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Japan SEO for global teams and agencies

Japan SEO support from a native Japanese consultant, in English.

Get senior SEO judgment for the Japanese market without a translation layer. I help overseas companies and agencies decide what to fix, what to build, and what to prioritize.

Tomomi Matsumoto, native Japanese SEO consultant
Tomomi Matsumoto

Native Japanese SEO & Web Growth Consultant based in Sapporo. 20+ years in SEO, content, site growth and digital marketing.

Trees Consulting visual for Japanese market growth
4Mmonthly pageviews for a finance / investment media property
#1staffing keyword, achieved from outside the target region after starting outside the top 30
Many sectorstop rankings across medical, logistics, printing, local-store and other Japanese search projects
Native Japanese search judgmentKeyword nuance, SERPs and page expectations reviewed natively.
Direct English communicationDiscuss strategy, priorities and implementation without relay delays.
Senior SEO directionClear next steps for teams that already have writers, developers or agencies.

Choose your path

Two ways to work with Trees Consulting.

For companies

You need Japan SEO your global team can understand.

I review the Japanese market, identify the highest-value SEO opportunities, and turn them into priorities your team can act on.

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For agencies

You need a Japan SEO specialist behind your client work.

Brief me in English. I can support audits, keyword research, strategy, proposal work and implementation review.

Discuss an agency project →

Where I help

Useful when Japan SEO needs judgment, not just more content.

Entering Japan

Map Japanese search demand, competitors, page needs and launch priorities.

Traffic or leads are stuck

Find the gap between rankings, landing pages, site structure and conversion.

Complex sites

Improve categories, templates, internal links, crawl paths and page roles.

AI Search visibility

Make your site easier for AI-driven discovery tools to understand and cite.

Agency support

Add native Japanese SEO expertise without hiring a local specialist.

Implementation review

Give developers, writers and marketing teams clear SEO direction.

Selected results

Practical SEO work tied to business outcomes.

Specialist Staffing Company · Japan

More search-driven job applications.

Outside top 30 → #1 · Applications 1.7× YoY

Reworked positioning, Japanese keyword targeting, page priorities and implementation instructions.

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Medical Device Company · Japan

More product inquiries from search.

Around #50 → #5 · Inquiries 1.6×

Focused the target customer, high-value Japanese keywords and supporting content plan.

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Why Trees Consulting

Japan SEO without the usual language gap.

Japanese SEO is not only translation. Search behavior, SERPs, page expectations and proof points can change by market.

You can discuss the business context in English while the Japanese search judgment is handled natively.

Best fit

  • Global teams entering Japan
  • Companies with underperforming Japanese SEO
  • Agencies that need Japan-market expertise
  • Teams that can implement but need senior direction

Need Japan SEO expertise?

Send the site and the problem. You can write in English.

I’ll help identify the highest-value next step for the Japanese market.

English SEO Blog

Explore the English SEO blog

These article hubs support the main Japan SEO service page and help overseas teams understand Japanese search before they contact us.

Japan SEO Strategy

Use this cluster when the reader already knows they need search visibility in Japan and wants to understand scope, partner choice, and practical execution.

Japan Market Entry SEO

Use this cluster for foreign companies that are entering Japan, testing demand, or trying to fix a translated site that is not producing leads.

Japanese Keyword Research

Use this cluster when the main issue is keyword selection, search intent, and content planning in Japanese rather than direct translation.

Technical SEO for Japan

Use this cluster for crawlability, hreflang, URLs, Yahoo Japan, and technical setup around English and Japanese pages.

AI Search Optimization Japan

Use this cluster for companies that want to be found and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI features and other answer-style discovery paths in Japan.