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Ignited Nepal designs and builds websites for Japanese law firms and bengoshi practices that meet the information density standards Japanese clients expect, display bengoshi (弁護士) credentials and Japan Federation of Bar Associations registration clearly, and generate qualified case enquiries across corporate, M&A, employment, real estate, and intellectual property practices.
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/ This is for you if
Your firm advises on corporate transactions, cross-border M&A, and commercial contracts. Your clients are in-house legal teams, CFOs, and business owners who conduct detailed due diligence before engaging external counsel. They want to see specific transaction experience, partner credentials including bar registration numbers, and evidence that your team understands their industry. A thin homepage and a generic contact form does not meet this standard.
Your firm handles a range of matters including employment disputes, real estate transactions, and intellectual property registration. You serve both corporate clients and individuals. Your current website treats all of these as equal priorities, making it difficult for any one type of client to quickly find whether you handle their specific matter. Structured practice area pages with dedicated content for each service line would reduce confusion and increase enquiry quality.
You work with foreign companies entering the Japanese market, foreign nationals with legal matters in Japan, or Japanese clients with cross-border requirements. Your site needs to serve both Japanese-language and English-language visitors with equal depth and credibility. A translated homepage is not sufficient. Both language versions need full practice area depth, visible credentials, and clear enquiry pathways calibrated to the expectations of each audience.
/ What's broken
Japanese clients and corporate procurement processes place high weight on verifiable professional credentials. Bengoshi bar registration numbers, the name of the bar association, year of qualification, and any specialist certifications should be immediately visible on every attorney profile and on practice area pages. Sites that require visitors to search for this information create doubt at the moment when confidence is most important.
Japanese legal clients, particularly corporate clients, expect detailed content. They want to understand your firm's approach to their specific type of matter, your fee structures, the typical process for engaging your services, and the experience of attorneys who would handle their case. A website with short paragraph summaries and no depth fails to meet these expectations and loses business to firms whose sites provide the information needed to make a decision.
A practice area page that describes corporate law in general terms does not help a client who needs to know whether you handle shareholder disputes, cross-border acquisitions, or employment contract disputes for foreign-invested companies. Each practice area needs sub-pages or detailed sections that address specific matter types, with content written to reflect how clients describe their problem, not how practitioners categorise their services.
Many Japanese law firm sites end with a generic contact form that asks only for a name, email address, and message. This creates a mismatch with the formal, structured nature of legal engagement in Japan. A better enquiry pathway explains the first step, the expected response time, whether initial consultations are charged, and what information the client should prepare. This reduces friction and sets appropriate expectations from the first interaction.
/ What we engineer
Each workstream is built by the team that audits it, and wired into the rest of your growth system.
We begin with a structured discovery process that maps your practice areas, client profile, attorney credentials, and fee structures. We review your current site against Japan Federation of Bar Associations advertising guidelines and identify every compliance gap. We also establish the language strategy: full bilingual architecture, Japanese-primary with an English summary, or another configuration based on your client mix.
We design a site structure that serves both Japanese-language and English-language client journeys. Practice areas are given individual pages with sufficient depth to satisfy corporate due diligence research and individual client decision-making. Attorney profiles are given prominent placement within the architecture.
We produce wireframes for every core page type: the homepage, each practice area page, attorney bio pages, the firm overview, and the enquiry pathway. Wireframes reflect the high information density expected by Japanese legal clients, with clear hierarchy that prevents pages from feeling overwhelming. You review and approve before design begins.
We design a visual identity for the site that communicates authority and formality appropriate to the Japanese legal market, while remaining navigable and clear. We adapt design decisions for both Japanese and English typographic conventions. All design work is reviewed against JFBA advertising guidelines before finalisation.
We build bilingual sites with proper RTL/LTR support where needed, clean Japanese-language typography, and the technical foundations for strong search performance in both Japanese and English. Pages load quickly on Japanese mobile networks and meet accessibility standards.
We write or structure practice area pages for each of your service lines, with subsections addressing specific matter types your clients commonly bring. Attorney bio pages display bengoshi (弁護士) registration numbers, bar association membership, year of qualification, academic background, prior experience, and language capabilities. Both page types are reviewed for JFBA compliance.
We integrate a consultation request system that captures the nature of the matter, the client's preferred contact method, and any relevant context before the first meeting. We configure analytics to track which practice areas and attorney profiles drive the most enquiries. We provide full documentation and a handover session in your preferred language.
/ What changes
/ How it works
We audit your current site against JFBA advertising guidelines, review attorney credential display, assess the depth of practice area content, and evaluate the bilingual architecture. You receive a written diagnostic report covering every identified gap before we discuss whether to proceed.
We run a structured discovery session covering your practice areas, client profiles, attorney backgrounds, fee models, and language requirements. We build a full sitemap and information architecture, including the bilingual content structure, for your approval before any design work begins.
We produce wireframes adapted for Japanese information density expectations, move to visual design with your approval at each stage, and build the full site in both language versions. Attorney credentials, JFBA-compliant content, and consultation booking functionality are all integrated before staging review.
We manage the launch, configure redirects, and run a final JFBA compliance check. We provide a handover session in your preferred language covering content management for both language versions, analytics configuration, and consultation booking administration. We remain available for 60 days post-launch.
/ Common questions
Straight answers on scope, timelines and cost. Anything else, ask us directly.
Ask us directlyFull bilingual architecture is a standard option in our Japan Legal Website Design engagements, covering all practice area pages, attorney bio pages, the homepage, and the enquiry pathway in both Japanese and English. The language configuration is established during the discovery session based on your client mix and market focus.
Attorney credential display follows Japanese bar association standards and JFBA advertising guidelines, including bar registration numbers, the name of the registering bar association, year of admission, academic credentials, and any specialist qualifications. These elements are built into the bio page template and into practice area page attribution from the beginning of the design process.
Yes. We build on content management systems with clear editing interfaces that non-technical staff can operate. Updating attorney credentials, adding case experience summaries, publishing articles, and adjusting fee information does not require developer involvement. We provide documentation in Japanese or English as needed.
JFBA compliance review is part of the discovery phase, the content development phase, and the pre-launch review. We check all comparative statements, fee representations, and client outcome references against current guidelines. If you have an internal compliance process, we align our review checkpoints with it.
Yes. Solo and small bengoshi practices benefit from a focused architecture that maximises the credibility and depth of a single attorney's profile, rather than a firm-wide structure that dilutes individual authority. We adapt the sitemap and content structure to reflect the scale and client profile of the practice.
Start here
Corporate clients, in-house legal teams, and individual clients in Japan make their decision about which firm to approach based heavily on what they find online. A site that does not display credentials clearly, does not provide the information depth your clients expect, and does not offer a structured enquiry pathway is costing you mandates you deserve. The Legal Website Diagnostic takes your current site and measures it against what your market actually requires. You receive a written report covering JFBA compliance, credential display, practice area content depth, and enquiry pathway quality. The diagnostic is provided at no cost, with no obligation to proceed.
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