BIZ

Everything you need to know to start your business

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Why Japan?

What does TPP mean to entrepreneurs? What does it even stand for?
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INTERVIEWS

An interview with Chris Kirkland, co-founder of Tokyo Cheapo
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Finance

There are two elements to a business's finances: the start-up fund (i.e. capital) and purpose (profit).
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Ideas

The cynical may say there is nothing new under the sun, that anybody can have good business ideas,
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RECENT INVESTMENT

The UK-based Legatum Institute ranked Japan as the 22nd most prosperous country in the world in 2015.
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Skills

Having a unique business concept and good funding certainly makes running a business easier.
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Tax

You may be able to deduct client entertainment costs from the taxable incomes of your company if you can meet certain criteria.
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Visa

As part of Abenomics, the Japanese government is planning to allow highly skilled foreigners to stay for up to 8 years.
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FOREIGN BUSINESSES

The biggest ethnic minority population in Japan until 2007 was Korean, with many of them being naturalised Japanese citizens.
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