Logistics & Warehousing · Delivery★★★★★
Fixed-location delivery business (via a platform)
High capitalCommercial vehicleFixed locationPermit / licence
DiamondName locked
Business ideas in Japan
Startiva found 200,516 business ideas in Japan, spread across 47 regions and 1,455 cities and districts. There are also 168 ideas you can run from anywhere in the country (online, content and e-commerce).
Jobs in Japan for foreigners: 3 occupations with worker shortages.
The bigger the dot, the more ideas.
Ideas by sector
What you need to start
21%no capital41,383 ideas
59%no vehicle117,487 ideas
41%no licence81,555 ideas
11%from home or online21,427 ideas
89%AI can't replace it178,723 ideas
A few ideas, with the name hidden
Tourism & Lodging · Accommodation★★★★★
Home-based accommodation business (via a platform)
No capital neededNo vehicle neededHome-based
SilverName locked
Cleaning, Garden & Upkeep · Accommodation★★★★★
On-site accommodation business (via a platform)
No capital neededNo vehicle neededAt the customer
SilverName locked
Food & Restaurants · Food & drink★★★★★
Mobile food business
No capital neededNo vehicle neededMobilePermit / licence
SilverName locked
Farming & Livestock · Farming & livestock★★★★★
Fixed-location farming business
High capitalNo vehicle neededFixed locationPermit / licence
DiamondName locked
Energy★★★★★
Fixed-location energy business
High capitalNo vehicle neededFixed locationPermit / licence
DiamondName locked
Automotive★★★★★
Fixed-location automotive business
Low capitalNo vehicle neededFixed location
SilverName locked
Transport★★★★★
On-site transport business
High capitalCommercial vehicleAt the customerPermit / licence
GoldName locked
Real Estate · Real estate★★★★★
Fixed-location property business
Medium capitalNo vehicle neededFixed locationPermit / licence
GoldName locked
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Regions of Japan
- Saitama11,558 ideas
- Tokyo11,098 ideas
- Aichi9,232 ideas
- Osaka8,828 ideas
- Fukuoka8,799 ideas
- Chiba8,512 ideas
- Kanagawa7,439 ideas
- Hyōgo7,291 ideas
- Hokkaido6,976 ideas
- Ibaraki6,975 ideas
- Shizuoka5,916 ideas
- Nagano5,790 ideas
- Niigata4,665 ideas
- Gifu4,604 ideas
- Okinawa4,549 ideas
- Kumamoto4,111 ideas
- Gunma4,050 ideas
- Hiroshima4,026 ideas
- Kagoshima3,952 ideas
- Miyagi3,879 ideas
- Tochigi3,664 ideas
- Kyoto3,623 ideas
- Fukushima3,572 ideas
- Yamanashi3,462 ideas
- Mie3,114 ideas
- Nara3,112 ideas
- Okayama3,040 ideas
- Toyama2,866 ideas
- Yamaguchi2,815 ideas
- Ehime2,813 ideas
- Aomori2,808 ideas
- Iwate2,677 ideas
- Nagasaki2,667 ideas
- Shiga2,627 ideas
- Yamagata2,468 ideas
- Ishikawa2,460 ideas
- Akita2,435 ideas
- Oita2,313 ideas
- Wakayama2,174 ideas
- Miyazaki1,952 ideas
- Tokushima1,907 ideas
- Kagawa1,868 ideas
- Fukui1,810 ideas
- Saga1,753 ideas
- Kochi1,573 ideas
- Shimane1,442 ideas
- Tottori1,083 ideas
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