Enter Japan with one accountable partner.

Tell us what you plan to sell, build, or operate in Japan, where you are starting from, your target date, and whether you already have a local structure. You do not need to choose the service first. We use those details to map the right route and next step.

No. You can import and sell through an Importer of Record (IOR) or an Attorney for Customs Procedures (ACP / 税関事務管理人) with no local entity. Set up a Japanese KK or GK later, when your volume earns it. Aplash handles that step when you are ready.

ACP fits general consumer goods and Amazon FBA. IOR fits regulated, hazardous, or controlled goods, where a legal importer must carry the liability. Incorporation fits established operations that want their own entity. Tell us your product on a call and we name the right route.

Aplash coordinates trade compliance, local operations, tax, and founder mobility against one plan. Decisions are sequenced, responsibilities are clear, and specialist work stays connected. You manage one relationship instead of rebuilding context with separate vendors.

Aplash is a regulatory strategy and market-entry firm, not a logistics company. We carry the legal and compliance responsibility for entering the Japanese market and direct the licensed brokers and carriers on your behalf. We do not move freight ourselves.

ACP registration timing is case-specific: the customs office, your evidence, product controls, and broker readiness all determine it, and we do not promise a fixed government processing time. IOR onboarding and company incorporation move as fast as your documents arrive, and you get a sequenced timeline on the first call.

English, Japanese, and Chinese, from bases in Hong Kong and Osaka. We take companies into Japan from anywhere in the world.

Both routes are open. Services with a published fixed fee are ordered online, with the scope, the exclusions and the amount stated before you pay: ACP appointment setup, KK or GK company formation and the entry-tier shelf-company profile are ordered from their own pages, and the order catalog lists everything else sold online. Routes that have to be scoped before a fee can be set start with the assessment instead: a resident Japan-side director, a 経営管理 (Business Manager) visa track, day-one banking, a business sector designated under 外為法 (FEFTA) or otherwise licensed, and any matter reaching three or more ministries. The order pages and the service agreement are in English.