This is not what you are asking, but it may help. There is an old post by patio11 "Doing Business In Japan" https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan... HN discussions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8573992 (818 points | Nov 7, 2014 | 308 comments ) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12885435 ( 185 points | Nov 6, 2016 | 51 comments)