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 Rules Relevant to Visa and Immigration Planning
Overview of Japanese tax rules that matter for visa planning: non-permanent resident taxation, full residency after 5 years, exit tax, and CFC rules.
A number of Japanese tax rules directly affect visa planning for entrepreneurs and other visa holders: the non-permanent resident status and how it taxes remittance-based foreign income, the point at which full tax residency (with worldwide income taxation) begins, exit tax on departure from Japan, the differing tax treatment of dividends versus director salary, and the procedures around registering and transitioning into sole-proprietor status. See: Tax Residency Status: Non-Permanent Resident Rules, Japan-Source Income, and Full Residency After 5 Years. See: Exit Tax, Dividend vs. Director Salary Taxation, and Transitioning to Sole Proprietor Status.