2. Project Purpose

[Appendix A] JETRO Chicago 1. Title： Invest Japan Advisor

2. Project Purpose ： Contribute to improve the Japanese economy’s global competitiveness and to create innovation and employment in Japan by attracting U.S. companies to Japan.

3. Target Industries of the project： All sectors

4. Region： Serviced area by JETRO Chicago *Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas

5. Description of the project：【Investment into Japan-related work】 1）Find companies interested in investing into Japan ・Find U.S. companies interested in setting up a presence in the Japanese market by visiting individual firms and attending seminar(s)/exhibition(s), networking with service providers and public support organizations, and making effective use of Japanese market information and subsidy information provided by JETRO. ・The Advisor requested by JETRO to attend seminar(s) and exhibition(s) will be reimbursed for admission fees and business travel expenses. If the Advisor is not requested by JETRO to attend seminar(s) and exhibition(s), the Advisor will cover admission fees and business travel expenses at their own expense. ・The Advisor is required to invite powerful influential U.S. companies (i.e., company size, potential setup of R&D facility, innovative companies, etc.) to the Japanese market. 2) Consultation for U.S. companies interested in investing into Japan ・The Advisor is required to support companies, as the person in charge, with the assistance of JETRO’s resource, service menu, and information until the company has established their presence in the Japanese market. 3) Sharing and managing company information ・The Advisor is required to share and manage corporate information gained from communication with the company. 4) Sharing progress of the task ・The Advisor is required once every one month to share progress of the task with JETRO Chicago’s business development team. The Advisor is to report and share recent activities, provide updates on ongoing projects, and related matters. Also, the Advisor is required to present in a positive manner strategies on how to revitalize and streamline investment activities into Japan. 5) Prepare and submit the monthly activity report ・The Advisor is required to prepare a brief monthly activity report regarding the previous month’s activities, content of interviews with companies, and updates with ongoing projects, and submit it to the person in charge via E-mail. (The form will be provided by JETRO later) ・In addition to monthly activity report of last contract month, the Advisor is required to submit an annual report of their activities by March 31, 2017. 6) Interim review ・The Advisor is required biannually to report on their activity and review to JETRO. Also, the Advisor is required to explain their prospect of results and future strategy.

【Other work】 1）Seminar host, speaker, panelist, presenter, etc. ・As per request by JETRO Chicago and other JETRO Northern America offices, the Advisor is required to attend seminar(s) hosted by JETRO and related organizations, and participate (i.e., as a host, speaker, panelist, presenter, etc.) in the seminar. If such requests were to occur and the Advisor was to accept, JETRO would reimburse business travel expenses and receive additional payment based on JETRO’s internal accounting rule, separate from monthly salary base. 2) Support JETRO Northern America offices ・As per request by JETRO Northern America offices, the Advisor is required to inform and/or advise, and join the telephone conference(s) with companies. 3) Support JETRO activity ・The Advisor is required to promote amongst their network seminar(s) and exhibition(s) hosted by JETRO. ・The Advisor is required to share information, knowledge, and network gained through JETRO’s contracting period.

6. Target number 1) Success case – 2 2) New and follow-up business cases - 20 *The above number is a “target” and it does not need to be achieved necessarily, but the advisor must be receptive if JETRO requests improvement in order to achieve the yearly goal. *For registration of new business cases, new business cases will be counted and recognized only if they are submitted by March 10, 2017. *Each newly found company that is submitted as a new business case (forms provided by JETRO) and approved by JETRO headquarters will be counted as one new business case. *When the advisor contacts and supports company that has already been approved previously as business case in JETRO, the company can be regarded as a follow-up case only if JETRO headquarters approve it. *In the case several staff contacts the same company, JETRO will decide and designate a person in charge of the company followed by JETRO’s internal rule. *One success case is counted by obtaining the following: corporate information and necessary documentation, new business case approval by JETRO headquarters, confirmation of company having utilized JETRO services, company registration certificate, confirmation of physical entity in Japan, JETRO client satisfaction form, confirmation and approval by JETRO headquarters. Paper companies are not the target nor are acceptable. *Companies that will not be accepted as new business cases, include: “companies that do not have a physical office in U.S.”, “companies that lack information about themselves on their website (i.e., management page, contact details, founding year, etc.)”, “companies with a vague investment plan for Japan”, “companies with no intention of setting up a physical entity in Japan”, “companies that only want to establish Japanese business partners and do not intend to setup a physical entity in Japan”, “companies that do not need nor use JETRO services”, ”companies with poor funding or finances", “companies without their own enclosed office in Japan”, “companies not hiring local staff in Japan”, and “companies that incorporate only on paper."

7. Term of Contract Contract day - March 31, 2017

8. Others ・The Advisor is required to represent JETRO and use JETRO business cards. ・The Advisor is required to use own E-mail address as JETRO will not provide a JETRO account specific E-mail address. ・The Advisor will receive a lot of information by working for this project. The Advisor is required to not share nor leak information whether it is highly confidential or not. Information is to be kept protected internally. ・The Advisor is always required to keep the balance between “quality and volume” (achievement of the target number(s) and new business cases that can make an impact to the Japanese economy), and perform activities. ・The Advisor is required to distinguish and separate this project from his/her private work. The Advisor is not allowed to provide or introduce their own fee based services to client companies during any JETRO related activities.

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