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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Step-by-Step Company Registration Procedure in Japan — Overview
General order of company registration in Japan: director, office, registration, license, visa.
The general sequence for registering a company (KK or GK) aimed at the Business Manager visa is: director, then office, then company registration, then a business license if one is required, then the visa. The full procedure includes choosing the entity form and name, drafting the articles of incorporation, notarization (KK only), paying in the statutory capital, filing with the Legal Affairs Bureau (法務局, Homukyoku), obtaining the corporate number, registering the company seal, filing tax and local-government notices, opening a corporate bank account, and applying for the visa. Company seals, the articles of incorporation, the office, capital, and e-filing are covered in separate, related overviews. See: Company Seals for KK/GK, Electronic Filing and Digital Signature — Overview.