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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Startup Support Programs, Investors, Coworking and Commercial Real Estate — Overview
Overview of Japan's government startup-support programs by region, investors/accelerators, coworking spaces and office real estate.
Government support for small businesses and startups in Japan operates at several levels: nationwide portals for grants and IT support, Tokyo-specific programs, regional programs in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Sapporo, and the national startup visa run jointly by METI and the Cabinet Office since January 2025. This group also covers accelerators, VC funds and investor-networking tools, free or low-cost coworking spaces and labs, and platforms for finding commercial office space. Requirements around a business's "innovativeness" and the level of competition vary significantly between programs.