At first please accept our sincere condolences to you.
Now meeting with an expert will give you a better understanding of which types of solutions make the most sense for you and your family using existing schemes or structures, either offshore or onshore depending on your personal needs.
If you pass away overseas without plan, your beneficiaries will face with a complicated situation of course. And the public information for inheritance procedure is not well explained publicly as shown below;
https://www.nta.go.jp/english/taxes/others/02/index.htm
We recommend that estate planning and asset protection, allows you to organize and decide how your assets will be
distributed and make sure that it is done in a timely and tax-effective manner. Planning is
particularly crucial for Japan residents, where estate taxes are high compared to other countries.
| Unit: JPY (without Consumption tax) | |
| Total Estate | Basic Compensation |
| below 50,000,000 yen | 500,000 yen |
| 50,000,000～100,000,000 yen | 700,000 yen |
| 100,000,000～150,000,000 yen | 800,000 yen |
| 150,000,000～200,000,000 yen | 1,000,000 yen |
| 200,000,000～250,000,000 yen | 1,200,000 yen |
| 250,000,000～300,000,000 yen | 1,500,000 yen |
| 300,000,000～400,000,000 yen | 2,000,000 yen |
| 400,000,000～500,000,000 yen | 2,500,000 yen |
| 500,000,000 yen~ | negotiable |
Additional heirs: 300,000 yen (per persons)
Inheritance simulation: 60,000 yen (40,000 yen at second time and after)
(Estate liquidation)
We also can be the agent to transfer these estates to transfer the appropriate heirs. The following chart is the fee
| Estate Total | Compensation (+ consumption tax) |
| below JPY 50,000,000 | 200,000円 |
| JPY 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 | 300,000円 |
| JPY 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 | 400,000円 |
| JPY 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 | 500,000円 |
| JPY 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 | 600,000円 |
| over JPY 300,000,000 | negotiable |