trade infrastructure and extensive catalogue of free trade agreements (FTAs) make it the ideal choice. From Kansai International Airport, located in Osaka, businesses can e
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What’s the Real Damage?
Miri Offir knows how to talk to people in crisis. After serving in the Israeli military, she came to the U.S. in 2003 and took a secretary job at the post-disaster recovery franchise 911 Restoration. She worked her way up—eventually becoming the comp
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When Making Things Harder Is Better
Everyone knows the exasperation of unnecessary friction. We’ve all navigated systems that create maddening ordeals rather than give us simple answers, services, or refunds. We’ve sat through endless meetings with blabbermouths and ill-defined agendas
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Make A Big Splash With A Business Meeting In San Diego
Networking. Brainstorming. Planning. Problem solving. These are all elements of a productive business meeting. As the leader of your team, setting goals and charting a course for the future are critical. But so is a meeting’s “wow factor.” The more y
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The Loss That Changed My Company
When I was 17, I founded a company to save police officers’ lives. We distribute and manufacture body armor and other protective equipment. And yet, I will admit: For the first eight years, this work felt abstract—like watching war unfold on the nigh
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Miyatsu
Japan’s net worth has reached an astonishing JPY 3.999 quadrillion, according to official data released in January, marking the highest tally since 1994 and the seventh straight year of growth. With inflation also at a four-decade high, Japan’s econo
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Make Your Work Life Easier
Tired of doing video selfie-style? The Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit [$180; belkin.com] acts as your personal cameraman. On video calls with Zoom, TikTok, FaceTime, and others, the dock holds an iPhone magnetically while charging it, wh
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How to Sell a Thing Nobody Likes
In 2021, when Tom Rinks was asked to rebrand an oral care company, he had a few thoughts: The name sucked, for one. The market looked impenetrable. And the product was boring as hell. It was right up his alley. Rinks is an unusual guy, with an even m
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Japan
These past few years have been witness to an extraordinary economic renaissance in the world’s third-largest economy. From cost-cutting and sluggish to dynamic, growth-orientated, and rocket-fuelled by active investment, healthy inflation, and a high
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Why Small Businesses Can't Afford To Grow
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CELEBRATORY LUNCH—THE KIND WHERE YOU ORDER FRENCH FRIES AND CHEESECAKE, THEN GO HOME TO NAP AND DON’T EVEN FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. Instead, Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson were sitting in an Atlanta restaurant, dazed with disappointme
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3 Ways to Build Real Businesses on the Side
If you have marketable skills, but you aren’t sure how to spin them into a business, try teaming up with someone from an entirely different industry. Together, you could pinpoint opportunities for innovation. That’s what Gene Caballero did. Back in 2
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These Brands Grow Globally
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Inaba Foods
After years of deflation, Japan is experiencing its fastest price growth in over three decades and has “convincing emerged from three decades of stagnation,” according to Morgan Stanley. On the level of businesses and people, expenditure and consumpt
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Daiso Industries Co., Ltd.
According to the latest Global Innovation Index (GII), Japan is the 13th most innovative country in the world and the fourth most in its region. Dubbed a ‘world innovation leader’ in the 2023 GII, Japan ranks as part of a select few high-income count
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