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We build a BCP with your team: what must restart first, who decides, and what you need in stock.
BCPJAPAN · Japan
We help companies keep running when disaster strikes.
BCPJAPAN is a Japanese consulting firm. We write Business Continuity Plans (BCP) with companies, and train their people to use them. A BCP is a plan that keeps a business running, or gets it back quickly, after an earthquake, typhoon, cyberattack or supplier failure. We are a pioneer of this kind of resilience management in Japan, and we are now building a course for business owners abroad.
Why do some Japanese companies last 1,000 years?Our film · 5 min 19 s · English subtitles
Our fourth year at the BNI Global Convention
Sydney→Madrid→Hawaii→Monaco 2026
What we do
Plans, people and practice.
Many companies have no written plan for the day their site, their systems or their suppliers stop. We help them build one, and make sure the team can use it.
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Train your people
A structured course for business leaders, with worksheets your company keeps as its own documents.
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Practice together
Table-top drills and on-site exercises, from teams of 5 to companies of thousands.
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Check the ground
Land and hazard diagnosis, the part of risk that starts under the building.
How a plan works
One plan for the whole event.
A BCP covers four stages. Each stage has an owner, a checklist and a review date, so nobody has to invent the answer on the worst day.
Stage 1
Prevent
Find the risks. Fix what you can before anything happens.
Stage 2
Respond
Protect people first. Report, decide, act.
Stage 3
Continue
Restart the few activities that keep the business alive.
Stage 4
Recover
Return to normal, then learn from the event.
The first 72 hours
Source: BCPJAPAN course, Volume 04.
New book · in English
Before the Shock
A Short Business Continuity Guide for Owners Who Must Keep Running, with Lessons from Japan.
By Ken Kamiyama. Available on Amazon.com (Kindle).
Why we do this
Japan has lived through all of this, and rebuilt.
Earthquake, tsunami, landslide, fire. Each of these places came back, and the habits of preparing, helping each other and restarting are what we teach.
And then
People help people. Then the road back begins.
Preparation does not stop the disaster. It shortens the road back.
Pioneer of BCP in Japan
Taishin Yamaguchi has been in the field since the 1995 Kobe earthquake.
His preparedness work began as a volunteer in a Kobe shelter. It grew into BCPJAPAN, where he leads training for companies across Japan.
Taishin Yamaguchi
Representative Director, BCPJAPAN
1995
Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake. First volunteer at a shelter holding 2,300 people. Later asked to lead the shelter for three months.
2004
Chuetsu earthquake. Supported relief in Ojiya, Niigata.
2009
Founded the company that became BCPJAPAN, renamed in 2012.
2011
Great East Japan earthquake. He was teaching 3SK and BCP at a precision-machinery plant when it struck, and led the first response. He visited Tohoku monthly for a year.
Today
Author of a book on BCP for small care businesses (2021). Developed the 3SK method used in our courses.
Source: BCPJAPAN member profile.
Ground risk and the land
Ken Kamiyama has worked on the ground for about thirty years.
Foundation engineering, structural design and site work in Japan, Australia and Southeast Asia. Then more than 8,000 ground and disaster risk diagnoses. He teaches the part of preparedness that starts under your feet.
~30years in ground and construction
8,000+ground and disaster risk diagnoses
2books on preparing from the ground up
Source: Kamiyama diagnosis records and published books.
Where we stand
Built in Japan. New abroad.
The program runs today for Japanese companies. We have not yet delivered it outside Japan, and we say so up front.
10core volumes, each with working sheets and a short quiz
41fill-in sheets that turn each lesson into a document your company keeps
4phases, from training a leader to keeping the habit alive
0overseas clients today
We are looking for our first partners and pilot companies abroad.
Our case is based on what we have done in Japan and on the preparedness practices of Japanese business. We would rather say that clearly than suggest otherwise.
Source: BCPJAPAN course design (Version 10).
Opening module
Why Japan? Because the ground moves.
Japan lives with earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, floods and volcanoes. Over generations, its businesses and communities built habits for getting ready. The opening module explains those habits and shows how a manager can use them.
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Companies that last
How long-established Japanese firms think about continuity, and what they keep ready.
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Buildings and public stockpiles
Seismic building standards and national stockpiling, explained for business owners.
