When it comes to consumer goods, Scotland has a global reputation for excellence thanks to its rich history of designing, building, and crafting quality products.

While renowned products from Scotland, like tweed and tartan, carry the country’s heritage, the focus on ethical and sustainable production fits with 21st Century values.

This high-quality, low environmental impact ethos is carried throughout Scottish consumer products, from textiles to food and drink. 

Scottish fish (including salmon and, more recently, mackerel) and whisky are an important export for Scotland, celebrated globally as premium products. 

But there’s much more to Scotland’s consumer industry than our traditional methods and sustainable focus. Scottish businesses are at the forefront of creating transformational solutions to global challenges including food safety, provenance, and nutrition. 

It’s the combination of craftsmanship, heritage, and innovation that continues to draw Japanese consumers to Scottish brands. 

Scottish gaming businesses are the perfect partners for Japan’s own gaming culture.

Scotland has played a pioneering role in the evolution of gaming since the 1980s, producing some of the world’s most popular games. Our gaming past is impressive, but our future plans even more so.

We know that gaming is much more than entertainment. Games contribute to education, innovation, entrepreneurship, and can have a transformational impact on the economy. This is why we have a National Action Plan for Games in Scotland, which will support our gaming ecosystem to fulfil its immense potential for growth and innovation.

Scotland is already home to 315 active games companies, 74 supporting companies, 34 gaming-specific tech companies, over 120 part-time/individual creators and freelancers, one E-Sports Organisation, and over 750 Streamers.

It’s a thriving ecosystem perfect for nurturing creativity and driving advancements in the industry. And with world-class educational institutions offering multiple courses in game development, production, and more, there’s a steady stream of talent coming to support its growth.

Scotland is internationally recognised as a pioneer in the development and deployment of telehealth and telecare, with over 80,000 patients across the country participating in projects in these areas. 
 
Scotland collaborates with international health systems, sharing insights on digital transformation, remote healthcare, and AI in diagnostics.  

Our collaborative ecosystem supports companies with product and service development, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, and regulations. It also facilitates collaboration between academia, industry, and the NHS. 

Scotland is well placed to serve as a testbed for global healthcare challenges, particularly in its rural and remote settings. This presents a good partnership opportunity for Japan to address its demographic health challenges. 

In fact, leading Japanese companies like Canon Medical, Terumo Corporation and Nikon Corporation have already invested in Scotland and have a presence here to develop cutting-edge health technologies.  

With a network of renewable energy experts, abundant natural resources, and a heritage of energy innovation, Scottish companies are leading the way in energy transition.

At home, we’re pushing the boundaries in technological and scientific development of renewable energy, particularly in areas like offshore wind. Scotland is in the global top ten offshore wind markets, with an enormous project pipeline of over 45GW. Supporting these projects is the largest concentration of offshore engineering expertise in the world outside of Houston, USA.

Across the world, innovative products and services from Scottish companies are helping other countries meet net zero targets. Japan is one of them– and it’s already collaborating with Scotland on multiple projects across offshore wind and green hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions.