Office of the Governor for Policy Planning

Relocation of the Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center
–Shibuya Satellite Center & Commemorative Event

 

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is carrying out a wide range of initiatives, making use of the National Strategic Special Zones, with the goal of making Tokyo the easiest place to do business globally, enhancing Japan’s international industrial competitiveness by gathering people, goods, finance and information from around the world, and founding a center of global economic activity.

The Tokyo One-Stop Business Establishment Center (Akasaka) consolidates the procedures required to form a corporate entity into a single location to promote the founding of foreign companies and ventures, and since April 2015 it has been providing services such as support for applications creation and reception. Additionally, in April 2017, the Shibuya Satellite Center was opened, and The Marunouchi Satellite Center was opened in July of the same year.

From April 2018, the Shibuya Satellite Center will be relocating to a private business establishment support facility in Dogenzaka, Shibuya. The Center will strive to provide even more comprehensive services through collaboration with private business partners.

A commemorative event will be held to celebrate the relocation, please find the details below.

Details

1　Relocation Date

Sunday, April 1, 2018

※ The center and consultations will reopen from Monday, April 2.　

2　New Address

1F Shibuya Dogenzaka Tokyu Bldg., 1-10-8 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku
(Plug and Play Shibuya powered by Tokyu Land Corporation)

3　Target Clientele

Foreign and domestic companies opening in Tokyo, etc.

4　Shibuya Satellite Center Services

• Consultation and reception support services through videophone for the administrative procedures regarding entrepreneurship
• Online application support services using dedicated PCs
• Support services from specialists such as SME auditors
• Interpretation support services for foreigners

5　Consultation Hours

9:30 – 17:30 (Closed 12:00 – 13:00)
Closed: Weekends, National holidays and Year-end & New year’s holidays (Dec. 28– Jan. 3)

6　Relocation Commemorative Event

A panel discussion will be held on the theme of “Startup! Tokyo: Making Tokyo the World’s #1 Start-up City.”For details, please refer to the separately enclosed flyer (PDF:636KB).

Date & Time

17:30 – 18:30 Friday, March 30, 2018

Venue

Event Space at Plug and Play Shibuya powered by Tokyu Land Corporation

※ Same location as the above “2. New Address”

How to Apply

Please send an e-mail to ml-office-ahq@section.metro.tokyo.jp.

Contents

1. Opening Speech 1:
   Hidenori Matsubara, National Strategic Special Zone Team Director, Office of the Governor for Policy Planning
2. Opening Speech 2:
   Philip Seiji Vincent, Managing Partner, Plug and Play Japan
3. Panel Discussion:
   Startup! Tokyo: Making Tokyo the World’s #1 Start-up City

• Panelists:
  Tomoe Otsuka, Foreign Enterprise Promotion Director,
  Office of the Governor for Policy Planning
  Philip Seiji Vincent, Plug and Play Japan
  Yoshiaki Ishii, New Business Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Moderator:
  Mariko Nishimura, CEO, HEART CATCH Inc. 

Inquiries

Office of the Governor for Policy Planning, Coordination Division Phone:+81-3-5388-2864