Necessary business tools to conducts web business

The following products enable you to conduct business with Japan directly.

Japanese language Software

Twinbridge Japanese Partner ($199)
http://www.twinbridge.com
Documents created by Japanese version MS Office 97/2000 can be fully readable and ready for editing in English version MS Office 97/2000 and vise versa. Able to do more technical stuff.

Kanji Kit ($199)
Very easy to use.

• Japanese Support Utility for Windows
• Browse Japanese Web sites on the Internet
• Send and receive e-mail in Japanese
• Input Japanese on English applications

Web creation tools

Paint Shop Pro (Graphic program)
http://www.jasc.com
Paint Shop Pro offers the easiest, most affordable way to achieve professional results. It is cheap, and JASC offers Japanese versions.

Macromedia Dreamweaver
http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/
This software is very popular in Japan, too. Many Japanese web designers are using it. Japanese version available.

Macromedia Fireworks
http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/
Many Japanese web designers are using this graphic software with Dreamweaver. Japanese versions available.

FFFTP (FTP Client Software)
Very popular free FTP software among Japanese users
http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~sota/product-e.html

Free graphics for Japanese sites
Japanese people prefer cartoons to photos. Go see what kind of cartoons are popular.
http://www.55info.com/kase/sozai/index.html

Web promotion tools

Web Position Gold ($149)

It will increase the traffic to your site. (It did to mine.) WebPosition Gold makes it easy to monitor your search positions & to improve your rankings. Although Japanese version is not available, their resouces are very useful to optimize your site for search engines.

Trellian Submit Wolf JP ($165)
If you would like to submit your site to not only English search engines but also Japanese ones frequently, this product may be the only one available on market so far. This software allows you to submit your website to over 300 Japanese search engines