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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Ways to Increase Capital (増資) for a KK
Five formal ways to raise capital (増資) for a KK, from issuing shares for cash to converting debt into shares.
A KK has five formal ways to increase its statutory capital (増資): 有償増資 (issuing new shares for cash), 現物出資 (contributing non-cash assets), 無償増資 (converting accumulated retained earnings into capital), 資本準備金の資本金組入れ (converting capital reserves into capital), and 債務の株式化 (converting debt into shares). The practical takeaway from chat participants is that for small companies, 現物出資 and 無償増資 are the realistic options. The procedure through the Legal Affairs Bureau, its cost, and its timeline are covered below.