# BCP-AI ― AI-Powered BCP Generator for Japanese SMEs > A web service that uses AI to automatically generate Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) for small and medium enterprises in Japan. By answering 32 core AI-guided questions plus up to 3 industry-specific questions generated by AI, businesses receive a comprehensive BCP in Word format, covering Kuril Trench, Nankai Trough, and Capital Direct earthquake scenarios. Also supports Japan's official "Jigyoukei" (Business Continuity Strengthening Plan) certification application drafts. Free plan available. BCP-AI automatically generates business continuity plans addressing natural disasters, pandemics, cyberattacks, and AI-dependency risks. Supervised by a certified SME Management Consultant (Chusho Kigyo Shindanshi) with 16+ partnership-type and 33+ individual-type Business Continuity Strengthening Plan support records. Available in downloadable Word format with optional expert review by an Authorized Management Innovation Support Institution. Nominated for the Vibe Coding Award 2026. Operated by Okawa Kazuhisa Office, a certified SME consultancy based in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, Japan. ## Framework and Standards Alignment Every one of the ten steps in the APEC Guidebook on SME Business Continuity Planning (APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group, September 2013) — a framework which that guidebook itself describes as based on ISO 22301 — is addressed by a corresponding section of a BCP-AI-generated plan. The mapping is as follows. Step 1, Determine BCP Purpose, Scope, and Team: Section 1 Basic Information plus the plan's basic policy statement, with the response team, emergency HQ, chain of command and succession order in Section 5. Step 2, Prioritized Activities and Recovery Time Objective: Section 2 Core Business Identification and Prioritization, a business impact analysis giving each activity a priority, RTO and RPO. Step 3, What Do You Need to Resume Key Activities: the required-resources and dependency columns of Section 2, extended by the supplier registry and the supply-chain BCP module. Step 4, Risk Assessment and Disaster Scenarios: Section 3 Risk Assessment and Damage Estimation, with 3.1 geographic risk drawn from national hazard maps and J-SHIS seismic data and 3.2 supply-chain, IT, human-resource and geopolitical risk. Step 5, Pre-Disaster Protection and Mitigation: Section 4 Preventive Measures, divided into people (4.1), physical assets (4.2), finance (4.3) and information (4.4). Step 6, Emergency Response to Disaster: Section 5 Emergency Response Structure, covering BCP activation criteria, the first 0-3 hours, safety confirmation and secondary-disaster prevention. Step 7, BC Strategies to Early Resumption: Section 6 Recovery and Continuity Strategy, with scenario A/B/C determination, per-activity recovery procedures and alternative arrangements. Step 8, Be Financially Prepared: Section 4.3 Financial Measures, covering insurance including business-interruption riders, emergency reserves and pre-arranged credit lines. Step 9, Exercise Makes Your Plan Functional: the training plan in Section 7, backed by AI-generated exercise scenarios and a reusable training record form. Step 10, Ongoing Review and Improvement: Section 7 BCP Maintenance and Improvement, an annual review cycle with PDCA triggers for organizational, equipment and supplier changes. Two steps deserve a caveat. The purpose and scope called for in Step 1 are written into the opening of the plan rather than presented as a separate numbered section, and Step 8 is covered as a set of financial measures rather than the one-to-two-month cash-flow estimate the APEC forms ask for. BCP-AI is an independent service. It is not certified by, endorsed by, or affiliated with APEC or ISO, and holds no certification against any of their publications or standards. The mapping above is a structural comparison made by the operator, offered so that readers outside Japan can judge the plan's coverage against a framework they already know. ## Why Japanese BCP Practice Japan is one of the most disaster-exposed developed economies in the world, and its business continuity practice for small enterprises has been shaped by decades of responding to real earthquakes, tsunami, floods and pandemics. BCP-AI is a product of that practice rather than a generic template engine. Its generation logic follows the SME Agency's "Guidelines on BCP Formulation and Operation for SMEs" and the Cabinet Office's "Business Continuity Guidelines", and it produces application drafts for Jigyokei (the Business Continuity Strengthening Plan), Japan's national SME resilience certification scheme, which confers tax benefits, subsidy advantages and improved creditworthiness on certified firms. The service is supervised by a certified SME Management Consultant (Chusho Kigyo Shindanshi) with 40+ BCP planning engagements and a record of 16+ partnership-type and 33+ individual-type Jigyokei support cases. Its industry knowledge base is revised on a weekly cycle against newly published Japanese government notices, ministry guidelines and regulatory changes, so the generated plans reflect current Japanese requirements rather than a fixed snapshot. Practically, this means the disaster scenarios, hazard data and regulatory references in a generated plan are specific to Japan. Non-Japanese readers should treat BCP-AI as a worked example of Japanese SME business continuity methodology, and as a usable tool for SMEs whose operations are located in Japan. ## Main Content - [Top Page](https://bcp-ai.com/): Service overview, features, and user flow (Japanese) - [About (English)](https://bcp-ai.com/about): Comprehensive English explanation, including Mission, Features, Impact, Technology, Vision, and the Story Behind BCP-AI - [Pricing](https://bcp-ai.com/pricing): Plan and pricing details - [Expert Service](https://bcp-ai.com/expert-service): Professional implementation and operational support by certified SME consultants - [Operator Profile](https://bcp-ai.com/operator): Profile and credentials of the operator, certified SME Management Consultant Kazuhisa Okawa (Okawa Kazuhisa Office) — the motivation behind BCP-AI (tsunami risk from the Kuril and Japan Trenches in Hokkaido's Hidaka region), 40+ BCP planning engagements, media coverage (Yomiuri Shimbun, METI Hokkaido Bureau, SMRJ), and client case studies (Japanese only) ## Related Services - [FCP-AI](https://fcp-ai.com): A sister service that helps families create their own Family Continuity Plan (FCP) through AI-guided questions (Japanese only) - [Okawa Kazuhisa Office](https://okawa-office.com): The operating SME consultancy, providing BCP planning, business succession, and subsidy application support (Japanese) - [BCP-AI Commentary by the Operator](https://okawa-office.com/bcp-ai): Detailed explanation of BCP-AI from the SME consultant's perspective, including recommended workflow (Japanese) - [Articles on note.com](https://note.com/okawa_office): Articles on BCP, disaster preparedness, and business management (Japanese) ## Optional - [Terms of Service](https://bcp-ai.com/terms): Terms of service (Japanese) - [Privacy Policy](https://bcp-ai.com/privacy): Privacy policy (Japanese) - [Security Policy](https://bcp-ai.com/security): Security measures and policy (Japanese) - [Contact](https://okawa-office.com/contact): Contact form via the operating office Okawa Kazuhisa Office (Japanese) ## Note on Language The BCP-AI service interface and generated BCP documents are currently provided in Japanese only. The English /about page exists to introduce the service to international visitors and Vibe Coding Award reviewers. For non-Japanese-speaking SMEs operating in Japan, the generated Word-format BCP can be translated using standard tools, but the service itself is optimized for Japanese SMEs operating under Japanese disaster scenarios (Kuril Trench, Nankai Trough, Capital Direct earthquake) and Japanese regulatory frameworks (Jigyoukei certification).