ex·portal is a bilingual online export-portal platform. ex·portal country directories connect businesses and exporters from around the world with Japanese importers, distributors, wholesalers, partners, labels and ultimately customers.

By reaching the very heart of the Japanese market, country lists bring together the very best of international import-export opportunities.

Synergy Media Specialists is an industry-leading full-service media agency with over forty years of combined experience in bilateral trade and international economic reporting, Japan import-export queries, supplying products to Japan and navigating trade agreements.

ex.portal has a strong partnership with Japan Times, one of the largest English media businesses in Japan. 

Founded in 1897, The Japan Times is Japan’s oldest English-language daily newspaper offering unrivaled diversity and independent reporting on Japan. For 120 years, The Japan Times has served as the world’s window to Japan and has been highly regarded by international influencers and business readers in Japan and across the globe.

Since 2013, The Japan Times has been distributed in partnership with The International New York Times (formerly The International Herald Tribune). The newspaper is a trusted source of available information for non-Japanese speakers in Japan and internationally-minded Japanese executives.

“We are proud to announce that Synergy Media Specialists is launching a new platform to assist exporters and support market synergies by providing companies with online media coverage in The Japan Times.”


-Hideki Asahi, Senior Manager, Media Enterprise Department, The Japan Times, Ltd.