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Originally Posted by Sangetsu
I used a local law firm who were able to set everything set up for me, and they also provided me with a guarantor. The cost for the guarantor was equivalent to one month's rent, which was expensive.They also handled the registration at the tax office, and assistance with accounting for the first year. It was not cheap, but they did the leg work for me. All I was required to do was show up at the office to sign the paperwork. I was also able to get a business credit card, which was helpful.
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Based on what you're saying, I would only recommend that route as a last resort.
I could do 99% of that stuff on my own very easily, finding a guarantor was a tad complicated but I was able to use local assets as collateral for that.
Oh and check this out, you can't do it legally no matter how you go about it!
You need a business/investor visa in order to operate a business.
To get the visa you need to have spent 5mil yen on establishing that business.
You also need to be employing a Japanese native full time (it used to be 2),
To employ a native, you need to register them with the local tax office.
To register them you need a registered business.
To have a registered business you need to have a business visa.
follow?
I war running and operating my business for 2 months prior to applying for the business visa in order to ensure I met all the requirements necessary for the visa. (I was running it on a teacher visa - specialist of humanities - or something).
I brought this paradox up with a really really nice and super awesome civil servant who basically explained that they know about it and use it as a wild-card to deny applications to people they don't like lol.
So don't be a shithead douche bag when you apply!