おめでとう! Mizobuchi-san earns JF-CMCA 2025 President’s Award for Business Consulting
Happy new year! If you’ve been following our story for the past three years, you know that we regularly reference…
カテゴリー: Japan Immigration
Business Manager Visa: Increased Requirements (and how it affects Benton Homestead)
As you probably already know, from following our channel, or from reading the news: the official changes to Japan’s Business…
Startup Visa: New 2025 Changes (Coming Soon)
Since we started documenting our journey to Japan online, we have received lots and lots of questions from y’all about…
Japan Data: “Akiya to AirBnB” General Process & Total Expense
Now that Benton Guesthouse is open and we have been welcoming guest for a few months, let’s reflect back on…
Japan Data: ‘Startup visa’ to ‘Business Manager visa’ Complete Process
!!! PLEASE NOTE! Japan’s Startup visa is going through some MAJOR changes! As of January 1, 2025: the Startup visa…
Progress Report: Startup Visa & One Year Renewal!
We did it!!! We arrived in Japan in February, received a Startup Visa in June, incorporated our business in August,…
Progress Report: Our First Six Weeks Living in Japan
Friends, it’s been a while! The first six weeks of our time in Japan have flown by, and while we’re…
Mexico and Japan: Compare and Contrast
One of the questions we get the most is: “Why Mexico?“. Then, when we tell people that we’re living in…
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