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Everyday drills
Evacuation practice in schools and workplaces as a habit that starts early.
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Supply chain shocks
Conflict, blocked sea routes, terrorism and the sudden loss of a key supplier.
We do not compare countries or rank them. We show what Japanese companies do, and you decide what fits your own situation. Figures used in the course are checked against public sources and cited on the slide.
The program
Ten core volumes, plus two new modules.
Text and slides come first. Video lessons follow, with each video kept to 30 minutes or less.
Phase 1
Train a leader
One person in your company learns the method in an online group course.
Phase 2
Roll out inside
Monthly sessions with your own team turn the method into company documents.
Phase 3
Reach outward
New staff training, families, suppliers and the local community.
Phase 4
Keep it alive
Ongoing advice and a yearly cycle of review and improvement.
This is the structure used in Japan. The overseas phases are being adapted with partners.
6 carried over3 localized1 replaced2 new
VOL 0New
Why Japan: the culture of preparing
The roots of Japanese preparedness and how it shows up in management.
VOL 0+New
Supply chain disruption scenarios
Conflict, blockade, terrorism, and a sudden stop from a trading partner.
VOL 01Carried over
Preparedness and continuity, team and version control
The difference between the two, and who owns the plan.
VOL 02Localized
Land and hazards
Hazard data replaced with each country's own public sources.
VOL 03Carried over
Business impact analysis
Four axes: severity, urgency, likelihood and safety impact. Industry examples are localized.
VOL 04Carried over
The first 0 to 72 hours
A short, repeatable way to report, decide and act.
VOL 05Carried over
Cyber continuity
Method carried over. Laws and rules are confirmed with local experts.
VOL 06Replaced
Finance, insurance and funding
Rebuilt around each country's insurance and support systems, with local specialists.
VOL 07Localized
Stockpiles, supplies and procurement
Adapted to local conditions, with added work on the supply chain.
VOL 08Localized
Training and outside partners
Who to work with in your own city or region.
VOL 09Carried over
Restarting work and the recovery headquarters
How to bring operations back in a planned order.
VOL 10Carried over
Digital 3SK, digital transformation and AI, drills and review
Keeping files in order, and practicing so the plan stays current.
Formats and pricing are being designed together with partners and are not set yet.
Methods you will use
Simple tools you can use right away.
3SK
Sort, set in order, shine, and crisis management
Many factories already practice 5S. 3SK adds a fourth habit, crisis management, to the first three, so tidy places and tidy files become part of how you prepare. We plan to test this bridge with manufacturers.
Four stages
One plan for the whole event
Each stage has its own owner, checklist and review date.
Prevent → Respond → Continue → Recover
SSR and ILDA
Clear reporting and clear leadership
Safety → Situation → Report
Information → Leadership → Direction → Action
Business impact analysis
Four axes, with reasons written down
Rate severity, urgency, likelihood and safety impact on a five-step scale. Then write the evidence, the assumptions and the concrete effect, so the next person can follow your thinking.
Virtual drill
Sixty minutes, three scenarios
An earthquake, a power cut with failed communications, and a ransomware attack. Your team practices at a table, with no equipment needed.
Land diagnosis
Start from the ground
A land-based risk review that comes before the plan. In each country it uses that country's public hazard data.
One habit runs through all of it: pause before reacting. In our experience, a calm first minute often saves the next hour.
Who it is for
Companies that cannot afford to stop.
Business owners
Small and medium companies exposed to disasters, conflict, supply cuts or sudden loss of a customer.
Consultants
Advisers who want a ready structure to bring preparedness work to their own clients.
Manufacturers
Plants in regions with typhoons, floods or earthquakes, where stopping a line costs the most.
The program is written for small and medium companies. Large corporations are outside its scope.
Team
Four specialists, one method.
Representative Director
Taishin Yamaguchi
Pioneer of BCP in Japan. Leads the team and strategy side of the course, including 3SK and the Strategic Defense approach.
Senior Consultant · ground, BCP, DX
Ken Kamiyama
Teaches the land and hazard volume and most of the others. Author of two books in Japanese (one, two) and, in English, Before the Shock.
Finance and insurance
Tomoyuki Takahashi
Teaches the finance, insurance and funding volume. In overseas versions, local specialists take over the country-specific parts.
