I f you plan to start a business in Japan, acquiring the appropriate resident status—often called a “work visa“—is essential. This visa allows you to engage in your business as a president ...

The entire visa application process may take 3 months or more including mail delivery. Please keep the original COE and bring it with you to Japan. It is a requirement to show it to the immigration ...

The Japanese Embassy in Manila said Tuesday, February 4, that it will strive to process visa applications submitted by travel ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz, 23, a Danish traveler who got a working holiday ...

The new visa status is expected to open doors for ... Non-Japanese nationals who are interested in working in Japan should continue to pay attention because a lot is undecided, even after the ...

Although designated activities visas allow holders to work in Japan, they come with limitations. Visa holders cannot start a business or bring family members to Japan immediately. For example ...

Japan expects to take in 820,000 skilled ... adds four new sectors to the list of industry fields where visa holders can work. The Kishida Cabinet is expected to approve the plan before the ...

ABOUT 92 percent of the visas issued by the Embassy of Japan to Filipinos were for short-term visits. In an email to the BusinessMirror, the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) said, “While we ...

The number of applications has surged, as the Philippines registers the highest growth of visitors to Japan among ASEAN ...

In case you haven't heard, since January 9 of this year, processing for Japan's tourist visas now takes weeks longer than the ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz, 23, a Danish traveler who got a working holiday visa to live in Japan. He moved to Japan in late 2024 and works as a ...