Doing Business in Japan
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Knowledge base on doing business in Japan. Topics: visas and immigration (including the Business Manager visa 経営・管理 and the October 2025 reform), company registration (株式会社/合同会社/個人事業主), taxes, legal issues and cases, documents and procedures (banking, offices, accounting, hiring), useful links and contacts, and other business-relevant topics (culture and mentality, networking, marketing, real estate, lending, insurance).
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Personal bank account in Japan — general overview
Overview of the requirements and characteristics of opening a personal bank account in Japan as a foreigner; details on specific banks are in separate records.
Opening a personal bank account in Japan as a foreigner usually requires a sufficient remaining validity period on the residence status (zairyu) — roughly 3-6 months before expiry as a rule of thumb; some banks, such as Sony Bank, apply the opposite rule and refuse applicants if less than six months have passed since the zairyu was issued. Banks differ significantly in how foreigner-friendly they are, in the grace period allowed once a visa lapses, in SWIFT support, and in language requirements. See: Personal bank account — bank-by-bank overview. See: Personal account practicalities (name mismatches, zairyu renewal, blocking, brokerage, credit cards).