askTender Partners · Japan
Tender work in Japan. Signed by you.
Companies bidding on Japan’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.
For accountants, lawyers, notaries and licensed specialists licensed in Japan · no joining fee · your fee is yours in full
How filing works in Japan
You work on the portal under your own login. In Japan, the client adds you as a named user on its account on GEPS: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.
- A Partner registers on GEPS as your 代理人 with their own certificate, under your 委任状.
The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.
Who we work with in Japan
Japan Federation of Gyoseishoshi Lawyer's Associations
Administrative scrivener (行政書士 / 行政書士法人)
Prepare and file the Unified Qualification (全省庁統一資格) application as agent under a 委任状, and receive the result notice at their Japanese address; Prepare and file construction business licence (建設業許可) and Management Matters Review (経営事項審査) applications;…
Apply as this role ↗Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations
Judicial scrivener (司法書士)
File commercial registrations as agent, including a foreign company's registration of its representative in Japan and branch (外国会社の登記); Obtain registry certificates (登記事項証明書) for filings
Apply as this role ↗Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations
Certified public tax accountant (税理士) / certified public accountant (公認会計士)
Obtain tax payment certificates (納税証明書 その2 / その3の3) as agent with a 委任状; Prepare stand-alone financial statements and yen conversion used for the Unified Qualification score; Handle consumption-tax / qualified-invoice (インボイス) registration and appoint as…
Apply as this role ↗Japan Federation of Bar Associations (日本弁護士連合会)
Attorney (弁護士) / registered foreign lawyer (外国法事務弁護士)
Review contract terms, joint-venture and consortium agreements; Advise on CHANS (government procurement challenge) complaints and bid disputes; Advise on Antimonopoly Act bid-rigging (入札談合) risk
Apply as this role ↗Ministry of Justice (Legal Affairs Bureaus)
Notary public (公証人) at a notary office (公証役場)
Certify private documents (私署証書の認証) such as a power of attorney or translation declaration for use abroad, with one-stop apostille or consular legalisation in Tokyo, Osaka, Shizuoka and some other prefectures
Apply as this role ↗Translators
Translator (no statutory licence)
Translate foreign home-country company, tax and financial documents into Japanese for the Unified Qualification (original plus Japanese translation); Translate tender instructions (入札説明書) and specifications for the client
Apply as this role ↗JAB (Japan Accreditation Board) / ISMS-AC; JIPDEC for PrivacyMark
Accredited certification body (ISO 9001/14001, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS) or JIPDEC-designated…
Audit and certify management systems that IT and services tenders frequently list as evaluation points
Apply as this role ↗Financial Services Agency
Bank or non-life insurer (履行保証保険 / 入札保証保険 / bank guarantee)
Issue bid-security or contract-security substitutes (insurance policies or guarantees) where a tender does not waive security
Apply as this role ↗Work the Desk sends Partners
Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.
Administrative scrivener (行政書士 / 行政書士法人)
Company identity
Company identity
Procurement portal registrations
Procurement portal registrations
Procurement portal registrations
Sector licences and contractor registers
Sector licences and contractor registers
Certified public tax accountant (税理士) / certified public accountant (公認会計士)
Tax registration
Tax registration
Accountant-attested financial certificates
Notary public (公証人) at a notary office (公証役場)
Legal documents
Translator (no statutory licence)
Legal documents
Accredited certification body (ISO 9001/14001, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS) or JIPDEC-designated…
Quality and management-system certifications
Bank or non-life insurer (履行保証保険 / 入札保証保険 / bank guarantee)
Bid security
Bid security
Rules we follow in Japan
- Administrative scrivener (行政書士 / 行政書士法人). Article 1-3 covers documents for government offices including electronic records; since 1 January 2026 the amended Article 19 of the 行政書士法 (Act No. 65 of 2025) bars anyone who is not a 行政書士 from preparing documents for submission to government offices for a fee 'under whatever name' (いかなる名目によるかを問わず); askTender must not charge for preparing or inputting these filings itself and must route them to a 行政書士 partner or…
- Judicial scrivener (司法書士). Commercial-registration filing for others for a fee is reserved to 司法書士 (and 弁護士).
- Certified public tax accountant (税理士) / certified public accountant…. Tax agency and tax-document preparation for others are reserved to 税理士 (税理士法); askTender must not do them for a fee.
- Attorney (弁護士) / registered foreign lawyer (外国法事務弁護士). Article 72 of the Attorneys Act bars non-lawyers from handling legal matters for a fee or brokering them; lawyers' professional rules prohibit paying or receiving referral fees, so askTender cannot take a cut of a lawyer's fee.
- Notary public (公証人) at a notary office (公証役場). Foreign-language private documents carry an extra JPY 6,000 on the certification fee.
- Accredited certification body (ISO 9001/14001, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS)…. Must be independent of any consultant that helped implement the system.
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