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Subsidies
*This article was originally published on the website of Posse Nippon, the publisher of Small Business Japan, prior to the launch of Small Business Japan (October 2024). Articles published before September 2024 have been edited and transferred to this site.*
Visa
To ensure quality and compliance, the immigration office is implementing a new "Food Industry" qualification and will be conducting more thorough reviews of these cases, points out Tachikawa. Why and what are the potential implications?
For your business
If a non-Japanese person wants to start a business in Japan, what do they need to know first? Yasuo Tachikawa, an immigration lawyer familiar with visa applications, responded to our questions.
Subsidies
Subsidies
For the COVID subsidy, here are the slides of the required documents for the application. The slides include a glossary, too.
Subsidies
The Japanese government started accepting applications for a subsidy for SMEs or registered freelancers who are seriously affected by COVID-19.