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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Telecom, POS systems, and accepting payments in Japan — general overview

Overview of setting up telecom, POS systems, and payment acceptance for business in Japan; details are in a separate record.

アンアン株式会社
Jul 21, 2026
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Setting up telephony, mobile service, POS terminals, and online payment acceptance for a business in Japan has a number of regulatory and practical quirks — for example, the requirement for a physical office to obtain a geographic phone number, or restrictions on which banks Stripe supports. See: Telecom, POS systems, and online payment acceptance for business.