Avex company has interests in a lot of aspects of the entertainment industry besides music recording, including artist management, concert hall operation, anime distribution, merchandising etc.
This page has info in english about all the businesses in Avex Group:
http://www.avex.co.jp/e_site/info/group/04_group.html
As far as I know the only Asian branches of Avex are Avex Asia (Hong Kong) and Avex Taiwan.