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As a rule it is enough, for an extension, that the requirements are met at the main company on which the visa is based; the same scale is not required of the 2nd company. In practice, however, considering an integration of the business that brings sales, expenses and capital together into 1 company is the course with the lowest risk and the most sense.
A case in which a person running 2 companies, neither with capital of 30 million yen (3,000万円), asked how to handle the next extension.
They do not. If the scale requirements are met at the company where you are mainly active, an extension is legally possible.
First, let us set out correctly what the 30 million yen (3,000万円) of capital means.
In the amendment of October 2025, the criterion of capital of at least 5 million yen (500万円) was raised to 30 million yen (3,000万円) from the point of view of promoting investment. In addition, employing at least 1 full-time employee is also a requirement. Capital or total contribution of at least 30 million yen (3,000万円) and at least 1 full-time employee are not alternatives you can choose between; both must be met. Please note that it does not follow that "if I employ 1 full-time employee, the capital need not be 30 million yen (3,000万円)".
「経営・管理」 is granted to a person as a single status of residence. So if the scale requirements are met at "the company where you are mainly active", an extension is legally possible. The same scale is not required of the 2nd company (the sub-business).
Both companies do not need 30 million yen (3,000万円). Making excessive investment in each company, beyond what the business really is, simply in order to maintain your status of residence is inefficient from a management point of view.
In theory an extension is possible, but you may be asked about consistency with what you actually do at the other company.
If you increase the capital of the real estate management company, which is the main business, to 30 million yen (3,000万円), then in theory an extension is possible.
However, you may be asked about the consistency of your actual activities: what the other company is doing, and whether you are spending so much time on that work that the management of the main business is being neglected.
Screening becomes clearer and the cost of maintaining the companies falls, so in practice we recommend integration above all.
If 80% of sales come from real estate management, then integrating by having the real estate management company as the surviving company absorb the trading and travel business by merger, or by a transfer of business, and raising the capital to 30 million yen (3,000万円) at that point is the shortest route to a long period of stay of 3 years or 5 years at the next extension.
The timing of the capital increase and how well the business report is put together hold the key to permission for the extension.
The way the new criteria that came into force in October 2025 are applied may differ according to the region and to the individual judgement of the 地方出入国在留管理局 (Regional Immigration Services Bureau). Please always check the latest screening guidelines.
Transitional measures are provided for an application for extension made before the day on which 3 years have passed from the date the amendment came into force (16 October 2028, 令和10年10月16日).
Where a person already residing under 「経営・管理」 files an 在留期間更新許可申請 before the day on which 3 years have passed from the date the amendment came into force (16 October 2028, 令和10年10月16日), the decision on whether to permit is made in the light of the state of the business and the prospect of coming into line with the amended criteria for permission, even where the amended criteria are not met. In screening, you may be asked to submit a document that has been assessed by an expert in business management.
An 在留期間更新許可申請 made after 3 years have passed from the date the amendment came into force must meet the amended criteria for permission.
You do not. 「経営・管理」 is granted to a person as a single status of residence, so if the scale requirements are met at the company where you are mainly active, an extension is legally possible.
You may be asked about the consistency of your actual activities: what the other company is doing, and whether you are spending so much time on that work that the management of the main business is being neglected.
If you do it just before the deadline for the extension, it may be suspected of being window-dressing money for the visa. Complete the procedure by the end of the financial year, or several months before the extension.
There is not. There is no problem, in terms of status of residence, in carrying on activities with several business purposes within 1 company. Where the businesses are related, integration also makes screening go more smoothly.
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