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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High Skilled Professional (HSP, 高度専門職) Status: Overview
HSP is a points-based status with work, research, and management tracks, issued for 5 years and offering an accelerated path to permanent residency.
HSP is a points-based visa with three tracks: work (engineering/humanities), research, and management (for directors/CEOs). All HSP visas are issued for 5 years. It allows bringing a non-working spouse, and lets holders apply for permanent residency (PR) after just 1 year (with 80+ points) or 3 years (with 70+ points), instead of the standard 10 years. HSP status is tied to a specific employer/organization — a job change requires reapplying for the visa. See: HSP Status: Points, Tracks, and the PR Path. Sources: https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/930001657.pdf — official MOJ HSP points table; https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/930001665.pdf — official MOJ HSP points table (alternative/updated version); https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001458720.pdf — official MOJ document with the updated HSP points table.