Entrepreneur

Once in Japan and eager to start your business, you need to start to set up a bank account for yourself and the company. Typically, as a visitor, you would never even require a bank account since visitor visas are granted only for a maximum of 90 days. Being a visitor means that you have […]

Over the past years, business enterprises have been continuously growing in Tokyo. Accompanying this growth are greater demands for attractive, professional, and economic office spaces. Business owners are looking into offices that can cater all their basic business requirements. In Tokyo, short term office spaces such as serviced offices are being preferred more compared to

Choosing an office space for a long-term rental is a major aspect in building a business that every entrepreneur must consider. This is one of the initial concerns of business owners who wish to start or expand their business in Japan along basic necessities like rental prices and distance from the nearest station. Usually, they are

In the Western tradition, people are used to signatures as a way of closing the deals (for example, when buying a house) or as a personal identifier that gives you access to many services which presume personality identification (e.g. banking). In Japan, people use Hanko stamps (also called Inkan) instead of or in addition to

Setting up a business in Japan may appear as an overly complicated thing to do, especially if you haven’t done it before. Fortunately, Japan has done a lot in the past decade to streamline this process and structurize it. With a bit of help, you can set up a business in the land of the

Investor visa self help guide has been created to help you understand the the Japan investor visa and how it applies to you.   This type of visa has a few names in English and is often referred to as investor visa, business visa or a self-sponsorship visa. Who is the investor visa for? This

The market for used goods in Japan is big and very popular. You can purchase almost anything from brand clothes to a car or a home appliance. In order to engage in the dealing of the reconditioned items of any kind, you need to obtain a “second-hand goods dealer’s license” or kobutsusho in Japanese. It is also

After you decided you want to start to incorporate in Japan, it is important to know the types of business structures and business operations and how to set one up. This is a critical part of any good business venture and can be equally as important as the idea of your company itself. We have