Advice on Japan lenders

[Kiley N.]

Does anyone have experience using a Japanese entity (Godo Kaisha) to establish operating history that Japanese lenders/banks would accept?

Specifically, I am considering establishing a company and using startup capital to establish cash flow for 2-3 years before applying for loans from Japanese banks.  

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thank you!

[Daniel Mills]

@Ryan Cox - when you say "domestic do you mean US institutions that will lend on Japanese properties or Japanese institutions lending on properties in Japan?

@Kiley N. - I was at a real estate seminar with a guy from the UK who was looking to buy properties in Japan. He was a pretty high net worth individual. He said that he could get financing from a Japanese bank even though he had no income in Japan but he had to put at least 50% down. 

Have you looked at some of the big banks like SMBC? I am not sure of their criteria but maybe they loan to non-residents. SMBC Loans