Immigration Services Agency of Japan
Use this official entry point first when verifying the Japan guide.
Open sourcehigh confidence
Country topic
Japan: Safety
Country-level safety signal, practical shocks, and linked-city routine risk.
Safety
Safety score89/100
Country-level signal checked against linked-city routine risk.
Admin frictionOperational
Residence card, address registration, tax, insurance, pension, banking, and work-rights details all matter once the stay becomes serious.
Cultural adaptation58/100
Japan rewards patience and process respect. The product should attract Japan fans while making the administrative and language reality obvious.
Confidencemedium
3 linked city profiles support this layer.
Main risks
Risk 1Watch
Japan is not cheap-luxury by default, especially in Tokyo.
Risk 2Watch
Language affects housing, banking, healthcare, work, and friendships.
Risk 3Watch
Residency, tax, insurance, and employment are formal systems, not casual nomad assumptions.
Trust & source quality
Verification starting points
National Tax Agency Japan
Use this official entry point first when verifying the Japan guide.
Open sourcehigh confidence
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Use this official entry point first when verifying the Japan guide.
Open sourcehigh confidence
Budget and real prices
Representative ranges come from the static city price layer and are shown as decision ranges, not official statistics.
medium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Visa and residence
Official immigration source for Japan status-of-residence and foreign national residence procedures.
Open sourcehigh confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
high confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Healthcare and employment
Official Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare source for healthcare, labour, and social-insurance context.
Open sourcehigh confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
Remote-work context
Broadband ranking sources are used as a macro check; linked-city internet, coworking, power, and daily-friction scores drive the displayed remote score.
Open sourcemedium confidenceUpdated 2026-05-01
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