JapanDesk

Practical guides for selling to Japan — written by someone who does the paperwork.

A second pair of eyes before it goes to Japan

You send the document. We read it the way the other side's back office will, mark every point they are likely to stop on, and send it back as a single annotated PDF within two business days.

Waitlist Reviews are not open yet. Tell us what you would send and we will email you when they are — the queue decides when that is.

What a review covers

  • A quote (見積書) before it goes to a Japanese buyer.
  • An invoice (請求書) — the layout, the required items, the due date and the bank block.
  • A purchase order acknowledgement, a delivery note, or a reminder email you are about to send.
  • A pricing page, a 特定商取引法 notice or a terms page, read the way a Japanese buyer reads it.

What it does not cover

  • Tax determinations — whether registration applies to you, what your consumption tax position is, what is deductible. That is a 税理士 (zeirishi, tax accountant).
  • Legal advice, contract drafting, or anything about a dispute. That is a lawyer.
  • Translation as a service. We mark up documents; we do not run a translation desk.
  • Visas, immigration and company formation.

How it works

  1. You send the document, and say who it is going to — rough company size and industry is enough.
  2. We read it against the same primary sources the guides are built on.
  3. You get one PDF back: the document with every stopping point marked, and the wording to use instead.
  4. If something in it turns on a tax or legal determination, we say so and stop there rather than guessing.

Turnaround: two business days. Price: set when reviews open, and named before you send anything.

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