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Deadlines, fees, and the article behind them

Most procedures for living in Japan or starting a company can be filed by yourself. What usually blocks people is not eligibility but three gaps: not knowing the procedure exists, not knowing the deadline, not knowing where it goes. These tools answer only those three.

No sign-in, nothing stored. What you type lives only in the address bar. No application documents are produced here —— judgements about your particular case (whether it will pass, how it should be written) are the work of a gyoseishoshi and are not offered.

IndividualResidence procedures: deadlines在留手続きの期限Enter the dates on your residence card to get the procedures you owe, each deadline, the article it rests on, and the fee. Arrival, mid-stay, changing jobs, and leaving Japan.
  • 12 statuses of residence
  • the 3-month line after leaving a job
  • the 2-year limit on the lump-sum withdrawal
  • calendar export (.ics)
Open →CompanyCompany filings: deadlines法人届出の期限What a new company files, before and after incorporation. Six receiving offices, deadlines from 5 days to 3 months. The blue-return election has the trickiest rule and the highest price for missing it.
  • 18 forms
  • holidays shifted automatically
  • the Tokyo 23-ward exception
  • employees: headcount only
Open →CompanyStated capital: cost estimate資本金の費用試算One figure decides the notarisation fee, the registration tax, consumption tax, the per-capita levy, and whether the Business Manager status is within reach. Once registered, it is fixed.
  • the half-price notarisation conditions
  • the ¥10m consumption-tax line
  • the ¥30m residence-status requirement
  • the two thresholds collide
Open →ReferenceOfficial forms: sources and versions様式の出典一覧Where each official form lives, its version, the day we checked it, and the file checksum. Re-fetched every Monday; anything that differs from the baseline raises an alert.
  • the URLs in circulation are all stale
  • the NTA's soft 404 defeats status codes
  • watched weekly
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Where these numbers come from

Deadlines

Counted under Civil Code art. 140 (the first day is not counted) and art. 143(2), then shifted around administrative holidays. If the starting date is missing, no date is shown. Nothing is guessed.

Basis

Every entry carries the article, a link to the official source, and the day we checked it. Articles are read against the e-Gov originals, not secondary summaries.

Forms

Re-fetched from the issuing office every Monday; a checksum that differs from the baseline raises an alert. We find out when an office changes something —— at least we do not stay unaware.

Limits

No filing on your behalf, no submission on your behalf, no judgement on whether your case passes. When you need those, go to a licensed gyoseishoshi.