Business Support

The Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane holds regular consultations with the Queensland Government and other organisations as needed with the aim of promoting deeper economic relations between Japan and Queensland.

Our office can in a limited capacity assist with business-related enquiries from companies and individuals in Queensland interested in doing business with Japan. 

If you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our office via the details listed below. Please include your name, contact details, industry, and as much detail regarding your enquiry as possible so we can respond appropriately.




1．Japanese Business Support Desk at the Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane
Contact person: Mr SANO Hiromitsu, Consul for Economic Affairs

2．Government of Japan offices and networks within Australia
The Embassy of Japan and Japanese Consular offices around Australia work together to support businesses connected with or interested in connecting with Japan. You can find further details at the following links. 

Embassy of Japan in Australia - Contact information for Consulates-General of Japan in Australia (English)
     https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/consulate.html

Embassy of Japan in Australia - List of Japan related organisations (English)
     https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/about_organisations_en.html

Embassy of Japan in Australia - Business support and contact information (Japanese)
 　http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ja/bizsupport.html

3．Cooperation with Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Sydney Office

The Consulate-General of Japan works in cooperation with JETRO, an independent government agency dedicated to trade promotion, to support businesses in Japan and Australia. 

Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Sydney Office

• http:://www.jetro.go.jp/australia/ (English)
• http://www.jetro.go.jp/jetro/overseas/au_sydney (Japanese)

4．Promoting Direct Investment in Japan (for Australian Businesses)

In order to strengthen the promotion of inward foreign direct investment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has established the “Contact Point for the Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan” to support Australian companies intending to invest in Japan.

The Consulate-General of Japan can assist with such related enquiries in a limited capacity. If you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our office via the contact details listed below.

Contact person: Mr SANO Hiromitsu, Consul for Economic Affairs
Phone:  (07) 3221 5188
FAX:    (07) 3229 0878
Email:   economic@bb.mofa.go.jp

JETRO Invest Japan Report 2022
https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/investment_environment/ijre/report2022/

 
   
As one of the Government of Japan’s support measures for Japanese companies based overseas, the Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane undertakes an annual survey of such companies on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
We ask for your cooperation in participating in this survey to assist our office in understanding the Japanese business landscape in Queensland. 
 
For those companies which have received the survey form from our office, please complete the survey and send it back to the Consulate-General’s office.  If your company has not been sent a survey form, please download a copy from the link below.

1. Scope of Japanese Company Survey

• Japanese companies which have their head office, a branch office, subsidiary, or joint venture operations in Queensland
• Japanese nationals who have set up a company in Queensland

 

2. Survey Form After downloading the survey form please complete the following steps.

 

3. Completion of Survey and Deadline

• Please send the completed survey to economic@bb.mofa.go.jp.  Please protect your survey document with a password, and send the password in a separate email.
• The deadline for the survey is Friday, 18 December 2026.

4. Other

• The Government of Japan takes the protection of individual and company information seriously, and while the number of Japanese businesses in each sector will be published on the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, individual names of companies and other company-specific information will not be made public.
• Results of previous surveys can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the results of the 2025 survey (as at 1 October 2025), please click the following link: https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ecm/ec/page22_003410.html

 
If you have questions or queries about the survey, please do not hesitate to contact the Consulate-General of Japan in Brisbane. 
 
Contact Details
Consulate-General of Japan, Brisbane
Ph.: (07) 3221 5188
Email: economic@bb.mofa.go.jp