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Company Overview

Company Name：Pacific Elements Inc.

Established：2007 (founded in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; current company name adopted in 2010)

Representative：Hiroshi Abe

Japan Office：2-19-15-6F Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Overseas Offices：Shanghai / Manila

International Partner Locations：Hong Kong / Paris / Los Angeles / New York

Core Services：

1｜Project Creation & New Business
2｜Integrated Project Management (PM / PMO)
3｜Implementation-Based Global Platform

Current Structure：We operate under a consortium model: for each project, we assemble only the required functions from a network of hands-on partners we have successfully worked with across numerous engagements. Acting on the client side, our representative, Hiroshi Abe, directly oversees execution through to on-site operational launch.

Contact：Please contact us here
※Phone number not disclosed to prevent unsolicited sales calls.

Message from the Founder & CEO

My career began as Head of New Business Development at a major music production company.
I was responsible for creating and managing venues that fused dining with music and culture,
overseeing more than 200 live events a year.

After establishing my own company, I collaborated with the IT industry to develop hybrid store × technology models such as “Yahoo! Cafe.”
Since then, I have launched and operated dozens of food business projects both in Japan and overseas,
developed small luxury hotels, and managed cultural commercial facilities within historical architecture in Shanghai’s Bund district.
Through these cross-cultural and cross-industry experiences, I have consistently worked at the intersection of culture and economy.

From these experiences, I came to a strong realization:
Cultural value alone does not reach people.
Only through translation, editing, and structured design can culture truly resonate within the context of the economy and generate social value.

Our approach — the Cultural Business Architecture (CBA) — is a hands-on methodology
that integrates Cultural DNA and Economic DNA, harmonizing sensibility with logic,
and bridging analog and digital dimensions to create new value centered on humanity.

Turning sensibility into systems.

Linking culture to the economy.

And implementing business into the future.

These are not theoretical slogans, but the essence of our practical knowledge,
forged through on-the-ground experience, trial, and refinement.
That is why we do not rely on commentary or abstraction —
we generate results through a grounded perspective and flexible creativity.

In the era of AI, single-field or single-perspective solutions,
and the mere reworking of existing models, can no longer open the path forward.
By fusing diverse disciplines — connecting culture and economy, sensibility and logic,
space and people, analog and digital — we aim to design an organic coexistence
that becomes the foundation for the next generation of business creation.

代表者プロフィール

Hiroshi Abe
Representative Director, Pacific Elements Inc.

Business Producer / Integrated PM・PMO specializing in real-asset and content businesses in non-IT creative industries. After graduating from university, Abe joined Being Inc. (now B ZONE Inc.), a leading Japanese music production company, where he engaged in new business development and multi-business operations. Following his independence in 2000, he founded seven companies across Osaka, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, and over 25+ years has led more than 1,500 projects across F&B, space and retail, real estate, music and culture, events, operations, overseas expansion, and M&A—primarily within non-IT creative industries. He executed M&A-style exits from four of these companies between 2010 and 2012. Now based in Tokyo, he drives projects through a consortium-style framework.

Grounded in ground-level intelligence, Abe integrates cultural sensibility with business logic to design ventures holistically—from overall concept to revenue structure. Drawing on a distinct ability to read the structures of people, markets, organizations, and brands across diverse domains, he leads projects end-to-end as PM/PMO—through implementation, value design, and operational stability.

Company History & Executive Profile：

Pacific Elements Inc. was established in 2007 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, but its origins trace back to 1994, rooted in the experiences of our founder, Hiroshi Abe. The following is a brief overview of our journey at the intersection of culture and economy, presented alongside the company’s history and core achievements.

1994–2000 | Field-Based Cultural Operations
Led new business branding and venue management at a major music production company. Managed over 200 music-and-dining cultural events annually, gaining hands-on experience in delivering cultural value through business.

2000–2007 | Entrepreneurial Launch & Multidimensional Expansion
Founded a startup with capital investment from a SoftBank-affiliated technology fund. Developed pioneering models like “Yahoo Cafe,” merging IT and physical space, and implemented culture-tech fusion strategies.

2006–2011 | International Expansion & Proof of Concept
Established a Japanese-owned local corporation in Shanghai, launching a music and cultural venue in a heritage building along the city’s iconic Bund—an area with strict cultural regulations. Built diverse, locally integrated teams. Established a Hong Kong corporation to build out a wider Asia-based development network.

2010–2012 | Strategic Shift via M&A
Executed the strategic sale of four companies (approx. 220 staff), including the Shanghai entity sold to a state-owned enterprise. Transitioned to a smaller, project-based structure focused on high-value creation.

2011–Present | Integrated Cultural-Economic Business Architecture
Established new bases in Shanghai and Manila. Supporting business development through a unique approach we call Cultural Business Architecture, which fuses expertise in food, space, experience, music, and AI.

Key Achievements (Selected Highlights)

Over 1,500 project engagements
Capital raised from IT-focused technology funds
Concept and production of cultural spaces such as “Yahoo Cafe”
Planning and operation of a cultural venue in a heritage building in Shanghai’s Bund district
M&A exits for 4 domestic and international companies (220 employees total)
Establishment and management of overseas entities in China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines
Cross-disciplinary business support combining food, music, real estate, and AI

Clients (Selected Examples)

Japanese Enterprises:

Yahoo! JAPAN / SoftBank Mobile / Macquarie Asset Management / Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) / Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (Haneda Airport) / J. Walter Thompson Japan (JWT Japan) / Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. / Kearney Japan / SBI Investment Co., Ltd. / Gurunavi, Inc. / Colowide Co., Ltd. / Cole Haan LLC / KOKUYO Co., Ltd. / Prince Hotels, Inc. (Shinagawa Prince Hotel) / Shinsei Bank, Limited / Space Design Inc. / Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / NTT DOCOMO, INC. / Hakuhodo Consulting Inc. / Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. / Dynac Holdings Corporation (Suntory Group) / Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. / Marui Group Co., Ltd. / Can System Co., Ltd. (USEN-NEXT Group) / Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. / LOTTE Holdings Co., Ltd. / Daiko Advertising Inc. / IMAGICA GROUP Inc. / Panasonic Holdings Corporation / OHAYO DAIRY PRODUCTS CO., LTD. / Asset Management Companies / Property Management Companies / Others

※ Including direct and indirect engagements, as well as short-term and long-term contracts.