Nippon Consultants Group Inc.

Nippon Consultants Group Inc., commonly branded as NICCON (ニッコン), is a Japanese management consulting and corporate training firm headquartered in Tokyo. According to its official website, the company positions itself around the idea of supporting business growth through human-resource development and consulting, with a stated emphasis on "people" as the foundation of corporate management. Its service portfolio spans management, HR, sales and education consulting; corporate training and employee development; e-learning and correspondence-course materials; and business books. The firm organizes its offerings both by industry and by training theme. Industry categories it serves include information and communications, construction, department stores and specialty stores and shopping centers, food supermarkets, hotels and food service, government and public agencies, and medical and welfare. Training programs are structured by career level — new employees and prospective hires, mid-career and younger staff, managers and team leaders, and executives and department heads — as well as by purpose, such as evaluator training and goal setting, harassment, mental health and risk management, HR assessment and diagnostic tools, labor and legal management, OJT, sales training, industry knowledge, communication, presentation and negotiation, business skills, documentation and process improvement, time management and logical thinking, and problem solving and career development. NICCON states that it has more than 60 years of track record and a nationwide network of sales offices, and that its consultants are specialists with deep industry knowledge who address on-site client challenges. The company also operates a specialized overseas-focused recruitment/placement service and describes itself as offering the only business book specialized in the IT industry. Its website features case studies, including work with Nishi-Nippon Institute of Technology, a general engineering consultancy founded in 1967, on reviewing and operationalizing its HR system, and with Fresco Co., Ltd., a community-focused supermarket chain, on developing department chiefs as key growth personnel. The site also publishes columns, such as a ten-part series on the history of Japan's consumption tax and the planned 2027 reduced tax rate for food and beverages, aimed at supermarket practitioners. Recent news items on the company's website include a 2026 announcement that a NICCON instructor would speak at a customer-harassment seminar hosted by the Japan Council of Shopping Centers, a 2025 notice about relocating its Consulting Division, Sales Division Tokyo Sales Department and Media Center offices, a 2025 note on heatstroke countermeasures and NICCON's initiatives, a 2025 announcement of completed trademark registration for its human-resource development support platform "STePL," and a 2025 mention of an article on customer harassment published in the Japan Council of Shopping Centers' SC JAPAN TODAY June 2025 issue. The company is identified in Wikidata as a company in Tokyo, Japan.

Nippon Consultants Group Inc., branded as NICCON, is a Tokyo-based management consulting and corporate training firm. Its official website states that the company has more than 60 years of track record supporting clients through a nationwide network of sales offices, which places its origins in the post-war era of Japanese corporate expansion, though the exact founding year is not given in the available evidence. Over time NICCON has built its business around the concept of human resources as the foundation of corporate management. Rather than a generalist advisory practice, it has organized its consulting and training offerings around specific industries — information and communications, construction, department stores and specialty stores and shopping centers, food supermarkets, hotels and food service, government and public agencies, and medical and welfare — and around career levels and functional themes. This industry-and-role matrix approach is reflected in its training search tools, which let clients find programs by hierarchy, by purpose or theme, and by industry. The company's service lines have expanded beyond classroom training to include e-learning and correspondence-course materials, HR assessment and diagnostic tools, labor and legal management support, and business books. It also operates a recruitment/placement service specialized in overseas roles and describes itself as offering the only business book specialized in the IT industry. NICCON publishes case studies documenting its consulting work. One featured case is Nishi-Nippon Institute of Technology, a general engineering consultancy founded in 1967, for which NICCON supported the review and operational rollout of its HR system. Another is Fresco Co., Ltd., a community-focused supermarket chain, where NICCON worked on developing department chiefs as key personnel for regional supermarket growth. The company also maintains a column section; a notable recent series is a ten-part history of Japan's consumption tax and the planned April 2027 reduced tax rate for food and beverages, written for supermarket practitioners. In 2025 NICCON announced the completed trademark registration of its human-resource development support platform "STePL," relocated its Consulting Division, Sales Division Tokyo Sales Department and Media Center offices, and published content on heatstroke countermeasures and customer harassment. In 2026 it announced that one of its instructors would speak at a customer-harassment seminar hosted by the Japan Council of Shopping Centers. Wikidata identifies the company simply as a company in Tokyo, Japan.

• Company states it has more than 60 years of track record supporting clients through a nationwide sales network (exact founding year not specified in available evidence).

• 2025: Trademark registration completed for human-resource development support platform "STePL."

• 2025: Relocation of Consulting Division, Sales Division Tokyo Sales Department and Media Center offices announced.

• 2025: Article on customer harassment published in the Japan Council of Shopping Centers' SC JAPAN TODAY June 2025 issue.

• 2026: NICCON instructor announced to speak at a customer-harassment seminar hosted by the Japan Council of Shopping Centers.

A human-resource-focused consulting and training firm with industry-specialist consultants, a nationwide sales network and more than 60 years of track record.

• Management, HR, sales and education consulting

• Corporate training and employee development programs by career level and theme

• E-learning and correspondence-course materials

• Business books (including one described as the only business book specialized in the IT industry)

• HR assessment and diagnostic tools

• Overseas-focused recruitment/placement service

• Human-resource development support platform "STePL"

1. 1経営コンサルティングファーム | 日本コンサルタントグループ（ニッコン）niccon.co.jp
2. 2Nippon Consultants Group Inc. (Japan) - Wikidatawikidata.org