Company seal maker for Japan

In Japan the company seal, the kaisha jitsuin, is registered with the Legal Affairs Bureau and carries real legal weight, so an official seal must be carved and registered rather than generated as an image.

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Japan runs on seals rather than signatures, and the distinctions matter. The kaisha jitsuin is the registered company seal, filed with the Legal Affairs Bureau, and it is what executes formal documents. The ginko-in is the bank seal. The mitome-in is the everyday acknowledgement seal that needs no registration at all. Since 2021 there has been a government push to reduce hanko use in administrative procedures, but commercial practice has moved slowly. A hanko maker or an inkan online search arrives at the same thing: the Japanese company seal described below.

What a company stamp in Japan usually carries

The registered company name, conventionally around the outer ring.
The representative title in the centre, commonly daihyo torishimariyaku no in.
A square outline on many company seals, where personal seals are usually round.
Traditional vertical layout, read right to left.

Japan stamp templates, ready to edit

Minimalist Info Ring template for Japan, editable online — Minimalist info ringSize: 56mmCustomize this seal

Chinese Company Chop template for Japan, editable online — Chinese chopSize: 56mmUse your own logo

Company Chop template for Japan, editable online — Company chop (star)Size: 56mmUse your own logo

Square Corporate Seal template for Japan, editable online — Square corporate crestSize: 56 x 56mmCustomize this stamp

Company Seal template for Japan, editable online — Company sealSize: 56mmAdd an editable date

Signature Block template for Japan, editable online — Signature lineSize: 56 x 22mmAdd an editable date

Open the stamp maker with any of these

Every preview on this page carries a faint Estamplab watermark. Your own download does not: the editor renders your stamp again, clean, as a transparent PNG, an SVG or a PDF. See the full template library.

Why make it digitally

For a mitome-in style everyday mark on internal documents and correspondence, where no registration is involved.
For an English-language rendering to accompany translated documents for overseas counterparties.
For designing and checking a layout before commissioning a seal carver.

Questions

Can I register a seal made here as my kaisha jitsuin?

No, and it is important to be clear about it. A registered company seal has to be physically carved and registered with the Legal Affairs Bureau, and only the registered impression carries that authority. This tool makes an image, which is fine for everyday and internal use and is not a substitute for registration.

What is the difference between jitsuin, ginko-in and mitome-in?

The jitsuin is the registered seal used for formal execution. The ginko-in is registered with your bank and used on banking instructions. The mitome-in is an unregistered everyday seal used to acknowledge receipt and mark internal paperwork.

Is Japan moving away from seals?

Slowly. Government reform from 2021 removed the hanko requirement from many administrative procedures, and remote working accelerated the shift. Commercial practice still uses them widely, particularly between established companies.

Is there a free maker, or only samples?

This is a free japan company seal maker. Pick a japan company seal sample for a head start or use the blank japan company seal generator, then change every line of the japan company seal design. Everything happens with the japan company seal online in your browser. The japan company seal price is per file rather than monthly, $1.50 for a japan company seal png and $3.00 for the pack, and a japan company seal template never enters into it.

What people call it in Japan

rubber stamp Japan: The physical die, cut from rubber by a shop. Design the artwork here, download the SVG, and take that to any stamp maker in Japan: a vector file gives a sharper die than the photograph most people walk in with.
company stamp Japan: The workhorse. In Japan it carries the registered name and number and goes on most outgoing paperwork.
company chop Japan: In Japan the chop is the company's signature in a way a western stamp is not, which is why the design and its custody both matter.
company seal Japan: Reads as more formal than a stamp and is used where a document is being executed rather than merely marked. Common on certificates issued in Japan.
stamp maker Japan: The online version of walking into a stamp shop, minus the lead time. Works the same from a phone, which is how a lot of people in Japan will reach it.
digital stamp: A stamp that never needs re-inking or reordering. When an address or a registration detail changes in Japan, you edit it instead of buying a new die.
round stamp: Conventionally 38mm to 40mm across. Enough for a ring of text and two or three lines inside it, which is what most marks in Japan need.
rectangular stamp: Use it where the information matters more than the ceremony: addresses, received marks, endorsements, anything with a field to fill in.
stamp templates: Sorted by what the mark is for rather than by how it looks, so the set for a company in Japan is a few clicks rather than a scroll through everything.
free stamp maker: You can build the whole thing, look at it at actual size and change your mind as often as you like before paying anything. Priced in USD wherever you are in Japan.
putting a stamp on a PDF: Skips the print, stamp and scan loop entirely. The PDF is processed in your browser, so the document never leaves your machine.

This describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it. Only produce a mark your own organisation is entitled to use.