Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — consultations are free of charge, the first and every one thereafter. Consultations are available at our office in Kohinata, Bunkyo-ku (a 5-minute walk from Myogadani Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line) or online. If a fee should apply, we will present a quotation.

Yes. 浦松丈二 (Joji Uramatsu), the representative of 四葉行政書士事務所 and a former China General Bureau Chief of the Mainichi Shimbun, handles consultations in Japanese, English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.

Yes. We handle designation applications for group homes, after-school day services, and other disability-welfare services — together with the company formation that precedes them, and post-designation filings for additional service fees (kasan) and operational support. See the “Disability-Welfare Service Designation” page for details.

Incorporation documents such as the articles of incorporation are the domain of a gyoseishoshi (administrative scrivener), while registration filings with the Legal Affairs Bureau belong to a judicial scrivener (shiho-shoshi). 四葉行政書士事務所 prepares the incorporation documents and refers the registration to a judicial scrivener.

We prepare estate-division agreements, draft wills, and collect family-register (koseki) and related records. Inheritance registration is referred to a judicial scrivener, and inheritance tax to a licensed tax accountant. Management, use, and sale of inherited real estate are handled by 四葉不動産株式会社 (Yotsuba Fudosan, our affiliated real-estate company) — a separate entity that accepts engagements independently.

Yes. Licensed real-estate brokerage is handled by 四葉不動産株式会社 (Yotsuba Fudosan), an affiliated but separate entity that accepts engagements independently (no referral fees are exchanged). Your first inquiry can start in one place.

Yes. As part of our gyoseishoshi work, we provide subsidy application support. The range of programs we can assist with is confirmed for each case.

We handle a wide range of consultations online. Some procedures still require paper documents or postal filing; we will explain what applies in your case.

四葉行政書士事務所 provides family/private trust agreement drafting support in Japan. We help organize your wishes and the assets to be placed in trust. Our fee is calculated separately for each agreement, based on the value of the assets covered by that agreement, with a minimum fee of JPY 330,000 including Japanese consumption tax. It includes preparing the draft agreement, ordinary revisions and coordination of the wording with the notary office. JPY 100,000,000 or less: 1.1% of the value of trust assets, subject to a minimum of JPY 330,000 More than JPY 100,000,000: JPY 1,100,000 plus 0.55% of the amount exceeding JPY 100,000,000 The rates above already include consumption tax. No further consumption tax is added to the result of this calculation. Notary fees, registration and license tax, other out-of-pocket expenses, and fees charged by other professionals are separate.

Family/private trust agreement drafting support in Japan

If each spouse acts as the settlor under a separate trust agreement, we calculate the fee for each agreement using the assets covered by that agreement. The minimum fee applies to each agreement. We do not count the full value of the same property twice. Only the ownership share actually placed in trust under each agreement is counted. JPY 25,000,000 for each spouse: JPY 330,000 each: JPY 660,000 JPY 50,000,000 for each spouse: JPY 550,000 each: JPY 1,100,000 For example, if spouses each own one-half of a property with a fixed asset tax assessed value of JPY 50,000,000, and each places only their own share in trust under a separate agreement, JPY 25,000,000 is counted under each agreement.

Family/private trust agreement drafting support in Japan

Initial and subsequent consultations are free, as are quotations. Ordinary consultations after the trust agreement is completed are also free. Substantive work, such as preparing documents for amendments, adding assets or ending the trust, is quoted separately in advance, with the scope of work and fee specified.

Family/private trust agreement drafting support in Japan