A Story Of Starting A Business In Japan

Re:A Story Of Starting A Business In Japan by agibsonccc on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @11:26PM (#13433009)

I'm based in Tokyo now. It took me a while to find a good immigration firm. All I can say: I moved here from SF and it has worked out quite well for me. I run an enterprise company though. Part of what got me to move here was JETRO. If you are looking to start a startup in japan, they've been very helpful for us: http://jetro.go.jp/usa/topics/companies-chosen-global-innova...

One caveat is we're enterprise though. Consumer will be harder.

We broke in to japan by hiring someone and having them help us start a subsidary. I moved here using that subsidary. It should be possible to do something similar for others.

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Re:A Story Of Starting A Business In Japan by AdventurerSen on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:32AM (#13433296)

I ran a Wordpress shop several years ago and tried to use the subsidiary route with advice from JETRO too. While the lady was very friendly and helpful, I kept getting a 'you don't make enough money, this is a waste of time' vibe from her.

If you're large enough and raking in enough money, they'd probably be more helpful.

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