YAOKI provides a three-stage program for Taiwanese manufacturers landing in Kumamoto: Feasibility Assessment, Entity Setup & Visa, and Local Admin & Ongoing Support, plus an add-on Industrial & Commercial Property Sourcing service. Each stage can be engaged independently or combined. The sections below outline the content, deliverables, and target audiences for each — to help you evaluate the fit for your needs.
Before committing to a Kumamoto factory — run a serious, purposeful feasibility visit.
Feasibility assessment is not sightseeing. It is a structured site visit with clear objectives, defined questions, and concrete deliverables. YAOKI supports manufacturers across all three phases — pre-trip scoping, on-site coordination, and post-trip synthesis — turning a vague impression like "I heard Kumamoto is booming because of TSMC" into a basis for an actual factory-location decision.
A typical itinerary spans 3 – 5 days and includes industrial cluster tours, on-site inspections of candidate factories and industrial land, in-person meetings with licensed realtors, administrative scriveners, tax accountants, and banks, plus reviews of the local talent market and logistics. All visits are accompanied by a YAOKI consultant.
Entity setup, bank account, visa — administrative procedures handled by YAOKI in partnership with local professionals.
Cross-border factory setup involves a dense web of administrative steps: entity-type selection (KK / GK), articles of incorporation notarization, registration, official seal creation, bank account opening, tax office filings, and labor regulations for employee onboarding. Each step has its own counterparty and paperwork, and sequencing errors create delays. YAOKI works with local judicial scriveners, administrative scriveners, and tax accountants to complete these tasks, taking responsibility for Mandarin-Japanese communication and end-to-end progress tracking.
We are not a law firm and not a tax accountant firm — we are the bridge that helps manufacturers work smoothly with those professionals. You don't need to learn Japanese commercial law yourself, but you will be clearly briefed on options and trade-offs at every key decision point.
After landing — keeping your Kumamoto operation steady, quarter after quarter.
Many manufacturers realize, only after "setup is complete," that the real work has just begun: quarterly tax filings, labor regulation updates, employee disputes, equipment maintenance, year-end closings, subsidy reimbursement filings. For manufacturers without permanent Japan presence, the need is for a trusted on-the-ground point of contact that can deliver quarterly reports. YAOKI provides long-term advisory services to absorb these routine but cross-border-difficult tasks.
Ongoing support can be structured as an annual retainer or as case-by-case engagements. Common combinations include "manufacturer landing + subsidy applications + annual advisory" or "corporate base + monthly bookkeeping + annual review."
For manufacturers' real landing needs — industrial land, factories, warehouses, offices, and front-office space. YAOKI works with local licensed realtors (takken-shi) on a long-term basis — from property search and preliminary screening to on-site inspections and negotiation support.
Industrial land (newly developed, new-build, or pre-existing); Kikuyō / Ōzu / Kōshi cluster cores prioritized.
New-build factories, retrofitted factories, logistics warehouses; with water/power capacity info.
Kumamoto City Chuo-ku and Kikuyō Station-area offices; branch-office spaces.
B2C brand storefront placement in Kumamoto (Shimo-tōri, Kami-tōri, SAKURAMACHI, etc.).
Scope boundary: Actual real estate transactions are led and signed by local licensed realtors (宅建士 / takken-shi); Yaoki handles property sourcing, preliminary screening, site inspection, negotiation support, and contract-term review. We do not act as a real estate brokerage, and do not handle investment-grade residential, multi-unit apartment buildings, or family asset allocation — for those needs, please see our forthcoming sister site yaoki-homes.jp (Yaoki's dedicated real estate advisory).
Different manufacturer profiles call for different service combinations. The matrix below is a starting reference — the actual combination is shaped during our initial consultation.
An honest line around our scope — for anything outside it, we refer suitable partners so expectations stay clear.
Different manufacturers work at different rhythms. Below are three common engagement models — the actual combination is shaped during the first consultation.
A single, well-defined deliverable. For example: one feasibility trip, one entity setup, one subsidy application support. Pricing is per item.
End-to-end from feasibility to landing — including site visit, factory selection, entity setup, visa, bank account opening, and subsidy applications. Pricing is a project total, collected in stages.
Long-term operational support after landing. Includes monthly reports, quarterly briefings, annual review, subsidy reimbursement, and unlimited Mandarin-Japanese advisory. Pricing is an annual fee.
Please outline your needs and background briefly. A consultant will be in touch within 48 hours to arrange an online or on-site briefing. The first consultation is complimentary, and all materials are handled under NDA.
