I'm looking forward to the next video Derek. :)

Thank you Derek, appreciate.

Thank you for the information

Nice video! Your experience and mine run a few parallels. I run a design and copywriting business in Hiroshima. Completely right about the 4yr mark. Our fourth year was a real terror on us. After we sort of made it through that line things surely got better. But entrepreneurship in Japan is easy no feat. and we still have to take hits all the time. I saw your website as well. While I'm not trying to sell anything to you, it could use a bit of an "update"...From one Canadian to another, if you want to connect reply back and, we can exchange details. - Ben LeMar.

Awesome videos, a lot of info that is valuable since I want to start the same from The Netherlands :)! Thanks Derek Weldon

in short,before starting business in japan,we should marry some Japanese girl.

I could pinpoint on a map where you are driving exactly thx to Yokohama's Ikea at 3min27 lol. Living in Japan here too, lots of good informations, thx a lot!

Great video. Your information on yearly fees to an accountant for company tax returns was very interesting. I help run a tax and bookkeeping firm in Canada and always find it interesting to see what other countries do and charge. On a side note, my husband and I just returned from a trip to Japan and fell in love with the country. We are earnestly seeking a way to go back and, who knows, maybe with a visas that doesn't just have a visitors stamp on them. Thank you for making such informative videos. Best wishes!

Exactly the topic I was looking to hear about. Great video.

Cool man, I also interest in import used car from Japan.

Hmmm... interesting but once you mentioned Japanese wife I knew you had it easy (-ish). No problem with business visas, work permits, all the immigration hassles that comes from not being married to a resident. That would be one of the biggest obstacles. The rest is plain sailing.

Having japanese wife is good help. That was informative thanks

Thanks for the information

Good information right now I was looking for and I hop soon I can start applying the process from the first step but still I'm looking for little more information

Before my business in Saudi Arabia? Please suggest me I'm starting to Japan

Nice video I do want to add that in order to get a working visa one can have 10 years experience instead of a degree and the experience needs to be applicable to the type of job your applying for

Well Don “e” Derek!

As you brought up the dealer # in this video, I don't remember seeing it in the correct place. I see the dealer # on your home page but I think you are unaware that you need the Kobutsusho-Kyokasho Certificate # in your lower header that will appear on every page.

Hi Derek While Japanese car are reliable, how easy to source parts if needed without a hassle. I ask because imported models don’t show up based of there registration like euro car parts. Let me know. Thanks.

derek weldon you are intresting busniess discussion.Actually i want to start the busniess in japen what is the initial step...

HI Derek, finding your vlog and company pages highly informative! Would it be possible for me to mail you directly with some questions i have around exporting/importing cars or car parts from Japan as a business. Would just like to know more around that and all its possibilities/pros/cons etc. In other words work hard and pursue...or stick to my desk job!? lol

great vid. where in japan are you? I just returned here from cali with plans of starting something in car exporting.

Hi Mr.derek your videos are very useful. I'm a student yet and I want to quit my studies and migrate to japan to do car business. As you mentioned in the video is that only graduated ones can start business in japan ? or only it matters when I'm registering my own business as a profitable company??

Are you still working?

Hi,Sir

Awesome video Derek thanks for sharing the information! Are you still looking to hire employee's? I am currently a college student in Tokyo.

I'm concerned for you and your health and am hoping you will be able to hire someone soon

I'm from India I want to buisness in Japan please suggest

i sense a bit of scottish in you, at first i was like, hmmm american. But that little accent, i caught it. Might be wrong, but definetly has an accent. Lol

I'm considering a complete relocation to Japan. I run a successful audio repair shop in my present location, as a sole proprietor, but political climate is making it difficult as well as the cultural decline, so me and the wife want to get out as soon as possible. We need to sell our home, find a way to move all of our equipment, home theater, recording studio stuff, etc, possibly by container ship, to rural Japan. The wild card are the laws, getting up and running, getting my physical assets into Japan (cost of the container ship, any import taxes, etc), getting a market, and buying real estate and building an energy efficient and comfortable home. This is a huge leap across an abyss for us, and we are looking for resources that can make the transition possible.

I'm currently doing my final year of Game Design in university and I want to open a video game studio of at least 7 ~ 8 people.

Can you talk more about you wanting to hire people?

hi could you please tell me which cities shall i go to buy vehicles from auction and are there any consultants who can get me the auction and export licenses

hi derek how r u this is hanny from dxb i ask i start to plan bussiness in japan limited company how much investment reqiment

Still looking for someone? I'll do it for 3 bowls of rice a day and a visa lol

If you're on a English teaching visa, can you make money from say... Advertising on youtube?

Apart from a lot of the bluder ... just like most people in Japan including the Japanese do not fully understand a lot of the actual laws and regulations... This guy like most had his spouse help him do pretty much everything there. Good luck alone on only English !!!

Ogenkidesuka？I am new Coming nihon can i start with you small Business？

i really need to marry a Japanese woman then - i mean to setup the business is the easiest part - the problem is for those who do not have any visa - it would require a business manager visa which has a high cost - thus no guarantee the government will approve it....a local can simply put 1 yen as capital !!!! so might as well register my company and hire myself as highly skilled

Hi Mr: weldon, i think i realy need your help. Im planning to move in japan in a year or 2 and put a coffee shop aroud osaka or maybe tokyo and my badget is around 150k to 200k but as you said i may need more coz of paper works and i am none japanese speaker. The thing is i dont wanna get married yet and i know its gonna be more easy if i marry a japanese woman. I wanna put a business as a single person is it going to work? Plsss help me. Thank you

I want buisness in Japan grocery shop how can start the buisness

any consultant number or websites for starting business

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