Work and business

What this page is about

Employment contracts and what they must say, registering as a sole trader, hiring, and the difference between a work visa and permission to work.

What it does not have

This page does not yet list the offices, forms, costs or step-by-step procedures for it. The Immigration Services Agency publishes the Daily Life Support Portal, which covers this ground officially, free, in 19 languages, and is written by the agency that administers the procedures.

What there is alreadyNothing else on JapanPass covers this. There is no nearby page worth sending you to, and pointing you at one that nearly fits would waste your time.

Everything on Locals is sourced from the body that publishes it, with the date it was read. That is slower than writing it from memory, which is why this page is empty rather than wrong. Back to Locals