ABOUT REMARKABLE.
Built in Tokyo
for work that crosses borders.
remarkable. is a founder-led bilingual advisory for companies, leaders, specialist professionals, founders, and internationally minded families working between Japan and the world.
Since 2013, we have helped clients clarify complex situations, communicate with precision, and turn important decisions into practical action.
FOUNDED
2013
BASED IN
TOKYO
WORKING LANGUAGES
ENGLISH + JAPANESE
CLIENTS SUPPORTED
100+
OUR ROLE
Complex work rarely
belongs to one category.
International work rarely stays inside one category.
A market-entry question can involve positioning, regulation, distribution, documentation, and stakeholder alignment. A leadership issue may involve business judgment, organizational context, language, and difficult communication. An international transition may connect career, education, relocation, property, and family decisions.
remarkable. was built for this overlap.
We combine bilingual communication expertise, cross-cultural judgment, business understanding, and hands-on execution. The objective is not to add another layer of theory, but to make the situation clearer, strengthen the decision, and help move the work forward.
Where legal, tax, accounting, medical, regulatory, financial, or other licensed advice is required, we work alongside the appropriate specialists rather than replacing them.
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
Bilingual adviser connecting
strategy, communication,
and execution.
Mark Fukuhara founded remarkable. in Tokyo in 2013.
Raised in Vancouver, Canada and Californian influences in a Japanese entrepreneurial family, he grew up around businesses involving banking, investment and asset management, IT, skincare, international trade, property operations, renovation, and rental management. He studied developmental and educational psychology alongside substantial work in the sciences, and ran a private education business in Vancouver before moving to Tokyo in 2012.
The original plan was to remain in Japan for approximately one year. Instead, early work in English and international communication developed into long-term relationships with companies, executives, specialist professionals, founders, and families.
Clients increasingly asked Mark to work on the decisions, documents, relationships, systems, and commercial realities behind the communication. remarkable. expanded accordingly - from a communication-focused practice into a broader advisory and execution partner.
Today, Mark works directly with clients across leadership and management, pharmaceutical, legal and intellectual-property communication, procurement, market entry, business development, investor and sponsor communications, e-commerce, digital marketing, public relations, AI-enabled workflows, career strategy, education, relocation, translation/transcreation, cross-border project execution, and joint ventures.
His approach is research-informed, highly contextual, and practical. He asks detailed questions, studies unfamiliar subject matter, challenges assumptions when needed, and connects issues that are often treated separately.
He draws on credible business and management research, scientific evidence, experienced practitioners, and continuing feedback from clients and specialists. Ideas are not applied mechanically; their value depends on the people, culture, evidence, constraints, and objectives involved.
The goal is not simply to provide an answer. It is to improve the quality of the client’s thinking, strengthen the decision, and make the next stage easier to execute.
WEST COAST
RAISED
TOKYO SINCE
2012
REMARKABLE.
FOUNDED 2013
FOUNDER-LED
CLIENT SUPPORT
WHAT GUIDES THE WORK
The purpose is not simply to provide an answer.
It is to help clients understand more clearly, decide more effectively, communicate with greater precision, and become more capable of moving forward.
Excellence over perfection: rigorous enough to withstand scrutiny, and practical enough to use.
HOW WE WORK
Thoughtful enough
for complexity.
Practical enough
for action.
Understand the real situation
Every engagement begins with the decision, objective, stakeholders, constraints, timeline, and what has already been attempted—not with a predetermined package.
Use credible ideas with judgment
Research, evidence, established practice, specialist insight, and continuing feedback inform the work. They are adapted to the actual people, culture, constraints, and objectives involved.
Connect strategy, communication, and execution
We do not separate these when the client’s real situation connects them. Support can extend from thinking and messaging to documents, meetings, systems, coordination, review, and follow-through.
Know where specialist judgment belongs
When legal, tax, accounting, medical, regulatory, financial, or other licensed advice is required, we clarify and prepare the issue and work alongside the appropriate specialists.
EXPERIENCE
Long-term relationships
across complex work.
Since 2013, remarkable. has supported more than 100 clients, including global corporations, executives, senior managers, specialist teams, founders, business owners, public figures, professionals, students, and families.
Some client relationships have continued for more than a decade.
The work has extended across global pharmaceuticals, legal and intellectual property, technology, corporate functions, public relations and media, consumer business, e-commerce, property, education, and international transitions.
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
MARKET ENTRY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
INVESTOR & SPONSOR COMMUNICATIONS
AI, DIGITAL SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS
DIGITAL MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
CAREER, EDUCATION & INTERNATIONAL TRANSITIONS
TRUSTED BY
ASTELLAS PHARMA
PFIZER
RECRUIT HOLDINGS
SUNNY SIDE UP
100+ CLIENTS SUPPORTED SINCE 2013
FAQ
Common questions
about working with
remarkable.
The work is tailored to the situation, but the following answers clarify the scope, structure, and way engagements are led.
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No. English and bilingual communication remain important capabilities, but remarkable. is a broader advisory and execution practice.
The work may involve international business strategy, leadership and management, specialist communication, operational systems, AI-enabled workflows, career and education planning, and significant cross-border transitions.
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remarkable. works across boundaries that are often treated separately: strategy, communication, people, systems, and implementation.
The work is designed around the client’s actual situation and may continue through documents, meetings, workflows, coordination, review, and follow-through rather than ending with a recommendation.
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Mark Fukuhara leads the strategic and substantive work directly.
remarkable. is based in Tokyo and works with clients in Japan and internationally. Engagements may be conducted in English, Japanese, or bilingually.
Where a project requires licensed or highly specialized expertise, remarkable. may work alongside or coordinate with the appropriate external professionals and support staff.
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Yes, within the appropriate scope.
remarkable. regularly works with complex legal, intellectual-property, pharmaceutical, scientific, medical, financial, and regulatory content. The role is to improve the structure, clarity, documentation, stakeholder discussion, and cross-border communication surrounding the work—not to replace licensed professional judgment.
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Support may take the form of a focused advisory session, a defined project, an ongoing retainer, executive or specialist coaching, a team workshop, or practical implementation support.
The initial consultation is used to understand the situation and recommend an appropriate format.
START A CONVERSATION
Tell us what you are
working through.
The first conversation is used to understand the situation, clarify the priorities,
and determine whether remarkable. is the right partner.