Wakana Chiba, Tokutei Sharoushi
Licensed Labor and Social Security Attorney in Japan
What is a Sharoushi?
A Sharoushi — officially translated as a Labor and Social Security Attorney — is a nationally qualified and registered professional specializing in Japan’s employment and social insurance systems.
Sharoushi advise employers on employment terms, working time, workplace rules, payroll-related compliance, labor and social insurance coverage, and statutory procedures. They may also prepare and submit documents to labor and social insurance authorities on an employer’s behalf.
A Sharoushi is not an attorney-at-law and does not provide general legal representation in court.
A Tokutei Sharoushi is a registered Sharoushi who has completed the prescribed specialist training, passed the Dispute Resolution Procedure Representation Examination, and had the qualification recorded in the official Sharoushi register. A Tokutei Sharoushi may represent clients in specified alternative dispute resolution procedures involving individual labor disputes, including certain conciliation and mediation proceedings.
In practice, a Sharoushi translates Japanese employment law into workable policies, documents, procedures, and day-to-day HR operations — helping employers prevent compliance failures and workplace disputes before they arise.
Wakana Chiba, Tokutei Sharoushi
Wakana Chiba is a Tokutei Sharoushi — a nationally qualified and registered Labor and Social Security Attorney in Japan. In addition to qualifying and registering as a Sharoushi, she completed the prescribed specialist training and passed the Dispute Resolution Procedure Representation Examination, qualifying her to represent clients in specified alternative dispute resolution procedures involving individual labor disputes.
She advises employers on Japanese employment law, workplace rules, working time, employment documentation, and labor and social insurance procedures, translating complex statutory requirements into policies and operations that work in practice.
Services
For HR, payroll and workforce-management products entering Japan. Reviews the rule set against Japanese statute — where a rule is unreachable, where a figure is valid only under a specific regime, and where a single field cannot hold the answer.
For companies already operating in Japan. Reviews the Rules of Employment, working-time regime, agreements and the filings that go with them — as a working system, not a document set.
For the first hire. What the written terms must state, which agencies receive what and by when, and which insurance schemes the person actually enters.
How these notes are written
Each note isolates one structure, states it once, and shows what it does to an employer's policy. Sources are Japanese primary materials; English terminology is checked against the Japanese Law Translation Database and official MHLW publications. Every note is readable in full and downloadable as PDF without registration.