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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Turnkey Visa and Company-Registration Consultancies
Acroseed and TOSBEC as major turnkey visa/registration consultancies, plus several other firms mentioned without personal endorsement.
Acroseed is a legal/consulting firm regularly recommended in the community for its experience with business-visa immigration and full-service company registration, though by 2026 it had scaled back its visa-support services. TOSBEC is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's free English-language consultation point for business visas, offering seminars, statistics on BM/startup visas, and turnkey help opening a company (social insurance, pension and labor-bureau registration); it is connected to the Tokyo Startup One-Stop program. Several other firms were mentioned without personal recommendations from the community: June Group, which reportedly works by referral only and doesn't always respond to unsolicited inquiries; TCS; Hopejets Consulting; Dentsu Consulting; and ai-con lawyer. One office was cited mainly as an example of an inflated price (roughly 900,000-1,000,000 yen for turnkey company setup) rather than a recommendation, and i-socia Advisors was noted for legal help with the Cultural Activities visa. Source: https://www.acroseed.co.jp/ — Acroseed — consulting firm for business visas and company registration. Source: https://www.june-group.jp/ — June Group — business-setup consulting, works by referral only. Source: https://hopejets-cons.com/en/who-we-are/ — Hopejets Consulting — visa and business-setup consulting firm. Source: https://www.dentsuconsulting.com/ — Dentsu Consulting — visa and business-setup consulting firm. Source: https://corporate.ai-con.lawyer/ — ai-con lawyer — legal firm for visas and company setup. Source: https://www.office-yuge.info/business — example of a turnkey company-setup price (~900,000-1,000,000 yen), cited as a high reference point. Source: https://eng.daikou-office.com/list/culturalactivities/ — legal help for the Cultural Activities visa.