Seiya Sato is an English-speaking attorney with Setagaya International Law Office in Setagaya, Tokyo, specializing in divorce issues, labor disputes, and inheritance law.

Divorce issues

• Affair/Cheating
• Living separately
• Personality mismatch
• Domestic violence/violence
• Sexless marriage
• Debt/waste
• Drinking/alcohol poisoning
• Kinship
• Property division
• Child support
• Parental authority
• Wedding expenses
• Consolation money
• Divorce request
• Divorce avoidance
• Visitation and exchange

Consultations about divorce

• I want to claim compensation from my cheating partner.
• I want to claim living expenses while living separately.
• I want a divorce on favorable terms
• I want to continue living in my current home after divorce, is that possible?
• The other party is forcing you to make unreasonable alimony payments or divorce conditions.
• We met on a matchmaking site, but he was already married. Can I claim compensation?
• If I am thinking of marrying a foreigner, what should I be careful about?
• I want to divorce my foreign spouse
• I would like support in communicating with a local lawyer when going through divorce court procedures in a foreign country.
• I am talking about living separately with my foreign spouse, but I have been told that they will only discuss child visitation and child support through a lawyer, so I would like them to negotiate in English.
• I'm considering divorce, but my foreign spouse has returned to his home country.
• I'm thinking of getting divorced, but my partner has assets in multiple countries.
• I had a child with a foreign man, but he doesn't acknowledge it.
• Unable to bear the violence from his partner, he returned to Japan with his child from a foreign country.

Wills & inheritances

• Abandonment of inheritance
• Heir investigation
• Inheritance division
• Claim for infringement of the remaining portion (request for reduction of the remaining portion)
• Inheritance registration/name change
• Adult guardianship
• Property inventory/survey

Consultations about inheritances

• Some of the heirs live overseas and the procedures are not progressing.
• A relative who lives overseas has passed away, but I don't know where to start.
• I found out that my late father had an inheritance (bank account certificates) overseas, but even though I am the only heir, the overseas financial institution won't allow me to close the account.
• I want to renounce the inheritance of a relative who died overseas, but I don't know who to contact.
• A spouse with foreign nationality wants to make a will.
• We would like to leave all procedures related to inheritance, such as registration and banking, to you.
• I would like to transfer my assets in advance to avoid incurring taxes at the time of inheritance.

Labor issues

• Power harassment/sexual harassment
• Salary/overtime billing
• Working conditions/personnel changes
• Unfair dismissal
• Industrial accident certification

Consultations about labor issues

• I am in trouble because my working conditions suddenly changed.
• I've been told that I don't get paid overtime because I'm a manager, but I want to know if that's true.
• I was given a notice of dismissal without cause.
• I'm dissatisfied with my treatment, but I can't negotiate with the company in Japanese.
• I was suddenly told to be fired at a foreign company, should I accept it?
• My company is forcing me to resign, so I would like to discuss how to deal with it.
• My company has asked me to sign a retirement agreement, how should I respond?
• I want to quit my job, but I'm worried that my status of residence will be revoked.
• The company I work for in Japan doesn't pay my salary.
• I work at a Japanese company, but I am dissatisfied with my labor contract.

Legal fees

• First 30 minutes free
• If you feel that you need to discuss further after the free consultation, you can set up an additional 30 minute consultation (5,000 yen + consumption tax/30 minutes).