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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Tax audit (zeimu chosa) — overview
Overview: how a tax audit works in Japan, who gets audited, red flags, and typical outcomes.
A tax audit in Japan can reach a sole proprietor or a company of any size. This topic, gathered from a participant who watched a Japanese video on the subject plus personal cases, covers: the selection probability for sole proprietors; typical red flags; checking ATM camera footage; audit duration and how many years back are examined; the two types of audits (voluntary and forced); the practice of hiring a 税理士 for an audit; common violations found; an informal higher-probability threshold; real cases with additional assessments and penalties; the role of a certified accountant; and the general "trust-based" approach the tax office takes absent grounds for suspicion. See the linked detail records for each topic.