Companies here in japan do a lot of outsourcing, but usually they are not willing to pay the prices that western people expect, at least not until they use some really bad and cheap outsourcing companies. atleast that's how I have experienced it mostly, especially now when the yen is very cheap.
Look at your favorite anime that feature CGI characters or whatever. In credits there are always names of companies that worked on it. Then just google that. For games I imagine that outsource studios should be credited too, you can easily find credit rolls on Youtube.
China and Taiwain seem a logical choice for them. Lots of outsourcers there, fairly cheap, 1 hour time difference and between 2 to 4 hrs by plane. At least China is getting more expensive it seems. I was in Japan a week ago and I was surprised how affordable it was - I expected to see it rip a much bigger hole in my wallet.
I once worked for an outsourcing company(though they're not Japanese themselves but stationed at Japan) who worked for a Japanese client, does this count? It would be very hard to get a job from actual Japanese led companies due to language constraints. Westerner led studios that operates at Japanese markets would be a…