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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Practical cases and organizational details related to taxes — overview
Overview: practical organizational details at the intersection of taxes, visas, and everyday business operation in Japan.
Beyond the core rules, the chat accumulated a set of practical cases and organizational details at the intersection of taxes, visas, and day-to-day business operation. Topics covered: how company profit/loss ties to renewing a business manager (BM) visa; required reporting forms for the BM visa; changing a company's address and related notifications; the annual cycle of business obligations; zero declarations; the requirement to list a supplier's 法人番号; bank transfer fees; limited bank statement retention periods; the tax status of religious organizations; the link between delayed tax/contribution payments and visa renewal; subsidies (補助金); and how raising employee salaries is perceived relative to retained profit. See the linked detail records for each topic.