Japan's Indian community traces to early-1900s Kobe traders and today stands at approximately 55,000 Indian nationals, substantially driven by a post-1990s IT-sector boom concentrated in Tokyo's Nishikasai area. Legal questions that reach back into India -- property, succession, taxation -- apply the same underlying Indian law regardless of country of residence, alongside Japan-specific rules such as its Hague Apostille Convention membership since 27 July 1970, the Civil Code's ranked statutory inheritance shares and iryubun forced-heirship system, the India-Japan DTAA (amended twice, most recently in force since 2016), Japan's absence from India's Section 44A reciprocating-territory list, and the 2015 legal change removing the resident-director requirement for KK/GK companies. Seven dedicated Japan guides are live below.
