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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!

Today we have another series of articles on today's topic.

We focus on the hurdle of starting a business in Japan!


Doing business in Japan for foreign nationals and Doing business in Japan for foreigners 

There are a certain number of people who want to do business in Japan.

More than 30,000 people have obtained a ‘Management/Administration’ visa, a business-oriented status of residence.

Permanent residents, spouses (Japanese nationals and permanent residents) and permanent residents can also become self-employed or manage a business.

In order to target new business opportunities and do the work they want to do... 

There are various motivations for becoming a business owner.

This article would like to explain some of the difficulties and advantages of running a business in Japan for foreigners.


What are the strengths of foreign managers?

Strengths of foreign managers, that's fore sure.

Let's start by explaining the aspects in which it is advantageous for a foreign national to run a business.


Services that Japanese nationals cannot provide 

Markets that Japanese nationals cannot penetrate 

Multilingual and bicultural strengths 

Vitality of the manager 


These are the strengths that we feel when we see our clients with business management visas.


What services can't be provided by Japanese?

First of all, there are services that are difficult for a Japanese person to provide.

An easy one to understand would be restaurants.

For example, I have the impression that there are more and more Indian curry restaurants (actually more Nepalese) these days.

It is difficult for Japanese people to provide authentic menus such as Indian curry, authentic Chinese food and Italian food.

(Even if they do offer them, they will look fake.) 

What are the markets that are difficult for Japanese to penetrate?

Next are markets that are difficult for Japanese to penetrate.


Services for foreigners living in Japan?

For example, a real estate company exclusively for foreigners.

You need a house to live in and an office to run a company.

There is a sense of closeness with people from the same country running the business.

The business management visa also requires you to secure an independent office before you apply.

You need to use a little bit of technique with the office rental contract.

We think that places run by foreign nationals are better at breathing in this area than Japanese.


Do they have strong foreign language support?

We feel that shops and companies run by foreigners have strong foreign language skills.

An increasing number of real estate agencies can also speak Chinese and Korean, and some can even speak Vietnamese.

Many of us also run translation companies, taking advantage of the fact that we are multilingual.

Is it true that managers have great vitality?

We believe this is the greatest strength of foreign business managers.

We think the power of business owners is amazing when we are consulted and asked to help them with their business management visas.

Doing business in Japan is not easy.

The language is different, the culture is different, and you have few family and friends.

We are impressed by the way they are working hard and running their businesses even with the restrictions of their visa status.


What did you think?

Why don't you step forward and enjoy the challenge of starting a new business in Japan?

See you next time.


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