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Fees and timelines in 2025

Fees

The average fee per Japan engagement is outlined in the table below. These fees include company incorporation, opening corporate bank accounts, project management and all government fees:

Different Japan entity types	Cost	Draft invoice
Tax resident LLC (Godo Kaisha)	US$20,325	View invoice PDF
Branch of a foreign company	US$17,050	View invoice PDF
Representative office	US$14,750	View invoice PDF
Joint stock company	US$14,500	View invoice PDF
Limited liability partnership	US$13,325	View invoice PDF
Free zone company	US$13,325	View invoice PDF
Fast nominee LLC	US$38,500	View invoice PDF
Turnkey solutions	US$26,850	View invoice PDF
Japan professional services LLC without travel	US$17,275	View invoice PDF
Bitcoin company	US$16,325	View invoice PDF

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Service	Fee (US$)	Frequency
GK Company incorporation (without travel)	5,950	One time
Japan corporate bank account opening (without travel)	4,950	One time
Resident director services	4,950	Annually
Residence and employment visa (first employee)	5,950	One time
Nominee corporate shareholder services	2,100	Annually
Year end accounting and tax fees	2,300	Annually
Monthly bookkeeping service (estimate)	1,600	Annually
Offshore corporate bank account opening	4,950	One time
Corporate merchant account approval	4,450	One time
Corporate brokerage account approval	2,950	Monthly
Find local office premises for your staff	4,950	One time
Business website building	2,500	One time
Phone answering service	900	Annually
Office mail service	900	Annually
Fax forwarding service	900	Annually
Business stationery design with logo	950	One time
Monthly payroll for staff	860	Monthly
Staff recruitment	7,950	One time
Trademark registration	4,950	One time
Find an apartment for your staff	4,950	One time
Find corporate finance	5,000	Retainer fee
M&A advisory	5,000	Retainer fee
Total fees (US$)	0

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Timelines

The average engagement period for Japan business setup is 13 weeks as outlined below:

Service	LLC	Free zone company	LLP	JSC	Branch	RO	Japan professional services LLC without travel	Bitcoin company
Engagement Planning	1 week	1 week	2 weeks	2 weeks	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week
Company incorporation period	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	5 weeks	4 weeks
Bank Account approval	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks
Internet Banking approval	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	2 weeks	2 weeks
Engagement completion	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week
Total engagement period	13 weeks	13 weeks	14 weeks	14 weeks	13 weeks	13 weeks	13 weeks	12 weeks

japan business registration engagement period timeline

Preparing a detailed project plan;
Our Client confirms the corporate structure;
Collecting due diligence from our Client.

Our Client signs the corporate bank account opening forms;
Healy Consultants prepares a business plan;
Healy Consultants visits the bank for interview;
The Bank Legal and Compliance Department review and approve the banking application;
The Bank Front Office email corporate bank account numbers to our client.

The Bank Operations Department mails the internet username and passwords to our Client;
Some of our Clients’ request Healy Consultants to activate the internet banking on their behalf.

Healy Consultants confirms all Client due diligence is received;
Healy Consultants couriers to our Client the complete original company and bank account documents;
Our Client completes our web page feedback survey;

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For additional information on our company registration services in Japan, please contact our in-house country expert, Ms. Yekaterina Li, directly:

Ms. Yekaterina Li
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