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Visas
Which status of residence fits you, and how to get it
Work
Finding a job, contracts, and your rights
Salaries
Realistic pay ranges by occupation
Study
Language schools, JLPT, and student life
Cities
Where to live and work in Japan
Cost of Living
Monthly budgets by city
Housing
Renting an apartment as a foreigner
Life in Japan
Residence card, insurance, banking and more
Permanent Residency
Staying in Japan for the long term
Popular pathways
Engineer / Humanities Visa
Japan's main work visa for degree holders — requirements, eligible jobs, visa periods, and how it compares to other work visas.
Highly Skilled Professional
How Japan's HSP points system works — scoring 70+ points, the preferential treatments, HSP (ii), J-Skip, and permanent residency in 1–3 years.
Permanent Residency
The real requirements for Japanese permanent residency — the 10-year rule and its exceptions, what examiners audit, processing times and how PR can still be lost.
Specified Skilled Worker
Who qualifies for Japan's Specified Skilled Worker visa, the skills and Japanese tests required, and the application process step by step.
Student Visa
How to get a student visa for a Japanese language school, vocational school or university, and the rules for working part-time while you study.
How to Find a Job in Japan
Realistic ways to get hired in Japan from overseas or from inside Japan — job sites, new-graduate hiring, recruiters, and what employers expect.
Popular cities
Fukuoka
Fukuoka's job market, startup scene, rent and lifestyle — why Japan's fastest-growing regional city keeps winning quality-of-life rankings.
Osaka
Osaka's job market, rent levels, atmosphere and how Japan's second city compares with Tokyo for foreign workers and students.
Kyoto
Kyoto's real job market — tourism, universities and quiet tech — plus the housing quirks, tourist-economy wages and what living in the old capital actually costs.
Tokyo
Tokyo's job market, salaries, rent, foreign community and daily life — and how to decide whether Japan's capital is the right base for you.
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Fukuoka
Fukuoka's job market, startup scene, rent and lifestyle — why Japan's fastest-growing regional city keeps winning quality-of-life rankings.
Kobe
Kobe's job market, rent and international heritage — how the Kansai port city compares with Osaka next door for foreign workers and families.
Nagoya
Nagoya's job market, wages and rent — why the Toyota-region hub is the practical choice for manufacturing careers and one of Japan's best savings cities.
Kyoto
Kyoto's real job market — tourism, universities and quiet tech — plus the housing quirks, tourist-economy wages and what living in the old capital actually costs.