Your Japan Business Setup Introduction

Your Japanese Business Setup Introduction : 

Your Japanese Business Setup Introduction Presented by Michio Matsuzaki matsu-m@galaxy.ocn.ne.jp Japanese Administrative Lawyer Financial Planner International Business Consultant

Who Is Michio Matsuzaki? : 

Who Is Michio Matsuzaki? Japanese Administrative Lawyer (gyoseishoshi) – Accredited by the A Association of Administrative Lawyers, Saitama Prefecture Branch Financial Planner – Possesses 2nd Grade Financial Planner License granted by the Japan Association for Financial Planners Immigration Lawyer authorized by the Tokyo Immigration Bureau International business consultant for 14 years with the German chemical giant, Merck Japan Ltd. Involved in sales, marketing and various trade-related activities in 12 countries.

What Does Matsuzaki General Counsel Do? : 

What Does Matsuzaki General Counsel Do? Established MGCO in 2001 to serve the domestic and overseas foreigner market as a legal and administrative consultancy. The main areas of assistance: Incorporating businesses in Japan. Visa and immigration procedures. Preparing contracts in Japanese/English concerned with international business and trading with Japan. Consulting about other sales and marketing matters in Japan.

Necessary Period For Setting Up A Japan Branch (1) : 

Necessary Period For Setting Up A Japan Branch (1) Case One: Foreigners Who Have Not Yet Resided In Japan (Estimated Time Needed) Enter Japan with a temporary visitor visa = 1 week or longer Work on preparations such as finding a residence/office, employees, etc. = 2~3 weeks or occasionally longer Incorporate your business as a registered company = 2~3 weeks or occasionally longer Preparation to apply for an investor/business manager visa or apply for license or special permission for your particular business = 1~2 weeks or longer Obtain an investor/business manager visa and license or permission, when required = 3 months, more or less You start a your business as the owner of the company = 18~21 weeks or longer to go through the entire process

Necessary Period for Setting up a Branch Office or a Company in Japan (2) : 

Necessary Period for Setting up a Branch Office or a Company in Japan (2) Case Two: Foreigners Who Are Residing or Have Legal Residence in Japan (Estimated Time Needed) Work on finding and office, hiring employees, etc. = 2~3 weeks minimum Incorporate your business as a registered company = 2~3 weeks minimum Preparation to apply for a investor/business manager visa and to apply for required licenses and permission for your business = 1~2 weeks or occasionally longer Obtain an investor/business manager visa and license or permission, when required = 3 months, more or less You start a your business as the owner of the company = 4 weeks or longer to go through the entire process

Costs for Incorporating a Business in Japan : 

Costs for Incorporating a Business in Japan

Costs for Incorporating a Business in Japan ( Supporting Data) : 

Costs for Incorporating a Business in Japan ( Supporting Data) (*1) Amongst the indispensable costs the registration tax is 0.7% of the amounts of initial capital but JPY60,000 for LLC and JPY150,000 KK as the minimum. There is no such an initial capital for LLP so that the registration tax is fixed with JPY60,000 for LLP.(*2) Actual expenses such as traveling etc. will be separately charged. (*3) In case some additional legal procedures are needed upon establishing your company such as contribution in kind, investment from foreign parent company etc., additional costs and our legal service fees will be charged other than mentioned above.

Indispensable Costs for Registering a Branch Office (BO), a KK and an LLC : 

Indispensable Costs for Registering a Branch Office (BO), a KK and an LLC

Indispensable Costs for Registering a Branch Office (BO), a KK and an LLC (Supporting Data) : 

Indispensable Costs for Registering a Branch Office (BO), a KK and an LLC (Supporting Data) Amongst the indispensable costs the registration tax is 0.7% of the amounts of initial capital but JPY60,000 for LLC and JPY150,000 KK as the minimum. There is no such an initial capital for LLP so that the registration tax is fixed with JPY60,000 for LLP. In addition to the a.m. indispensable costs you will need to procure relevant seals to be registered and Commercial Registrations and Certificates of Representative Seal upon necessity. Upon your request our firm can procure such necessary seals (a representative seal, a bank seal etc.) with additional charge JPY10,000 per seal. In case you did not hire law firms like us but did the a.m. procedures on your on, you will need to bear the revenue-stamp tax JPY40,000 to be applied on the articles of incorporation in addition to the a.m. indispensable costs.

Supporting Data for Other Services : 

Supporting Data for Other Services For KK and LLC, fee for registration scrivener is included. Daily fee and expenses for traveling will be separately charged. As for coordinative services those payments to real estate companies, H.R. agents, office equipments vendors etc. will be separately needed. Those conditions you need to meet in order to get an investment / management visa are as follows: 1) Your company must have set up /rented own office or shop in Japan prior to your visa application. 2) Your annual investment into Japan must be JPY5,000,000 or above. 3) Your company must hire two employees or more (beside yourself) prior to your visa application. However, those companies just newly established can be exempted from this regulation for the first period of visa permission, so that what you need is only JPY5,000,000 initial capital in case of a new company. 4) You need experience in management of three years or more (including the period you studied management in a graduate school), and salary equivalency to Japanese management.

Are you ready to start a business in Japan? Then contact us: : 

Are you ready to start a business in Japan? Then contact us: Matsuzaki General Counsel Office Japan Seekers LLC. http://www8.ocn.ne.jp/~risk21/index.html Email matsu-m@galaxy.ocn.ne.jp Tel: Phone :  + 81 (0)48 758 7572 Cell-phone : + 81 (0)90 3500 9678 Address: In Saitama Prefecture, Japan