SELECTED JAPANESE BRAND PARTNERS

Japan Torch works with selected Japanese food, beverage, ingredient, and consumer brands seeking to earn trust and local acceptance in the U.S. market.

Through Market-In feedback, positioning, storytelling, buyer conversations, trade show learning, and long-term U.S. market development, we help each partner understand how their value can be received in America.

日本食品メーカー・食品関連企業様へ

Japan Torchは、日本食品メーカー、食品ブランド、飲料・消費財企業の米国進出、アメリカ市場開拓、米国バイヤー向け商品提案、展示会後フォロー、販路開拓をMarket-Inの視点で支援します。

現地の声を取り入れながら、商品価値、使い方、価格、パッケージ、ストーリーを米国市場で伝わる形に整理し、日本企業がアメリカで信頼されるブランドになるための土台づくりをお手伝いします。

FEATURED PARTNER FOCUS

UMIOS - NON CO Tuna

A key Japan Torch partner example for U.S. seafood buyers searching for Super Frozen Tuna quality, Japanese manufacturers and companies, and Market-In communication.

UMIOSは、日本企業の商品価値を米国バイヤーに伝わる形へ整理するJapan TorchのMarket-In支援実例です。日本の食品メーカー・食品関連企業が米国市場で信頼を築くためには、品質だけでなく、現地Buyerに伝わるポジショニング、商品説明、使い方、物流条件、販売先のイメージを明確にすることが大切です。

Super Frozen Tunaを探している米国Buyerは、高品質なマグロ、鮮度感、色味、寿司・ポケ用途での安定性を求めている可能性があります。UMIOSは、Super Frozen品質への期待感を持つBuyerに対し、普通の冷凍物流で扱いやすいNon CO Tunaとして提案できる点が特徴です。

UMIOS is one of the most important featured partner examples for Japan Torch. By supporting UMIOS, Japan Torch shows how Japanese manufacturers and companies can strengthen trust in the U.S. market through clear positioning, buyer-ready messaging, and practical Market-In communication.

For Japanese manufacturers and companies, this partnership demonstrates that Japan Torch can work with serious, established Japanese food businesses and translate their product value into a form that American buyers can understand and evaluate.

For U.S. buyers searching for Super Frozen Tuna quality, UMIOS offers a practical Non CO Tuna option designed around premium quality expectations, standard frozen logistics, and no super freezer requirement.

For U.S. buyers, UMIOS NON CO Tuna is not positioned only by price. Its value is in being a rare Non CO Tuna solution with no CO treatment, no super freezer requirement, and standard frozen -18°C logistics, while supporting the quality expectations buyers associate with super frozen tuna and premium frozen tuna programs.

In the U.S. tuna market, buyers have often worked with three main options: CO-treated tuna, super frozen tuna, and fresh tuna. CO-treated tuna does not fit buyers with strict no-CO purchasing standards. Super frozen tuna can deliver strong quality, but it often requires super freezer infrastructure and specialized handling. Fresh tuna has its own quality, shelf-life, and consistency challenges.

UMIOS NON CO Tuna is positioned as an Only One option for retail seafood buyers, premium grocery teams, sushi programs, poke operators, foodservice distributors, prepared foods teams, and seafood category managers seeking clean-label tuna, practical frozen handling, and a differentiated seafood program.

Japan Torch supports UMIOS by translating these strengths into U.S. buyer-ready language: Non CO Tuna, CO-free tuna, super frozen tuna quality, premium frozen tuna, high quality frozen tuna for sushi and poke, no super freezer required, standard frozen logistics, premium seafood program fit, and clear handling guidance for American buyers.

日本メーカー様・企業様向けには、UMIOSのNon CO Tunaを「CO Tunaの代替品」としてではなく、COを扱わない米国Buyerに向けたOnly Oneの商品価値として整理し、Super Frozen品質の期待感と普通の冷凍物流の扱いやすさを伝えることを重視しています。

UMIOSは、Japan Torchが日本メーカー様・企業様の商品価値を米国Buyer向けに整理し、現地の声に合わせて伝え方を作っていく実例としても重要なパートナーです。

FEATURED BRAND PARTNERS

DEAN & CO ・ MEIYO MATCHA ・ MISHIMA FOODS ・ SUPREME FOODS ・ UMIOS ・UZUNOHANA

Featured Market-In Support Categories

Premium seafood ・ Japanese sauces and condiments ・ Ready-to-serve noodles ・ Matcha and cafe ingredients ・ Edible flowers ・ Japanese beverages

Past Clients / Partners

株式会社モンテローザ ・ICREST (ITOCHU GROUP)・IMURAYA USA・Mommy Gina Tuna・SHOWA MARINE・TAMAKI RICE COMPANY

Crunchy Garlic Sauce

A Japanese garlic sauce with crispy texture, savory depth, and flexible menu use. Japan Torch helps position products like this for retail, foodservice, prepared foods, and chef conversations by clarifying use cases and local appeal.

Ready-to-Serve Yakisoba

Made in Japan and ready in minutes, this yakisoba shows how convenience, consistency, and authentic Japanese flavor can be translated for U.S. foodservice, catering, retail, and back-of-house needs.

Japanese Matcha

Authentic Japanese matcha with strong potential across cafes, beverages, desserts, cocktails, and premium menu development. Support focuses on story, quality cues, and practical applications for American operators and consumers.

Yukari Red Shiso Drink Mixer

A distinctive Japanese ingredient for cocktails, mocktails, sparkling drinks, and culinary applications. Japan Torch helps communicate its red shiso flavor, vivid color, and creative usage in a way the U.S. market can understand.

Uzunohana Edible Viola Flowers

Delicate edible flowers from Japan that bring natural color and elegance to cocktails, desserts, sushi, salads, and premium plated dishes. The opportunity is not only visual beauty, but helping chefs and creators understand how to use them.

Sparkling Japanese Beverages

Refreshing sparkling drinks such as yuzu and Okinawa lemon can fit retail, hospitality, foodservice, and non-alcoholic beverage programs when the flavor story and usage occasions are clearly positioned.

Yakisoba & Matcha

Ready-to-Serve Yakisoba

A practical example of how Japanese convenience and authentic flavor can be positioned for U.S. foodservice, catering, retail, and back-of-house operations.

Japanese Matcha

A premium Japanese ingredient with strong menu potential across cafes, desserts, cocktails, wellness menus, and beverage programs when quality, usage, and story are clearly communicated.