Keiichi Tanaka
Gyosei Shoshi (Immigration Lawyer)
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, and raised in Kagoshima.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) as a news reporter. He covered a wide range of domestic and international news stories for over 10 years, including 3 years as a correspondent at NHK Manila Bureau in the Philippines.
In 2016, he left NHK to join an education company where he promoted online English conversation lessons to English learners and schools across Japan.
In 2018, he joined a staffing agency. He helped companies and care facilities to hire international staff (Technical Training Interns and Specified Skilled Workers) and to improve the comfortable working and living environment for their international staff.
He passed the Gyosei Shoshi (Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialist) examination in 2019 and then opened the TKG Immigration Consulting Office in February 2022.
He passed the Sharoushi (Labor and Social Security Attorney) examination in 2023.
He studied at the University of Tokyo (B.A.), the University of Sydney (Study Abroad Program), and Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (Visiting Scholar).
Note: On our website, we prefer using the term "Visa" instead of "Status of Residence," even though the latter is legally accurate in most contexts. We've made this choice because we understand that, in many conversations among foreign nationals in Japan, the term "Visa" is commonly used to refer to "Status of Residence." Our goal is to keep our website concise and friendly to those in need of information about the immigration system in Japan. Please see "Difference between Visa and Status of Residence" for more details.