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How to Run a Price Negotiation: From Cost Inventory to a Four-Category Request
In Japan, 90.7% of small suppliers now get a price negotiation. Only 54.2% of the increase actually passes through. The bottleneck is no longer access to the table, it is what you bring to it. Here is the four-category structure the JFTC guideline sets out, why you should not hand your cost sheet to the buyer, and four ways to build the number you ask for.
2026-09-22Ryuta Hamamoto