Japanese Traditional Family Businesses

Japan is home to about 33,000 companies with more than 100 years of history. Many operate in the food and craft industry and are part of Japan's cultural heritage. Unfortuntely, many of these companies are in danger of disapearing. The reason for traditionl companies to close are numerous, but the main two reasons are shrinking domestic markets driven by changing consumer habits and a shrinking population as well as lack of successors.

Our mission at NIHON ICHIBAN is to help preserving such companies by opening up international markets for their products and jointly developing contemporary products. We even aspire to acquire companies without successors. Below is a list of Japanese traditional family businesses sellling their products on NIHON ICHIBAN (in no particular order).