Consultants / Researchers

Background

2000
Hosoyamada joined Nissin Corporation, where he primarily handled customs clearance for imports and exports across various industries, including apparel, general merchandise, food (alcoholic beverages), and machinery. He also gained experience in customs operations in China (Shanghai), managing local export/import declarations, tariff payments, and refund procedures.

2006
Joined Macnica, Inc., where he worked in the Product Marketing Department. His responsibilities included marketing and sales of semiconductors and electronic components to major electronics manufacturers.

2007
Joined Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc. (as it was then known). In addition to providing domestic logistics consulting services, such as promoting modal shift and supporting joint logistics and distribution initiatives, he was deeply involved in numerous projects overseas. These included logistics research, trial transportation support, and feasibility studies for entering local markets.

Qualification

• Registered Customs Specialist
• International Logistics Master
• International International Multimodal Transport Specialist

Expertise

• Logistics Research
• Logistics Consulting
• Trial and Experimental Studies
• Research on Logistics and Import/Export Regulations (transport regulations, import/export regulations, customs procedures, etc.)
• Market Research and Feasibility Studies in Logistics-related Services
• Competitive Analysis

Project

Consulting

• Support for building internal controls in compliance with J-SOX
• Execution support for joint delivery initiatives
• Promotion of modal shift strategies
• Validation support for the consolidation of logistics hubs
• Support for introducing in-house customs clearance operations
• Consulting on entering the railway industry in a specific country
• Feasibility study consulting for entering the warehouse industry in a specific country
• Consulting on entering the coastal shipping industry, etc.

Research & Studies

Overseas Logistics Research

• Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, India, etc.)
• South America (Mexico, Brazil)
• Middle East & Africa (Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Echiopia, Algeria., etc.)

Research on Transportation and Trade Procedure Systems & Regulations

• Chemical procedures and regulations in various countries
• Trade management procedures for goods listed in the CITES Appendices in various countries
• Temporary import customs procedures in different countries
• Chassis-integrated transport scheme project between Japan and Korea
• Packaging material regulations in various countries

Support for Overseas Trial Transportation

• Thailand (Bangkok) to Myanmar (Yangon)
• China (Kunming) to Myanmar (Mandalay)
• Inland transportation conditions research in India (road and rail transport)
• Cold chain logistics research (Indonesia, Myanmar)

Lecturer・lecture theme

• Myanmar Logistics Research (July 2013, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance)
• Special Lecture at Waseda University Social Logistics Research Institute (July 2014)
• Special Lecturer on “ASEAN Logistics” at Ryutsu Keizai University (May 2015~)
• Research on Packaging Material Regulation Systems (July 2024, Japan Tea Central Public Interest IncorporatedAssociation)