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Oct 18, 2026

Your Japanese Visa Renewal Depends on Your Employer. Here's How It Works.

Renewal fees rose from ¥6,000 to as much as ¥75,000 on 1 October. Your employer's category decides your paperwork, and often how many years you are granted.

Oct 11, 2026

Japanese Employers Rarely Fire You. Here's What They Do Instead.

退職勧奨, early retirement programs and the paperwork behind them, and the visa clocks that start on the day your contract actually ends.

Oct 4, 2026

Your Japanese Employer Can Transfer You. Here's How Far It Can Go.

Transfers, secondments and 転籍: what a Japanese reassignment order can change, and the filings your residence status needs when it does.

Sep 27, 2026

Your Japanese Bonus Is Not Guaranteed Pay. Here's What Decides It.

The 賞与 system, the payment date rule that can forfeit a whole bonus, and why immigration may not count yours.

Sep 20, 2026

Japan Lets You Pre-Check a Job Change Against Your Visa. Here's How.

The certificate that tests a new job against your status before you resign, the 14-day notification everyone forgets, and how to tell if your next role sits inside your category.

Sep 13, 2026

Japan Has Four Employment Types. Here's What Each Does to Your Visa.

Four legal relationships, one English word. Which one you are offered decides who employs you, what protects you, and how immigration reads it.