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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Hiring employees and HR procedures in Japan — general overview
Overview of hiring employees and HR procedures for business in Japan; details on employment status, recruiting, and hiring foreigners are in separate records.
Hiring employees in Japan for a foreigner's business covers several large blocks: employment status and social insurance, wages and payroll tools, and recruiting and hiring channels (including foreign hires). A particular difficulty is matching the employment status to the Business Manager visa requirements (a full-time seishain employee is needed, not a part-timer or a contractor). See: Employment status, wages, and social insurance requirements. See: Payroll tools, wage calculators, and time-tracking. See: Recruiting channels and hiring foreign employees.