Good day everyone!
I'm in the beginning stages of starting a business in Japan with a Japanese resident. Uncommonly, my "baggage" consists of more than just clothes.
Essentially, my deal killer for this business opportunity is whether I can find a way to bring my father to Japan with me, to stay for the long term. He is currently beyond the legal working age of 65, as I understand it to be.
I tried contacting the local Japanese Consulate yesterday but they seemed very unaware of specifics for accomplishing this goal. They suggested that it may or may not depend on my own visa and/or that it may depend on whether the business potentially sponsors him. Emphasis necessary on the use of "may" and I'm not certain that a business can sponsor someone who can't legally work.
Is there any method anyone knows of whereby he could be granted a long term resident visa by being my dependent?
I appreciate any advice you can provide. My friend in Japan hasn't been able to find many answers where he's located and in my research attempts on the Internet, all I've found is either concerned with parents of young children moving together or older children bidding farewell to their older parents as they without them.