Cyber continuity
Shigeki Takeda
Teaches the cyber volume. Local legal requirements are reviewed with experts in each country.
Working with partners
Language is quick to adapt. Real localization needs you.
We provide the method and the training content. A local partner knows the law, the insurance market and the way business is done in your country. We want to build each national version together.
Now
Conversations
Meetings at the BNI Global Convention in Monaco and afterwards online.
Planned · Nov–Dec 2026
First English edition
A basic plan, then English text and slides, with a sample module.
Planned · 2027
Pilot with partners
A trial run with partner companies, then a Traditional Chinese edition.
Dates are plans and may change. Legal, tax and regulatory questions always go to qualified local experts.
Keep in touch
See more of our work.
YouTubeWhy do some Japanese companies last 1,000 years?
Our new film for the Global Convention. 5 min 19 s.↗ YouTubeBooth video, Tokyo Big Sight
Four specialists at BNI Japan National Conference 2026.↗ FacebookBCPJAPAN on Facebook
Seminar reports and preparedness posts, in Japanese.↗ Instagram@bosai_bcp
Pictures from our seminars and field work.↗ BookBefore the Shock
A short business continuity guide, with lessons from Japan. In English.↗ BookKen Kamiyama, book one
On preparing from the ground up. In Japanese.↗ BookKen Kamiyama, book two
A walking guide to the ground under your feet. In Japanese.↗ YouTubeBCP Leader Training Course, 7 minutes
The Japanese course explained. In Japanese.↗ Field workOur field activities
Drills, training and shelter support. In Japanese.↗ CompanyCompany profile
About BCPJAPAN. In Japanese.↗ Company sitewww.bcpjapan.jp
Our programs and seminars for companies in Japan. In Japanese.↗
Our new film for the Global Convention. 5 min 19 s.↗ YouTubeBooth video, Tokyo Big Sight
Four specialists at BNI Japan National Conference 2026.↗ FacebookBCPJAPAN on Facebook
Seminar reports and preparedness posts, in Japanese.↗ Instagram@bosai_bcp
Pictures from our seminars and field work.↗ BookBefore the Shock
A short business continuity guide, with lessons from Japan. In English.↗ BookKen Kamiyama, book one
On preparing from the ground up. In Japanese.↗ BookKen Kamiyama, book two
A walking guide to the ground under your feet. In Japanese.↗ YouTubeBCP Leader Training Course, 7 minutes
The Japanese course explained. In Japanese.↗ Field workOur field activities
Drills, training and shelter support. In Japanese.↗ CompanyCompany profile
About BCPJAPAN. In Japanese.↗ Company sitewww.bcpjapan.jp
Our programs and seminars for companies in Japan. In Japanese.↗
Questions
Frequently asked
Is this the Japanese course translated into English?
No. We keep what works anywhere, replace what depends on Japanese law and institutions, localize what depends on place, and add a new module on Japan's culture of preparing.
Do you have clients outside Japan?
Not yet. We are looking for the first partners and pilot companies, and we would rather say that clearly than suggest otherwise.
Which countries are you talking to?
Interest has come from Taiwan, the Philippines and Europe at earlier BNI events. We are open to other regions, especially those with typhoons, floods or earthquakes.
What about local laws, insurance and subsidies?
Japanese systems are not part of the overseas version. Those parts are rewritten with local specialists, and the course tells learners to confirm legal and tax matters locally.
Which languages will it be offered in?
English first, then Traditional Chinese. Other languages depend on partners. Native speakers review every public text before release.
Will there be video?
Yes, later. Text and slides come first, then video lessons of up to 30 minutes each.
What does it cost?
Prices and formats are still being designed together with partners. Contact us and we will share them when they are ready.
Meet us
See us in Monaco, 28–30 October 2026.
We will be at the BNI Global Convention. If you run a company, advise companies, or lead a chapter that would like to hear more, send us a message and we will find a time.
- Company site
- www.bcpjapan.jp
- Language
- English. Traditional Chinese on request.
Company
BCPJAPAN Co., Ltd.
Head officeOsaka, Japan
BranchTokyo office
RepresentativeTaishin Yamaguchi, Representative Director
BusinessDisaster preparedness and business continuity consulting, training and risk diagnosis