About TNGAP
We are the infrastructure. Not the intermediary.
TheNewGate Asia Pacific is a Singapore-registered trade platform built specifically for Japanese brands entering Southeast Asia.
Our purpose
Stop searching for an ASEAN path. We built it.
Most trade infrastructure in ASEAN is built for global brands. We built ours specifically for Japanese companies — with Japanese-language contracts, Japanese-speaking account managers, and compliance experience across Japanese product categories.
We are not a logistics company. We are not a marketplace agency. We are trade infrastructure: the legal, operational, and regulatory layer that Japanese brands need before any shipment leaves Japan.
Entity facts
- Legal Name
- TheNewGate Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
- Singapore Entity Registration (UEN)
- 202548372K
- Business Address
- 6 Raffles Quay, #11-07 John Hancock Tower, Singapore 048580
- Singapore entity established
- 2025
- Paid-up Capital
- SGD 100,000
- IOR Network
- 5 certified providers
- Fulfillment Partner
- Spaceship SpaceLabs, Eunos
- Third-Party Certification
- ISO/IEC 27001 application in progress (target: Q3 2026)
Tokyo Headquarters Leadership
The team driving ASEAN from Tokyo.
Founder & CEO
Uruma Matsushita
松下宇流麻
Founder and CEO of TheNewGate Inc. since 2018. Led the company's expansion into IT staffing, trade compliance, and cross-border e-commerce. Initiated the TNGAP venture to extend Japanese brand reach across ASEAN.
COO
Ozora Matsui
松井大空
Founding-era member of TheNewGate Inc. Based at Tokyo HQ, overseeing operational infrastructure, finance, and compliance across the group.
CSO — Singapore resident
Toshikazu Muramatsu
村松俊和
Joined TheNewGate Inc. from founding. Singapore-based CSO leading TNGAP strategy: IOR provider network management, ASEAN trade compliance, and Japanese brand market-entry strategy.
Full profile →How we work
Infrastructure over improvisation. Japanese-first, always. Depth before breadth.
Infrastructure over improvisation
We build legal and operational foundations before your shipments move. Compliance is not a checkbox — it is the foundation.
Japanese-first, always
Every document, every call, every contract is in Japanese. Your team should never feel the language gap.
Depth before breadth
We expand to new markets only when the infrastructure holds. Five countries on the roadmap. Phase 1 fully operational first.
Hub-and-spoke model
One hub. Four spokes. Zero redundant offices.
Singapore is our legal and operational hub — IOR certification, contracts, and banking all run through TNGAP Pte. Ltd. The spokes are presence without overhead: sales representation, logistics partnerships, and regulatory relationships in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond.
Light Presence model →Hub-and-Spoke
Singapore
Hub — legal entity, IOR, contracts
Malaysia
Spoke — Phase 1 active
Thailand
Spoke — Phase 1+ active
Vietnam
Spoke — Phase 1+ active
Light Presence model
Boots on the ground. Not a building.
The Light Presence model means we operate in a market through certified partners, regulatory filings, and logistics relationships — without a leased office or local headcount. This keeps our cost structure lean and yours even leaner.
Light Presence model →Parent company
Backed by TheNewGate Inc. Japan.
TNGAP is a 100% subsidiary of TheNewGate Inc. (Japan, established 2018). The parent operates 15 offices across Japan with 570+ professionals in IT staffing, trade compliance, and cross-border e-commerce.
Visit Japan site →570+
Professionals across Japan
15
Japan offices
2018
Founded, Tokyo
Regulatory Foundation
- UEN
- 202548372K
- Address
- 6 Raffles Quay, #11-07 John Hancock Tower, Singapore 048580
- Legal Basis
- Hub-and-spoke structure confirmed by Christopher & Lee Ong
- Affiliation
- JCCI Singapore member services
Certified Carrier Network