Payroll providers run monthly pay, social insurance and the year-end tax adjustment. An employer of record (EOR) employs staff on your behalf when you have no Japan entity. Providers disagree on whether an EOR in Japan needs a worker-dispatch licence: we show the licence number where one is registered, and you should ask any provider for its legal basis in writing.
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Free public services first
- Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center (TOSBEC)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government counter for start-up filings in one place, including labour, employment, health and pension insurance notifications, with free consultations and interpretation. For: Companies setting up in Tokyo, including foreign firms. - JETRO Invest Japan Business Support Center (IBSC)
Free consultations for foreign companies setting up or expanding in Japan, covering labour and social insurance, with introductions to sharoushi and other experts. For: Foreign companies with a Japan investment plan.
Providers (11, alphabetical)
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Deel Japan K.K.
Employs staff in Japan on behalf of clients through its local entity, alongside global payroll, contractor management and an HR platform.
No worker-dispatch licence is published; the provider states that it employs staff through its own Japan company.
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Ernst & Young Business Partner Co., Ltd.
Provides payroll outsourcing, statutory benefits processing, payment handling and accounting outsourcing in English for foreign companies.
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Forvis Mazars in Japan (Social and Labor Insurance Advisory)
Provides payroll calculation, social and labour insurance filings and accounting outsourcing, mainly for international companies.
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Globalization Partners Japan LLC (G-P)
Licensed employer of record that employs staff in Japan for clients, with contractor management and global payroll.
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GoGlobal K.K.
Licensed provider of employer of record and contractor services, payroll and HR outsourcing, and overseas entity set-up for Japanese companies.
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Kreston ProWorks Corp.
Provides payroll outsourcing, social insurance filings, an outsourced HR manager, managed consultant (employer of record) services and market-entry accounting.
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Pebl (Velocity Global Japan LLC)
Licensed employer of record that employs staff in Japan for clients, with global payroll and contractor management.
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Remote Japan K.K.
Employs staff in Japan for clients through its own local entity, alongside global payroll, contractor management and an HR platform.
No worker-dispatch licence is published; the provider states that it employs staff through its own Japan company.
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RSM Shiodome Partners
Provides payroll and social insurance, HR advisory and global employer services, with visa filings through group companies.
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TMF Group (Japan)
Provides payroll processing, social and labour insurance administration, onboarding and offboarding, accounting and company secretarial services.
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Vistra Japan
Provides payroll processing, HR administration and entity management for companies in Japan.
Details come from each firm's own published information and public registers, checked 2026-10-14.
How firms are listed
Listing is free and every firm meets the same criteria: it serves employers in Japan, it can work with clients in English (except where a category says otherwise), and we can confirm it from a public register (sharoushi, bar or gyoseishoshi registration, a labour-ministry licence or notification) or at least its corporate number. We do not list recruitment agencies, executive search, staffing or RPO firms, because the publisher, Makana Partners, works in that field. Firms appear in alphabetical order. A listing is not an endorsement, and no one can pay to be listed or to change how they appear.
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