starter Package for Japan.
✓ Localized social media
✓ Streamlined for affordability
✓ Native Japanese team, not AI
★ Overcome Japanese consumers’ decreasing English ability
Japan's EF English Proficiency Score
★ Get around Japanese consumers’ copywriting needs
Most annoying aspect of brand content
Japan Starter Package
Localize your brand’s social media in a more seamless way! Let us efficiently take care of you in Japan for a low monthly price.
✔︎ Localization by Japanese specialists
✔︎ On-brand captions for ≤ 8 posts or Stories
✔︎ Strategic Japanese hashtags
✔︎ Management & approvals platform access
✔︎ Posted for you
✔︎ Basic Japanese community management
✔︎ 1 social channel included
From only $699/mo.
The average rate in Japan for similar services is $1,250 ~ $1,900/mo. We keep prices low by streamlining operations while maintaining the same quality. 6-month minimum.
Customizations
Customize your plan with any of these add-ons.
+ 4 extra post localizations
Boost your communications with more on-brand messages in Japanese.
+ Ad management
Grow your awareness on social for less than Japan’s standard rate.
+ Additional social channels
Localized content optimized for your other Japanese social channels.
+ Creative localization
Turn the text in your post’s images into native-level Japanese.
Add-on options from only $99/mo.
Smooth Experience
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Select the service and add-on options to create the perfect package that matches your localized social media needs.
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Complete our detailed onboarding questionnaire to provide us with all the necessary details.
We will consider your information, apply our knowledge, and decide on a localized version of your brand in Japan.
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Communicate directly in English with your dedicated account manager through email.
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Upload your English posts to the platform and we'll complete the localization. Review, request changes and approve your Japanese posts.
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We handle the scheduling and posting of your posts, and respond to inbound comments and messages in Japanese that matches your localized brand.
How this compares
We’ve kept the price low for this package by analyzing past projects and streamlining our approach, focusing on the tasks that best benefit smaller businesses.
Typical Japan Agency
From $1,250/mo.
☹ Analog processes
☹ Language barriers or non-Japanese
☹ 20% of ad spend fee for awareness ad management
Japan Starter Package
From $699/mo.
☺ Streamlined process
☺ Native-English communication
☺ Low flat-rate for awareness ad management
Why us
✔︎ Native-level Japanese.
We know that auto-translated text and foreign social media approaches aren’t what’s best for your brand, so we do social media by Japanese for Japanese.
✔︎ 30+ years of experience in Japan.
Our history in Japan goes back to 1992. We are part of the TAM Group, a privately-held Japanese agency collective with more than 150 team members.
✔︎ We’re Japan market insiders.
The TAM Group has worked with prominent Japanese clients like Shiseido, Asics, Panasonic and more in the digital space, and we utilize the insights we’ve gained.
✔︎ 100% English communication.
We have native-level English-speaking project managers who can communicate with you and understand your needs while working with our native Japanese team.
FAQ
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Our Japan Starter Package is one of the most affordable social media marketing services for Japan. This package is more than 50% cheaper than the average rate in Japan for similar services.
Our pricing starts from $699/mo for 8 social media posts on one social media channel, approvals management, scheduling, and basic community management. There are optional add-on services as well. -
The average rate in Japan for the services included in this package is said to be between $1,250 ~ $1,900/mo, and it can be higher if English communications are required.
We keep our price in this package low by cutting out the resource-intensive work that we offer in our custom services and focusing on the tasks and output that would best benefit smaller businesses.
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You can start by purchasing this package.
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Complete a detailed onboarding questionnaire to give all the information we need. This includes information such as tone of voice, you product/service, target and any particular goals you may have.
Then we'll help connect your social media channels to the management platforms we use that allow us to get your approval and schedule posts that you've approved to your accounts.
You will have your posts localized within 10 business days after you've completed the questionnaire, provided the next month's original English-language posts, and your accounts are connected. -
We rely on written communication and async work to keep this service affordable and to make sure everyone is on the same page.
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As our service is for clients who are serious about getting started in Japan, our service period is for 6 months. It changes to month-to-month after. You may change to fully customized services at any time.
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Yes, if some of your next month's posts aren't ready, you may add posts to translate, localize and schedule at any time as long as the total post number is within your package. Please allow a 48-hour business day turnaround time. Also, please keep in mind that you will need to approve the post before it is posted.
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You pay via credit card. Your card will be charged each month.
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No, our services are non-refundable. We don’t offer refunds due to the non-returnable nature of personalized digital services and the manual labor involved.
While we strive for your satisfaction, this is not a “only pay if you like it” service. You pay us for localized creative deliverables based on the information you provide and the feedback you give.
We don’t guarantee marketing or sales results or social media performance, but we will happily implement any revisions needed that are within the original scope of work.
We are not responsible for any technical issues from Meta or other third party platforms. -
Yes, we do! We’ve successfully worked with international agencies as their partner for Japan and helped them assist their clients.
If you are an agency, please contact us here.
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Our team is based in Hawaii, USA and Japan.
The TAM Group has independently operating offices in Osaka, Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, Amsterdam and London and Hawaii.
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We offer customized services such as original content creation for Japan, digital ad management, influencer marketing, UGC farming, website localization, e-commerce support, and LINE operations.
We can also do social media marketing in English as well.
If you're interested in other custom services, please contact us here.
Let’s start!
Get your Japanese social media work done without the hassle of communication barriers, resource-challenged freelancers, and costly agencies.
Pay a fixed, monthly, and predictable rate, with no surprises. From only $699/month.