Details of the property shall be explained to a vendee by a licensed real estate agent in Japan.

A vendee must be provided a convincing explanation by a real estate agent and then concludes a sales contract.

Deposit must be paid to a vendor generally on the day of the contract at a rate of 10 to 20% of a purchase price, and the balance will be paid at some mutually convenient time through discussion.

The balance payment is normally settled in the presence of a judicial scrivener to confirm all the necessary documents for a real property registration.

With a real property registration, a vendee is entitled to claim an ownership of the property to the third party when purchasing a property in Japan.

List of necessary documents for a real property registration for a vendee are as follows:

In case a vendee is individual and resides abroad;
1. Affidavit
2. Letter of proxy to a judicial scrivener
In case a vendee is individual and resides in Japan with alien registration;
1. Certificate detailing the registered matters of alien registration
2. Letter of proxy to a judicial scrivener
In case a vendee is foreign corporate;
1. Affidavit
2. Letter of proxy to a judicial scrivener
In case a vendee is foreign corporate and its branch in Japan purchases a property;
1. Copy of corporate registration of its Japan branch
2. Seal of its Japan branch
3. Letter of proxy to a judicial scrivener
Other miscellaneous fees will be charged at the rate of 7 to 10% of a purchase price when purchasing a property in Japan.
1. Registration license tax
2. Real property acquisition tax
3. Stamp duty
4. Agent commission
5. Adjustment fee for fixed property tax
6. Judicial scrivener's commission

Fixed property tax and city planning tax will be charged annually in possession of property in Japan.