CROSS-BORDER TRADING COMPANY
Connecting products and markets across borders.
Bringing the world's best products onto Japanese shelves.
Taking Japanese craftsmanship out to global markets.
NDM is a cross-border trading company built for both directions.
ABOUT USAbout us
Excellent products stay locked inside the country where they were made. We do not see that as a shame. We see it as an opportunity nobody has taken yet.
NDM LLC is a cross-border trading company based in Higashiosaka, Osaka. We bring new products from overseas makers into the Japanese market, and take well-made Japanese products out to the world. Market research, exclusive distribution agreements, import and export, crowdfunding market testing, and retail rollout — we handle the whole chain ourselves, without passing you to another company halfway through.
Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese. You talk to us, not to an agency in between.
Demand validation through crowdfunding, then rollout to major retail chains — all under one roof.
Not import only, not export only. Building trade that runs both ways is what we are good at.
OUR BUSINESSWhat we do
Three businesses that connect to each other and form a single flow of trade.
INBOUND
We find new and innovative products from overseas makers and secure exclusive distribution rights for Japan. Demand is first validated through a crowdfunding launch, and proven products then move on to full rollout across mass retailers and specialty stores. Imports from China are handled here as well.
OUTBOUND
We take well-made Japanese products and brands into Korea and the wider Asian market. Before opening sales channels, we adapt the product to local business practice, regulation and price expectations so that it can actually sell.
EC & RETAIL
Through our own online store, the major marketplaces, and wholesale to physical retailers, we design everything that happens between the warehouse and the customer — including inventory, logistics and after-sales support.
PHILOSOPHYOur philosophy
The world’s products, brought to the Japanese market.
Find it overseas, launch it in Japan through crowdfunding, and grow it on the shelf. That is the order our business runs in.
WHY NDMWhy NDM
Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese. No translation agency, no intermediary — decision makers talk to each other. When intent carries accurately, negotiations move faster and land better.
Crowdfunding validation, first production run, rollout to retail chains. Because the company handling each phase never changes, what we learn on the ground feeds straight into the next decision.
We are a small, senior team. You will not wait weeks for an internal approval cycle. We decide in the meeting and start moving the next day.
We are based in Higashiosaka, a dense cluster of manufacturing and logistics. Being close to domestic makers and close to the major Asian cities makes a practical difference every single day.
PARTNERSPartners
From electronics chains to variety stores, we place each product in the sales floor that suits its category.
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MESSAGEMessage
At trade shows abroad, I have stood in front of a product and known with certainty that it would sell in Japan — only to find, years later, that it still had not arrived.
The reason good products do not reach people is never quality. It is the language barrier, the difference in business practice, and the fact that nobody is willing to take the first step.
NDM exists to take that first step. Our work comes down to one thing: carrying value that lies dormant inside one border to the people on the other side who need it.
From Japan to Asia, and from Asia to the world. I would be glad to travel that road together with you.
Representative Partner SUNGCHUL JO
TO OVERSEAS MAKERSFor overseas makers
Japan has a reputation as a hard market to enter. Distribution runs through several layers, retailers hold suppliers to exacting standards, and consumer expectations around packaging, manuals and after-sales support are unlike anywhere else. That is the part we take off your hands.
If you have a product with no distribution partner in Japan yet, we would like to hear about it. You can speak with us directly in English, Korean or Chinese.
VISIONVision
We are not building a one-way import service. The goal is to design and operate a flow of trade that circulates through Asia in both directions.
Securing exclusive Japanese distribution rights for overseas products and launching them through crowdfunding. Building a track record in Japan comes first.
Imports from China, exports to Korea. Building a distribution network that works inside Asia without routing everything through Japan.
Taking Japanese brands global and establishing our own e-commerce distribution network — extending the trade we have built in Asia outward.
From Japan to Asia,
from Asia to the world.
CONTACTContact
Product proposals, distribution enquiries, partnership discussions — please get in touch.
We reply in Japanese, English, Korean or Chinese.
We reply within two business days.
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