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title: "What Stayed the Same After the 2025 BM Visa Reform"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f631063d783ad687093d9
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, visa-business-manager, current-2025"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:16:16.154Z"
---

# What Stayed the Same After the 2025 BM Visa Reform

A number of BM visa rules were not changed by the 2025 reform and carried over unchanged into the new criteria: the visa is issued to a company rather than to an individual; company ownership is not restricted by visa status (directorship is restricted); capital requirements are identical across Japan regardless of region; and the rules on contributing property to capital, transferring capital to the company account, and tracing the source of funds remain the same. See: Company Ownership, Capital Contribution, and Fund-Traceability Rules.