Objective: Open a bank account in Japan without physically going there.

We have an online business in the UK.
We are looking to expand to Japan.
In order to do that we understood that we must open a bank account in
Japan to accept online payments etc.
Would you by any chance know if there is a way to open a bank account
in Japan without having to come to Japan?
If I have to incorporate in Japan for this I will do so.
We would prefer banks that would allow online wires, or at least wires
by fax or phone (no need for physical presence).

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 07 Oct 2006 13:08 PDT

Would a service like this one meet your needs?

http://www.offshore-maildrop.net/incorporation.htm

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 07 Oct 2006 13:12 PDT

Would Sansei Trust meet your needs?
http://www.sansei-tokyo.co.jp/index.html

SANSEI can help you find a bank and assist you with opening your corporate account.
http://www.sansei-tokyo.co.jp/084.htm#084c

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 07 Oct 2006 13:15 PDT

Please disregard my comment regarding Sansei Trust. This company would
not meet your needs.

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Clarification of Question by zulunut-ga on 07 Oct 2006 13:30 PDT

Thanks pinkfreud for the post - I will see if they're serious...the
site dosnt look so professional, but if they do what they say they do
- then you're on.

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Clarification of Question by zulunut-ga on 13 Oct 2006 02:04 PDT

pinkfreud: The company you offered is not replying...
If anyone has a solution please go ahead and offer it.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 13 Oct 2006 09:46 PDT

Here's another possibility. Like the link I posted before, this site
doesn't look very professional, but it might be worth checking out:

http://www.jmb.co.jp/english/contents/trans.html

Some of the information here may also be of interest to you:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=709521

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Clarification of Question by zulunut-ga on 14 Oct 2006 10:03 PDT

Thanks i'll check it out and get back to you.

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Clarification of Question by zulunut-ga on 18 Oct 2006 15:14 PDT

Nope, no response after several emails...if you have any other
suggestions let me know.

Being that Citibank pretty much has a global presence they may allow
you to open an account in Japan via phone.

This phone number was taken from the Citibank website at: 

http://www.citibank.co.jp/index.html
 
Call 0120-50-4189
For Account Opening
(24 hours, 7 days a week)
(English message follows Japanese) 

There is a link in the upper right corner to translate into English.