HTM

HTM is a Tokyo firm that runs the back office for foreign companies with operations in Japan. Its staff work in both English and Japanese. The site says it has supplied these services for 37 years.

What HTM does

• Accounting: cash management, monthly bookkeeping and closing, budgets, audits and annual corporate tax filings.
• Payroll: monthly pay and bonuses, insurance administration, and year-end tax adjustment.
• HR management: work rules, joiner and leaver registration, leave handling and health programmes.
• General administration: company establishment, representative director appointments, shareholder meetings and document control.
• Custom systems: an in-house IT team builds tailored bilingual systems, such as an order processing tool.

Clients

Foreign companies with offices in Japan. It reports supporting about 200 clients and their employees, using online portals in both languages for expenses, time records and payslips.

Key facts

• Based in: Tokyo, Japan
• Experience: 37 years
• Team: 70 professionals from 20 nationalities, all bilingual