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Importing into Japan, no entity thereFor a company importing into Japan without a registered entity, office or address there.Setting up a Japan entityThree routes to a Japan entity, and the address of record it needs.Invoicing Japanese customersFor a company whose Japanese business customers need an invoice they can claim tax credit on.Goods that may be controlledDual-use, defense-adjacent or licensed goods. Scoped by an Aplash Director before any fee is set.Moving people to JapanResidence status for a founder, a transferred employee or a specialist. Quoted per applicant.

ACP Appointment SetupAppointment of Aplash as your Attorney for Customs Procedures under Customs Act Article 95, so that Japan Customs has a party it can reach in Japan for your entries.Order shipments with the appointment and they are charged with it, or take the appointment on its own and order shipments later at the same rate. Volume rates apply when 6 or 12 shipments are ordered together. The rate is the same whether Aplash coordinates the licensed-broker workflow or your own broker files, and the work is performed under the service agreement drafted for your matter after this order.Available to importers with no registered legal entity, office or address in Japan. Food, drink, additives, food-contact goods and children's toys run on a separate route.Full scope and order pageUSD 500one time, per client, primary Customs office includedUSD 1,200per shipment, for the ACP role

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All three end in a Japan entity under 100 percent foreign ownership. Each card carries the one line that decides it.

Japan Company Setup: 合同会社 (Godo Kaisha, GK)Simpler governance and no notarisation step, which is why it costs less to form.Formation of a Japan Godo Kaisha (GK) for a foreign-owned business, from structure scoping through to the registered entity.This price is the Aplash professional fee. Registration and licence tax, company seal production and the partner judicial scrivener fee are billed separately at cost by the professionals responsible for them.Full scope and order pageFrom USD 2,500Aplash professional feeJapan Company Setup: 株式会社 (Kabushiki Kaisha, KK)The form Japanese banks and institutional counterparties recognise first. Its articles of incorporation must be notarised.Formation of a Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (KK) for a foreign-owned business, from structure scoping through to the registered entity.This price is the Aplash professional fee. Registration and licence tax, articles notarisation fees, company seal production and the partner judicial scrivener fee are billed separately at cost by the professionals responsible for them.Full scope and order pageFrom USD 4,000Aplash professional feeShelf Company Acquisition: Entry TierTakes over a dormant entity that already holds an internet bank account, instead of forming one and opening an account afterwards.Acquisition of a dormant Kabushiki Kaisha (KK) or Godo Kaisha (GK) carrying an active internet bank account at acquisition.Entry tier covers a shell carrying an internet-bank account. Megabank shells are quoted separately.Full scope and order pageFrom USD 7,000entry tier, per shell

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Japan Registered AddressA Japan registered address of record for your entity, with mail received, scanned and forwarded on your instruction.Where the address is intended to support a Business Manager visa application, the requirement is a physical office, so confirm scope with us before you file.Full scope and order pageUSD 2,500per 12-month term, billed annually

Japan Tax Agent and Qualified Invoice RegistrationAppointment of Aplash as your Japan tax agent for national tax matters, and filing of your Qualified Invoice Issuer registration with the National Tax Agency, so your Japanese business customers can claim input tax credit on what they buy from you.Open to companies supplying goods or services taxable in Japan. A business required to appoint a tax agent has to have one on file, and this order is where that appointment is made.Full scope and order pageUSD 2,000one time, per company

Export control applicability screeningEstablishes whether your goods, software or technology fall under Japan's export control regime before you ship or file.Classification review against the control lists and the catch-all provision, end-user and end-use screening, and a written determination you can put in front of Customs, a broker or your own compliance function.Scope and terms on this route are set by an Aplash Director before any fee is quoted, so it is not ordered online.Request scope and feeQuoted on scopeper project Import or export licence applicationFor goods already found to be controlled, where a licence has to be obtained before the shipment can move.Preparation and filing of the licence application with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, pre-filing alignment with the ministry, and handling of the queries raised on the file.Scope and terms on this route are set by an Aplash Director before any fee is quoted, so it is not ordered online.Request scope and feeQuoted on scopeper application

Business Manager visaThe residence status for a founder or director running their own company in Japan, and the one that decides whether you can be here to operate it.Eligibility assessment against your entity, capital and premises, the document set, and coordination of the application through to filing. The office requirement is a physical one, so premises are scoped before anything is filed.Scope and terms on this route are set by an Aplash Director before any fee is quoted, so it is not ordered online.Request scope and feeQuoted on scopeper applicant Highly Skilled Professional visaThe points-based track. Where you clear the threshold it carries a longer period of stay and a faster route to permanent residence than a standard work status.Points calculation against your academic record, career, income and Japanese ability, the document set, and coordination of the application through to filing.Request scope and feeQuoted on scopeper applicant J-SKIP special highly skilled visaThe income-and-record route into the same highly skilled track, assessed on your salary and career instead of on points.Assessment against the J-SKIP criteria, the document set, and coordination of the application through to filing.Request scope and feeQuoted on scopeper applicant

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