Money / Tax
Taxes, pension, health insurance, NISA, and banking.
Free interactive calculator for foreign residents: estimates annual income tax, residence tax (juminzei), and social insurance contributions based on your gross salary and situation.
Navigator Japan's guide to kakutei shinkoku for salaried foreign residents: who must file beyond the year-end adjustment, refund scenarios, e-Tax walkthrough, and March deadline.
Line-by-line breakdown of a Japanese payslip — gross salary, health insurance, pension, income tax, and residence tax deductions — with English labels.
How Japan's local residence tax works for foreign residents: how the amount is calculated, why it's billed in year two, and what happens when you leave Japan.
Official NTA guidance on how non-residents are taxed in Japan, including domestic-source income rules and tax-treaty relief.
Information for Taxpayers - National Tax Agency
(nta.go.jp)
The National Tax Agency's official English-language hub for individual income tax, consumption tax, and withholding tax information.
Understanding National Health Insurance and National Pension
(ritsumei.ac.jp)
Plain walkthrough of NHI and national pension enrollment from a university international office - the same basic process applies to non-students.
The industry association's own explainer on how the post-2024 NISA structure works - a more sober reference point than most blog explainers.