In Japan, there are three legal qualifications: Bengoshi, Shihoshoshi, and Gyoseishoshi. These three qualifications are similar in some ways, but there are some categories of services that only a Bengoshi can perform. A Bengoshi can perform any type of legal services in Japan. In particular he or she can handle lawsuits, which a Shihoshoshi and a Gyoseishoshi cannot do. A Shihoshoshi handles primarily "toki", registration of companies and real estate matters, and document creation for court procedures. Finally, there is the Gyoseishoshi which is a legal qualification unique to Japan. A Gyoseishoshi's capacity is more than a judicial scrivener but less than a full Bengoshi.

A gyoseishoshi lawyer can do the following:
a) make documents for applying for permissions and licenses to the government;
b) make documents for claiming people's rights;
c) make documents for certifying facts; and
d) represent people in the above categories.

A gyoseishoshi lawyer can help people in Japan and abroad make documents to be submitted to a Japanese court and to communicate with personnel at a court. Likewise they can apply for Japanese legal documents needed overseas for submission to a court or for other legally approved reasons. A gyoseishoshi lawyer can handle visas and immigration procedures, incorporation and business licenses, and wills or other issues regarding inheritance in Japan. They can create documents for applying for chotei (mediation) and for shinpan (????), but cannot create such documents for a lawsuit. He or she cannot deal with court procedures, lawsuit cases, or other types of confrontational legal representation.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-24 20:10:32 GMT)
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