As a compass of the changing world

concept

rain Inc. supports companies to go to the global market
by specialists network
in more than 40 countries over the world.

Organizing appropriate team structure based on research objectives and project scale.

Individual specialists
Local research agencies
Local universities professors
  1. Providing latestinformation
    fromlocal point of viewand
    global outlooks.
  2. Doing survey byrain's specialists
    around the globe
    at the same
    time parallelly Managing and
    coordinating those specialists
    and provide outcome in one stop.
  3. Supporting major research
    agencies and think-tanks’
    strategy development
    behind the scene.
  4. Following up from beginning to
    the end and supporting clients’ needs speedy.

business domain

Providing various services to fit your needs.

  • Research

    Economic and Social analysis

    • Populations
    • Disposal income
    • Macro-Economic indicators
    • Socio-Economic survey
    • Distribution channel
    • Regulations, rules, laws

    Industry survey

    • Industry market size and trend
    • Major players
    • Major player’s details
    • Management team’s characteristics
    • SKU line-up
    • Sales ranking
    • New product line-up
    • Price range
    • Production site information

    Consumers research

    • FGI(Focus Group Interview)
    • In Depth Interview
    • Home Visit
    • Online survey
    • Central Location Test
  • Coordination

    Business meeting support

    • Long listing of visiting sites
    • Appointment arrangement
    • Attending business trip, interpretation
    • After follow-up

    Business tour support

    • Long listing of visiting sites
    • Business tour coordination/ schedule arrangement
    • Arrangements
    • Local support
    • After follow-up
  • Analyzation

    Existing data analysis

    • Existing data analysis
    • Writing report

    Survey data analysis

    • Survey outcome data analysis
    • Writing report
  • Business records

    Clients

    • Major research agencies, Ad agencies, think-tanks, consulting firms, and others

    Recent major works

    • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): International Economic Research Project for the Formulation of an
      Integrated Domestic and Foreign Economic Growth Strategy for FY2020
      (Basic research project on the Brunei Darussalam Presidency for consideration of new ASEAN-Japan cooperation)
    • Survey on Toilet Market in the U.S.
    • Central Location Test on food products in Indonesia
    • Group interview on seasonings in Taiwan
    • Depth interview on disposable diapers for children in Indonesia and Thailand
    • Matching of supplement distributors in Vietnam and Malaysia
    • Partner search survey for a building materials manufacturer in Thailand
    • Survey on home appliances market in Vietnam
    • Survey on a disease in the U.S.
    • Survey on the insurance system in China
    • Survey on Japan's future forecast
    • Survey on the automobile market in Cambodia
    • Survey on large theaters in UAE, Uruguay and Peru
    • Survey on consumer electronics in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
    • Survey on alcoholic beverages in five European countries
    • Survey on industrial parks in Thailand
    • Social listening survey on children's diapers in Thailand and Indonesia
    • Survey on culture in 12 countries
      (12 countries from East Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania)
    • Survey on plant-based food in Germany, China, and Australia
    • Survey on medical devices in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and France
    • Sporting Goods Market Research in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia
    • Survey on soft drinks in Malaysia
    • Survey on Cosmetics in Korea
    • Survey on Cosmetics System in Singapore and Thailand
    • Survey on sweeteners in Turkey
    • Research on quantum computers in the U.S., U.K., and France
    • Survey on Advertising Systems in the U.K., Canada, Australia, France and Germany
    • Survey on elevator market in UAE and Philippines
  • rain's world wide network

profile

Company profile

Company name rain Inc.
Establishment 14th January 2014
Address Nittochibiru2F, 1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1000013
Tel +81-3-4405-9240
Contact info@rain-globe.com
Business Domain
  • Target area economic and social analysis
  • Industry survey (Industry market size, major players)
  • Partner candidate survey (long listing, short listing, interview)
  • Consumer research (Online survey, Focus Group Interview, In-depth interview)
  • Report writing
  • Business meeting support (Appointment arrangement, business discussion support, after follow-up)
  • Business trip support (business trip schedule arrangement, linguistic support)
Related Sites https://rain-globe.com/en/asean/

managing director, rain Inc.

Sayaka Fukuda

B.A. in Policy Studies, Keio University; M.A. in Policy Studies, Chuo University. After 10 years with a non-profit organisation providing ODA consulting for higher education in Southeast Asia, including 6 years in Bangkok, and working as an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, she worked for a strategic consulting company supporting Asia before assuming her current position ( Managing Director of rain Inc.) In the 10 years since RAIN was founded, she has been involved in a total of more than 300 diverse research projects as project manager and senior researcher in a total of 44 countries. She has field research experience in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, France, UK, USA, Australia, and various B-to-B and B-to-C interviews, She has also conducted a number of BtoB and BtoC interviews in English or Japanese. Has published: 'The Impact of Economic Growth on Income Distribution: An Empirical Analysis of Thailand with a Focus on Human Capital', Policy Studies, Chuo University", Comprehensive Policy Studies, Chuo University Press - 1 Jan 2000 "Development and the Digital Divide", Introduction to Policy Studies, p143-144 Toyo Keizai Shinposha - 1 Jan 2003.

RAIN’s Advisors

  • Prof. Dr. Takeru Ohe(Advisor to Wased University)

    • Professor at Waseda Business School of Waseda University, Ph.D. in Experimental Physics, Board member of Cognex Japan K.K and WERU Investment K.K., Consultant for corporate venturing activities, Advisor of Waseda Open Innovation Center for Open Innovation
    • Dr. Ohe has vast experience as a consultant for companies competing in the high tech industries of the United States, Europe and Japan. He founded T. Ohe & Associates, Inc. in 1982 to assist companies in building better businesses in Japan. Before beginning his consulting practice, he was General Manager of Dymo Japan, Inc., a large Japanese subsidiary of Dymo Industries.
    • Dr. Ohe currently sits on the boards of Cognex Japan K.K., a Boston-based machine vision manufacturer; and WERU Investment K.K. a zero stage capital new business investment firm associated with Waseda University.
    • Dr. Ohe is currently a professor at Waseda Business School of Waseda University. He teaches Corporate Venture and Entrepreneurship courses. His research interests cover Experimental Management and Open Innovation. He has also been consulting on corporate venturing activities with clients that including Matsushita, NTT, Olympus, Seiko Epson, Taiheiyou Cement, Konica, LG, and IBM.
    • Dr. Ohe has a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate. School of Business. Dr. Ohe has a BS degree in Physics from Nippon University in Tokyo.
  • Prof. Sukehiro Hosono(Professor, Chuo University)

    Completed a master's degree in economics at Keio University in 1973. In the same year, he joined Nippon Univac (now BIPROGY Inc.) as a researcher; completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Social Engineering, Tsukuba in 1981; became a professor at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University in 1993 and a visiting professor at the University of Maryland Graduate School for one year from 1997; professor at the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University from 1998; professor emeritus at the university from 2019. He is a member of the Fiscal System Council of the Ministry of Finance and a member of the Board of Education of Hachioji City, and in 2002 was awarded the '2002 Academic Award Editorial Prize of the Japan Society for Planning Administration'.