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title: "Hiring a Foreign Employee: General Requirements and Procedures"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f63c763d783ad68709498
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, visa-work, hiring-and-hr"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:19:19.410Z"
---

# Hiring a Foreign Employee: General Requirements and Procedures

Immigration sets no clearly codified formal requirements for a hiring company — evaluation is case by case, looking at the annual report (if one exists), funding/investment, and justification for why the position is needed; there are cases of a one-person, pre-profit company in its first year passing successfully. See: 取次 (Toritsugi) System, COE Timelines, JLPT N2, and Post-Termination Rules.