Connecting businesses, solutions, and opportunities across Japan, Israel and the United States.

I AM YOU

IMU Group is a Japan-based business development and market entry partner connecting companies across Japan, Israel, and the United States.

Our work falls into two core areas. First, as a Business Development Consultancy, we represent law firms, professional services firms, technology companies, and other overseas providers in Japan—identifying prospects, building relationships, opening doors, and helping convert opportunities into revenue.

Second, as a Market Entry Platform, we provide practical Japan-side operational support for companies that need more than introductions or advice. This can include local coordination, partner management, project execution, procurement, sales support, and acting as an on-the-ground operator.

Rather than stopping at strategy and generating leads, IMU helps overseas companies test, launch, operate, and grow in Japan without immediately needing to build a full local team or entity. Our multilingual team combines international perspective with local execution, with particular strength in the Japan–Israel–USA business corridor.

About the Founder

Isaku (Isaac) Uchiyama is the Founder and CEO of IMU Group. His professional and personal background spans all three markets. He spent approximately 25 years living in the United States, 18 years in Japan, and three years in Israel, giving him a firsthand understanding of the business cultures, networks, and ways of working across each country.

In the United States, Isaac began his professional career working with law firms and professional services organizations, developing experience in business development, marketing, client relations, and international relationship building. He also worked for an Israeli trading company in the United States, providing early exposure to the practical challenges and opportunities involved in connecting Israeli businesses with overseas markets.

In Japan, Isaac has built a career focused on cross-border business development, particularly within the legal and professional services sector. He has advised and supported leading Japanese and international law firms on business development, client strategy, communications, market positioning, and international relationship building, while developing an extensive network across Japan’s legal and business communities.

Through IMU, Isaac has expanded this work into technology, cybersecurity, tourism, real estate, education, and other cross-border ventures. He works with overseas companies both as a business development representative, helping them identify and develop customers and partnerships, and as a market entry partner, providing the Japan-side operational support required to launch and execute business locally.

Isaac is also actively involved in strengthening ties between Japan and Israel, working with Israeli companies and professional service firms, introducing Israeli technologies and services to Japanese organizations, and engaging with business, government, academic, and nonprofit stakeholders.

This combination of long-term experience in the United States, Japan, and Israel is at the heart of IMU’s positioning: connecting people, companies, services, and opportunities across three markets while providing the local relationships and practical execution needed to turn those connections into business.

IMU Business Lines & Partnerships

Digitalization
& DevOps Support

Through our partnership with Codama Web & Software Solutions, IMU supports businesses with practical software development and digitalization solutions.

This includes DevOps support, business process improvement, digital tools, booking systems, website-linked solutions, and technology support for companies that need affordable, practical digital infrastructure. Our focus is on helping small and medium-sized businesses modernize without unnecessary complexity.

Market Entry Advisory

IMU helps foreign companies and entrepreneurs establish, operate, and grow their business in Japan.

We provide practical support throughout the market entry process, including company incorporation, visa and immigration coordination, accounting and tax consultation, introductions to legal and professional advisors, banking and administrative support, and local operational setup.

Once established, IMU can also support business development through market research, local partner identification, client introductions, sales support, and ongoing Japan-side coordination. Our role is to help overseas companies move efficiently from planning and incorporation to active commercial operations in Japan.

Tourism
& Land-side Operations

Through our partnership with Isra Home Tours, IMU provides Japan-side operational support for overseas travel and tourism companies.

As a landside operator, IMU helps coordinate local services, logistics, vendors, itineraries, and on-the-ground support for international tour operators bringing clients to Japan. We help overseas partners deliver a smooth, locally grounded experience in Japan.

Commercial Property Management

Through our subsidiary Anava GK, IMU provides commercial property management and operational support for hospitality and rental properties in Japan.

This includes support for hotels, short-stay units, rental properties, and related hospitality operations. Our work may include property coordination, guest-facing operations, vendor management, renovation planning support, and business development for income-generating property assets.

Language & Creative Arts

IMU is the founding sponsor of the Tokyo Jewish Film Festival.

The Tokyo Jewish Film Festival celebrates the richness and diversity of Jewish storytelling through cinema. From powerful documentaries to intimate narratives, from animated gems to student debuts — we bring open-minded Jewish cinema from around the world to Tokyo audiences.

The festival will run from November 21-25, 2026.

IMU operates education-related activities through Tree of Life Language and Creative Arts Studio.

This business line supports students and families through language learning, creative development, and cultural education. It also reflects IMU’s broader mission of connecting Japan with the world through communication, culture, and practical skills.

Cybersecurity Promotion

Through partnership with One Line Group, IMU supports the promotion of cybersecurity solutions, research collaboration, and strategic partnerships between Japan and overseas markets.

This includes business development for cybersecurity companies, coordination with academic and research institutions, support for public-private sector engagement, and promotion of international cybersecurity expertise in Japan. IMU helps connect overseas cybersecurity capabilities with Japanese companies, institutions, and government-related stakeholders seeking trusted technology, knowledge, and strategic collaboration.

Legal Sector BD
& Marketing

Through partnership with Nishlis Global Legal Marketing, IMU supports law firms and professional service providers with business development, marketing, and cross-border relationship-building in Japan and globally.

This includes strategic market positioning, client targeting, event representation, Japan-focused marketing collateral, relationship development, proposal support, and coordination with law firms, corporates, investors, and professional networks. IMU helps foreign and domestic professional service firms communicate their value clearly, build trusted relationships, and identify commercial opportunities in the Japanese market.

Meet the Team

  • Isaku (Isaac) Uchiyama

    CEO & Founder
    (EN, JP, HE)

  • Melissa Rifkin Uchiyama

    Co-Founder
    Creative Director

  • Yoshihito (Yoshi) Miyakawa

    General Manager
    Head of Finance
    (JP, EN)

  • Dalia Haymov

    Associate
    (HE, EN, JP, RU)

  • Oren Stein

    Associate
    (HE, EN, JP)

  • Casimiro Crawford

    Director of Language Program
    (EN, JP)

  • Tsukushi Saito

    Associate
    (JP)

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