I'm based in Tokyo now. It took me a while to find a good immigration firm. All I can say: I moved here from SF and it has worked out quite well for me. I run a

I'm based in Tokyo now. It took me a while to find a good immigration firm. All I can say: I moved here from SF and it has worked out quite well for me. I run an enterprise company though. Part of what got me to move here was JETRO. If you are looking to start a startup in japan, they've been very helpful for us: http://jetro.go.jp/usa/topics/companies-chosen-global-innovation-centers-subsidy-announced.html http://jetro.go.jp/usa/topics/companies-chosen-global-innova... One caveat is we're enterprise though. Consumer will be harder. We broke in to japan by hiring someone and having them help us start a subsidary. I moved here using that subsidary. It should be possible to do something similar for others.