About Japan Visa

Learn About Our History and Team

History

Japan Visa™ has it's origins in 2002 in PwC Japan’s Global Visa Solutions Group, which was headed by Japan Visa™ CEO Dean Page. Dean then went on to lead PwC Japan's Pathfinder Group, which specialized in providing integrated tax, accounting, and payroll support to international clients.

Building on the experience of these two groups, Japan Visa™ developed a multidisciplinary approach combining immigration services with the broader professional support required by international businesses in Japan.

Today, our team has grown to more than 20 professionals, including Japanese and foreign lawyers, immigration specialists (gyoseishoshi), licensed tax accountants (zeirishi), and labor and social security specialists (sharoshi).

Approach

The key to the Japan Visa™ approach is integrated professional services. We understand that immigration, tax, and employment matters are closely interconnected for the Japan operations of international businesses.

Our integrated approach provides two important advantages:

First, clients benefit from a single point of contact for a broad range of professional services, including company establishment and restructuring, corporate tax, accounting, payroll, and immigration support.

More importantly, our multidisciplinary team understands how decisions in one area can affect requirements in another. For example, a company's capital structure and financial position may influence its ability to sponsor certain visa applications.

By coordinating advice across disciplines, we help clients address related requirements with a clear understanding of their broader business implications.

Dean Page

Chief Executive Officer

Dean spent more than seven years in the Big 4 accounting firms, most recently as a partner at Ernst & Young (EY). At PwC he headed firm's Global Visa Solutions Group in Japan. He also headed the PwC Pathfinder Group which focused on providing integrated visa, tax, accounting, and payroll solutions to the firm's clients in Japan.

Professional Qualifications (Non-practicing)

Lawyer - California (USA) and Australia

CPA - California (USA) and Australia

Education

Bachelor of Economics (Sydney University, Sydney, Australia)

Master of Laws (LL.M) in Tax (Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA)

Kentaro Fujii

Immigration Attorney (gyoseishoshi) Japan

Kentaro has more than 20 years’ experience helping foreign businesses with their immigration requirements in Japan. He regularly assists with a full range of employment-based applications including Investor / Business manager, Specialist in Humanities / International Relations, Engineer, and Inter-Company Transferee visas. He also handles more complex matters including immigration issues that arise from corporate mergers and acquisitions. He regularly assists clients with applications for Japan permanent residence and naturalization (citizenship).

Professional Qualifications

Immigration Attorney (gyoseishoshi) - Japan

Education

Bachelor of Law (Niigata University, Niigata, Japan)

Yoshiaki Seki

Certified Tax Accountant (zeirishi) Japan

Yoshiaki has more than 20 years experience managing the delivery of tax, accounting, and payroll services to international companies operating in Japan. His clients range from Silicon Valley start-ups to NYSE listed multinationals. He previously spent seven years as a manager at the global accounting firm Baker Tilly.

Professional Qualifications

Certified Tax Accountant (zeirishi) - Japan

Education

Bachelor of Economics (Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan)

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