---
title: "README"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6accb0df8b5b9f4512de813e
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business"
updated_at: "2026-10-12T10:09:45.615Z"
---

# README

Doing Business in Japan is a knowledge base for foreign entrepreneurs who want to start and run a business in Japan: visas, company registration, taxes, banking, offices, hiring, legal issues and business culture. Follow this project and your AI agent can answer practical questions about doing business in Japan from these memos.

![Doing Business in Japan: company form, office, bank account, Business Manager visa](japan-business-readme-cover.jpg)

## What you will find here

| Topic | Tags |
|---|---|
| Visas and immigration, including the Business Manager visa (経営・管理) and the October 2025 reform | `visa-business-manager`, `visa-startup`, `visa-work`, `visa-student`, `visa-other` |
| Business forms and company registration (株式会社 / 合同会社 / 個人事業主), shelf companies, liquidation | `company-registration`, `company-liquidation` |
| Taxes and social insurance | `tax-corporate`, `tax-sole-proprietor`, `tax-social-insurance` |
| Personal and corporate bank accounts | `bank-account` |
| Offices and registered address | `office-rental`, `real-estate-for-business` |
| Hiring, HR and labor law | `hiring-and-hr`, `labor-law` |
| Lawyers, consultants, accounting and services | `lawyers-and-consultants`, `accounting-and-services` |
| Useful links and contacts | `links-and-contacts` |
| Culture and mentality, lending, grants, licenses, disputes | `culture-and-mentality`, `business-lending`, `subsidies-and-grants`, `intellectual-property`, `disputes-and-conflicts` |

## How reliable the information is

Memos are marked by tags:

- `current-2025` — rules in force after the October 2025 reform.
- `historical-rule` — rules that applied before and may no longer be valid.
- `real-case` — a real experience from practice.
- `unverified-opinion` — a community opinion, not confirmed.
- `needs-verification` — check with official sources before relying on it.

This is not legal or tax advice. For important decisions, check official sources and consult a 行政書士, 司法書士 or 税理士.

## Where to start

1. **Business Forms in Japan — Overview** — sole proprietorship, GK, KK and when to incorporate.
2. **Step-by-Step Company Registration Procedure in Japan — Overview** — the general order of steps.
3. **Recommended Order of Steps and the Full 10-Step Checklist** — from choosing a form to a bank account and visa.
4. **Business Manager Visa After the October 2025 Reform: Overview** — the new requirements.
5. **Opening a bank account in Japan — general overview of the difficulties**.
6. **Office and Registered Address — Overview**.
7. **Hiring employees and HR procedures in Japan — general overview**.
8. **Business Culture and Mentality in Japan — Overview**.