JETRO Spotlight July 2011

Welcome to the latest edition of JETRO Spotlight USA, JETRO USA's national e-newsletter featuring the latest articles and events on our website. Each month JETRO brings you relevant and timely articles highlighting business opportunities between the United States and Japan along with updates on JETRO seminars and events.

Contents in this newsletter:

• Resources Global Grows Japan Office to 100 Employees, Sees Growth in Business after Earthquake
• AvePoint Triples Japan Revenue Each Year since Office Opening, Remains 'Very Bullish' after Quake

• Flow Science Opens Office in Japan, President Affirms Positive Market Outlook after Quake

• Opportunities for Research and Development in Japan - Focus on Advanced Cellular Technologies

• Japanese Game Companies @ Casual Connect 2011
• Social Networks and Games: Transition from Web to Mobile in Japan and the U.S.

• San Francisco: Green Osaka- Breakfast and Networking Seminar
• 2011 Japan-US Innovation Awards
• Lectures at Casual Connect

JETRO Case Studies

News Update: Company making progress in Japan

Keep an eye on what companies are doing in Japan with this monthly news update.

Flow Science Opens Office in Japan, President Affirms Positive Market Outlook after Quake
June 9, 2011

A New Mexico-based developer of software for industrial and scientific applications, Flow Science announced the opening of an office in Tokyo, Japan for the sales and support of its FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics software. "Japan was where the very first sale of a FLOW-3D license was made. It has been a wonderful market for Flow Science," said Thomas Jensen, president of Flow Science.

Regarding the company's business outlook in Japan in light of the recent earthquake, Mr. Jensen said, "This move, which was planned well before the unfortunate events of March 11 and thereafter, was never really reconsidered in light of those events. Japan is such an important market for our company that we believed it was the right thing to do. While the consequences of the earthquake and the resulting problems at the Fukushima power plant will doubtless have a transitory effect on Japanese industry, in the longer run, there will be growth in Japan. Equally important, because of the advanced nature of the simulation work our Japanese customers are undertaking, we feel it is important for us to be closer to them than we have been as we execute our strategy of expansion in Asia."

Sources: Company press release  and company representatives

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Japan Healthcare Market Update (Pharmaceutical/Bio)

JETRO's North America Pharmaceutical/Bio Advisor, Richard Lowenthal publishes a regular bi-monthly opinion piece on opportunities in the world's second largest pharmaceutical/bio market - Japan. Read the latest installment:

Opportunities for Research and Development in Japan - Focus on Advanced Cellular Technologies

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Upcoming Events

JETRO-Organized Events

Japanese Game Companies @ Casual Connect 2011

Date:	Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - Thursday, July 21, 2011
Location:	Benaroya Hall
	200 University Street
	Seattle, WA 98101
	From July 19-21, 2011, JETRO Fukuoka and the City of Fukuoka will send a delegation of Japanese game companies to Casual Connect 2011 in Seattle to demonstrate their latest projects and meet with U.S. game companies.

Social Networks and Games: Transition from Web to Mobile in Japan and the U.S.

Date:	Friday, July 29, 2011
Location:	Hilton San Francisco Golden Gate Room #7-8
	333 O'Farrell Street
	San Francisco, CA 94102
	Join leading social networks and games developers of Japan and the U.S. for a discussion about the transition from web to mobile.

Third-Party Events

San Francisco: Green Osaka- Breakfast and Networking Seminar

Date:	Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Location:	Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel
	55 Cyril Magnin St.
	San Francisco, CA 94102
	Come and listen to those who await you in Greater Osaka, the region that has been transformed to host the world?s factories for lithium ion batteries and high efficiency solar panels.

2011 Japan-US Innovation Awards

Date:	Friday, July 15, 2011
Location:	Huang Engineering Center
	475 Via Ortega
	Stanford, CA 94305
	The Japan Society of Northern California will honor individual companies that have achieved highly noteworthy innovation in their business or technology.

Lectures at Casual Connect

Date:	Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - Thursday, July 21, 2011
Location:	Benaroya Hall
	200 University Street
	Seattle, WA 98101
	Lectures at Casual Connect are programmed to focus on cutting edge topics in the casual games space. Join us 19 - 21 of July 2011 along with over 2000 industry professionals for the sixth Casual Connect Seattle to discuss the future and the brutal truths the game industry will face in 2011 - 2012.

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