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Business Manager — owner-founder operating a Japanese business

JapanInvestment

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What investment option or options qualify?

This route is for those who either establish or perform senior management roles in a new, Japan-domiciled business. No qualifying investment option beyond this business establishment or management activity is explicitly identified.

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  • Explicit qualifying investment option(s) beyond business establishment/management
  • program_overview
    The Japanese Investor/Business Manager Visa is meant for those who either establish or perform senior management roles in a new, Japan-domiciled business.

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

Capital of ¥3,000万 (thirty million yen) or more is required. For a company this is the paid-in capital (or total contributions); for a sole proprietor it is the total invested as necessary to run the business, such as securing the office, one year of salaries for employees and equipment costs. Government fees are not stated in these sources.

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  • Government application fees are not stated in the sources read.
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/resources/10_00237.html
    2 資本金の額等について 3,000万円以上の資本金等が必要になります (第2号ロ)
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/resources/10_00237.html
    (注)<事業主体が法人である場合> 株式会社における払込済資本の額(資本金の額)又は合名会社、合資会社又は合同会社の出資の総額をさします。 <事業主体が個人である場合> 事業所の確保や雇用する職員の給与(1年間分)、設備投資経費など事業を営むために必要なものとして投下されている総額をさします。

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how long the investment must be kept and the continuing conditions.

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  • Searched the captured official texts for investment maintenance/holding period or continuing ownership conditions for Business Manager; the only source mentioning this via (imidaily.com) is a third-party site, not official evidence, and its sentence concerns visa validity (R5), not investment maintenance. No official capture addresses it.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

A spouse or child supported by the Business Manager can stay under the Dependent status to carry out daily activities, for a period designated individually by the Minister of Justice (not exceeding 5 years). Work rights of dependants are not stated.

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  • Work rights of dependents are not stated in the sources read.
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/dependent.html
    入管法別表第一の一の表の教授、芸術、宗教、報道、二の表の高度専門職、経営・管理、法律・会計業務、医療、研究、教育、技術・人文知識・国際業務、企業内転勤、介護、興行、技能、特定技能2号、三の表の文化活動又はこの表の留学の在留資格をもって在留する者の扶養を受ける配偶者又は子として行う日常的な活動。
  • https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/dependent.html
    法務大臣が個々に指定する期間(5年を超えない範囲)

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

The holder obtains the Business Manager status for 5 years, 3 years, 1 year, 6 months, 4 months or 3 months, renewed by an extension application; at renewal, tax, social-insurance and labour-insurance compliance is checked and long absences abroad without good reason lead to refusal. Permanent residence from Business Manager is not allowed where the revised criteria are not met. What happens to the invested capital is not stated.

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  • What happens to the invested capital is not stated.
  • Positive permanent-residence criteria are not stated in these sources.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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