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 consultants, accounting services, and calculators — overview
Overview: what tax consultants cost in Japan, and which accounting services and calculators are commonly used.
Tax bookkeeping in Japan is usually handled with the help of a 税理士 (zeirishi) and cloud accounting services. Topics covered: the cost of consultations and annual zeirishi support; the specifics of different consultant types (行政書士, 弁護士, 税理士, 司法書士) with respect to withholding tax; popular services (Freee, Yayoi, UR Cloud, Misoca); the e-Tax and eLTAX portals; useful tax calculators; Russian-language guides; and a list of official NTA/JETRO sources. See the linked detail records for each topic.