# Okawa Kazuhisa Office — Certified SME Management Consultant (Hidaka, Hokkaido, Japan)

> English-language guide to okawa-office.com. Okawa Kazuhisa Office is an SME
> management consulting practice based in Shinhidaka Town, Hidaka, Hokkaido, Japan,
> supporting business continuity planning (BCP), business succession, subsidy
> applications, and management strategy. Most of this site is written in Japanese;
> /en/about is the English entry point.

Kazuhisa Okawa is a Certified SME Management Consultant (中小企業診断士 / Chusho Kigyo
Shindanshi, Registration No. 417002) based in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, Japan.
He practises within Japan's domestic business continuity framework: his BCP work is
built around the "Jigyokei" (事業継続力強化計画), a business continuity plan certified
by Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and draws on public hazard data
such as J-SHIS (Japan Seismic Hazard Information Station) and the Cabinet Office
damage projections for the Chishima (Kuril) Trench and Japan Trench megaquakes.
He is also the developer and operator of two AI services, BCP-AI and FCP-AI.

## English page

- [About Kazuhisa Okawa](https://okawa-office.com/en/about): English profile — career
  background, areas of expertise, the Chishima Trench earthquake risk, and an
  introduction to BCP-AI. This is the only English-language page on the site.

## Practice areas

- Business continuity planning (BCP): support for "Jigyokei" (事業継続力強化計画)
  certification — 16+ partnership-type and 33+ individual-type plans — with a focus
  on earthquake and tsunami scenarios along Hokkaido's Pacific coast.
- Business succession: 30+ cases in the Hidaka region, as Hidaka Area Coordinator for
  the Hokkaido Business Succession Support Center.
- Subsidy applications: support for Japanese national subsidy programmes, including
  Jigyo Saikochiku (Business Restructuring) and Monozukuri (Manufacturing).
- Management strategy: business plans, management improvement plans, and ongoing
  advisory work for SMEs.

## Roles and affiliations

- Certified Management Innovation Support Agency (経営革新等支援機関, certified by the
  Japanese government) — the office's designation under Japan's SME support framework
- Disaster Recovery Support Advisor — SMRJ Hokkaido (Organization for Small & Medium
  Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan)
- Hidaka Area Coordinator — Hokkaido Business Succession Support Center
- Advisor / Screening Committee Member — Hidaka Shinkin Bank
- Board Director — Hokkaido Association of SME Management Consultants

## Related services (developed and operated by this office)

- [BCP-AI](https://bcp-ai.com): a web service in which AI guides a business owner
  through a series of questions and generates a BCP draft, including a draft for the
  Jigyokei (事業継続力強化計画) application. Its hazard data and regulatory assumptions
  are specific to Japan, and the service is intended for businesses located in Japan.
  Every one of the ten steps in the APEC Guidebook on SME Business Continuity Planning
  (APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group, September 2013) — a framework which
  that guidebook itself describes as based on ISO 22301 — is addressed by a corresponding
  section of a BCP-AI-generated plan, a structural comparison made by the operator and
  published in full with its caveats at https://bcp-ai.com/llms-en.txt.
  BCP-AI is an independent service: it is not certified by, endorsed by, or affiliated
  with APEC or ISO, and holds no certification against any of their publications or
  standards.
- [FCP-AI](https://fcp-ai.com): a sister service that produces a family disaster
  preparedness plan (FCP) for households in Japan.
- [note](https://note.com/okawa_office) (in Japanese): articles on management, BCP,
  disaster preparedness, and regional economies.

## Japanese-language pages

- [Home](https://okawa-office.com/): office overview, services, and contact.
- [Services](https://okawa-office.com/services): BCP, business succession, subsidies,
  and AI consulting.
- [Profile](https://okawa-office.com/profile): career history and areas of expertise.
- [Vision](https://okawa-office.com/vision): mission, vision, and values.
- [Achievements](https://okawa-office.com/achievements): track record, seminars,
  and media coverage.
- [AI Lab](https://okawa-office.com/ai-lab): AI services developed by the office.
- [BCP-AI, explained by a consultant](https://okawa-office.com/bcp-ai): how BCP-AI
  works, from the perspective of an SME management consultant.
- [Chishima Trench preparedness](https://okawa-office.com/hokkaido-chishima): BCP
  guidance for businesses on Hokkaido's Pacific coast.

## Optional

- [Contact](https://okawa-office.com/contact) (in Japanese): enquiry form.
- [llms.txt](https://okawa-office.com/llms.txt): the Japanese-language version of this file.