Foreign Professional

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Your Japanese Salary Is Set by a Grade, Not a Negotiation. Here's How.

How Japanese companies decide which band you belong in, why they ask your current salary, and what your grade does to your visa.

Probation in Japan Is Already a Real Job. Here's What It Protects.

What 試用期間 actually means in Japanese law, what a company can and cannot do during it, and what happens to your visa if it ends badly.

Recruitment Agencies Work for the Employer. Here's How to Use Them.

Who pays the fee, what your consultant is optimising for, and how to run an agency process without losing control of it.

A Japanese Job Offer Is Already a Contract. Here's What That Means.

How 内定 works, what you actually sign, and when you can still walk away.

Japan Wants Two Resumes, Not One. Here's How to Write Both.

Japan runs on two application documents, not one. Here is what 履歴書 and 職務経歴書 each do, and how to build both before hiring restarts in September.

You're Paying Residence Tax Anyway. Here's How to Get Something Back.

Your Japanese Payslip Takes a Third of Your Pay. Here's Where It Goes.

Gross and take-home are two different numbers in Japan. Here is every deduction between them, and what your offer is actually worth.

Quitting a Job in Japan Has Its Own Rulebook. Here's How to Exit Cleanly.

The resignation process step by step, the insurance and pension moves between jobs, and how to leave without creating a visa problem.

Japan's Hiring Market Slows in August. Here's How to Make That Work for You.

What smart job seekers do during Japan's quietest hiring month and how to be first in line when September opens up.

Your Japanese Work Contract Has Clauses Nobody Explains

The Japanese Interview Process: What Each Round Is Actually Testing

From document screening to final round what to expect, how to prepare, and where foreign candidates usually go wrong.

The Financial Setup Every Foreign Professional in Japan Needs

Your Japanese Work Visa Probably Doesn't Cover That Side Job

You Have More Negotiating Power in Japan Than You Think. Here's How to Use It.

Japan Changed the Rules on Personal Data. Here's What It Means for Your Career.

The 3-Year Visa Path to PR Just Closed. What to Do Before March 2027.

Japan Changed the Rules on Job-Hopping. Here's What That Means for You.

The Visa That Gets You PR in 1 Year Instead of 10

Japan's Hiring Market Just Woke Up. Here's What to Do This Week.

Japan's Job Market Pauses for 8 Days. Here's What to Do Before It Does.