Japan Market Entry Total Support for Foreign Companies and Investors

Entering the Japanese market requires overseas companies to sort out and advance multiple legal and practical workstreams in parallel, including company formation, business licensing, visa applications, tax, and labor matters. Touch Immigration Law Firm organizes the practical work required for Japan market entry from an overall perspective and, working together with our partner judicial scriveners, certified tax accountants, labor and social security attorneys, and other professionals, provides consistent, end-to-end support through a single point of contact for our clients.

The Six Legal and Practical Areas of Japan Market Entry

Japan market entry involves procedures that belong to different professional fields and are closely interrelated. Touch Immigration Law Firm acts as the overall project manager, coordinating with each specialist to guide you all the way to the start of business.

• Company Formation & Registration (Lead Specialist: Judicial Scrivener): Selection of corporate form, drafting of the articles of incorporation, registration procedures
• Business Licensing (Lead Specialist: Administrative Scrivener): Industry-specific licenses, permits, and notifications
• Visa Applications (Lead Specialist: Administrative Scrivener, International Services): Obtaining visas for representatives, officers, expatriates, and employees
• Tax (Lead Specialist: Certified Tax Accountant): Corporate tax, consumption tax, and international taxation
• Labor (Lead Specialist: Labor and Social Security Attorney): Employment contracts, social insurance, drafting of work rules
• Post-Establishment Operations: Ongoing matters such as bank account opening, license renewals, and visa renewals

Project Flow and Support Phases

Our support is divided into three phases according to the stage of your market entry. Engagements begin with “PHASE 1 (Initial Consulting)”, which organizes the complex procedures and clarifies the overall picture of your entry. The execution phases that follow are quoted individually according to their scope.

[Most Important Step]
PHASE 1Initial Consulting (Roadmap Development)

This is the first step to making your entry into Japan a reliable and smooth success. It is not a simple question-and-answer session. We organize the complex and extensive procedures according to your specific situation, develop the appropriate “roadmap,” and deliver it to you as a document. This allows you to start your business in Japan safely after understanding the overall flow and required costs in advance.

• Entry Strategy and Structure Design: We confirm your entry objectives and timing, and propose the optimal form of entry, such as a subsidiary, branch, or representative office.
• Identification of Issues: We list the necessary procedures and issues related to company formation, licensing, status of residence, tax, and labor.
• Specialist Coordination Policy: We organize the required licenses and statuses of residence, and clarify the division of roles with judicial scriveners, certified tax accountants, labor and social security attorneys, and other specialists.
• Roadmap Development: Based on the roadmap, we organize the entire process of your Japan market entry.
• Quotation for Execution: We propose a detailed quotation for the next phase, “PHASE 2 (Entry Execution Support).”

PHASE 2Entry Execution Support

Following the roadmap developed in PHASE 1, we carry out the entry work accurately in coordination with each specialist. We also support multilingual communication with your overseas head office, including English and Chinese.

• Handling of company formation and branch establishment procedures
• Filing of license and status-of-residence applications on your behalf
• Coordination and liaison with partner specialists
• Management of the overall project
• Support for your overseas head office in multiple languages
• Preparation of various documents and translation support

PHASE 3Post-Entry Operating Advisory

After your business starts in Japan, we continue to support you through ongoing consultation and coordination with specialists.

• Renewal and management of statuses of residence
• Administrative procedures and registration of corporate changes
• Ongoing contact point with partner specialists
• Reporting to your overseas head office
• Continuing consultation on hiring and organizational development

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Fees

We recommend starting with PHASE 1 to develop the overall plan and establish a clear outlook for the execution of your market entry.
* For companies whose decision to enter Japan is already firm, Phases 1–2 can also be engaged together as a single package.

From Consultation to Project Start (PHASE 1)

From the first meeting, we proceed to project kickoff in about four weeks.

1. Free Initial Consultation (Today – 1 Week): We review your company’s current situation and entry objectives, organize the requirements, and confirm the direction of your entry.
2. Formal Quotation (By Week 2): Based on the meeting, we present the scope of PHASE 1 support and the fee structure.
3. Internal Review and Contract Signing (By Week 3): Following your internal review and our responses to your questions, we exchange the engagement agreement.
4. Kickoff (By Week 4): Our specialist team formally launches your Japan market entry project (PHASE 1).

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Touch Immigration Law Firm Representative Administrative Scrivener Kazuki Yuda

August 2018	Established “Yuda Administrative Scrivener Office,” specializing in visa applications and naturalization applications
April 2022	Incorporated the private office as “Touch Immigration Law Firm”
Areas of Expertise	Foreign nationals’ statuses of residence and naturalization applications Specializes in foreign national visa-related matters and handles more than 1,000 consultations annually
Seminar Experience	Numerous seminars, including the International Administrative Scrivener Training Course, Toda City International Exchange Foundation, Saitama Japanese Language Network, Administrative Scrivener TOP 10% Club, and work visa training seminars for administrative scriveners
Operated Websites	Touch Immigration Law Firm International Marriage & Spouse Visa Support Center Naturalization Application Support Center Work Visa Support Center Permanent Resident Visa Support Center Business Manager Visa Support Center U.S. Visa Support Center Visa Support Center

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