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Japanese companies adopt U.S. technology
Finding areas to contribute their technologies, several U.S. companies have expanded their business helping Japanese companies increase their online offerings.

Charles River Development – Burlington, MA
• Business:  Provides institutional investment and asset management software for global securities portfolio management
• January 2006 -- Daiwa SB Investments selected the company's investment management system to streamline and consolidate its fund management onto one integrated platform (Charles River press release) 

Trading Technologies International, Inc. – Chicago, IL
• Business:  Marketplace automation solutions and electronic trading systems
• August 2005 – Opened a sales and support office in Tokyo that serves as its Asia/Pacific headquarters
• Plans to connect its X_TRADER(R) platform to the Sydney Futures Exchange to “provide traders in the Asia/Pacific region with the opportunity to trade local products alongside other global exchanges, including the Big Four futures exchanges.” (Trading Technologies press release) 

Vhayu Technologies – Los Gatos, CA
• Business: Provides streaming financial market data analytics software
• Powers Reuters Tick Capture Engine already widely used in Japan
• February 2006 -- Nomura Securities Co. deployed Vhayu’s platform for the Tokyo Stock Exchange.  Nomura had already been using Vhayu’s software in London and New York.

Companies like these can seek to find opportunities to expand their revenue base by working with Japanese banks and securities firms to increase their online offerings and by helping the commodities and securities exchanges strengthen their online capabilities.