Japan

Digital Nomad visa. A 6-month, non-renewable stay for remote workers with a foreign employer — a trial stay, not a residence-building visa.

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Digital Nomad visa

A single stay of up to 6 months, explicitly non-renewable and non-extendable; to return, the holder must spend 6 consecutive months outside Japan.

Annual income of at least JPY 10,000,000 (about $65,000–68,000) from employment or contracts with a company based outside Japan.
Japan Digital Nomad visa
Private health insurance (not Japan’s national health insurance), and a nationality from one of the roughly 50 countries with a relevant tax treaty and visa-exempt entry to Japan.
Japan Digital Nomad visa

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

Income: At least $5,556 a month, steady and documented.
Time: A few weeks once documents are ready.
Cost: The visa fee itself is nominal; the real cost is private health insurance for the stay (roughly $1,000–3,000) plus living costs.
The hard part: The hard 6-month, non-renewable cap and the nationality gate make this unsuitable as a family relocation plan — it is a trial stay, not a residence pathway.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

Language: Japanese good enough for daily life: speaking, reading and writing.
Time away: The Nationality Act requires five years’ continuous domicile in Japan on a lawful status, but since 1 April 2026 the Legal Affairs Bureaus generally expect ten years or more as proof of integration. The ministry publishes no day count for trips abroad; long absences can break the continuity.
Two passports: Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.

Time on this program does not count toward permanent residence or citizenship; the family would need to switch to one that does.
Six months at most, not renewable; it deliberately does not build residence.

The law behind these dates

Time you must spend there: Hard cap of 6 months per stay, non-renewable.
Tax: Because the stay is capped under 183 days, holders generally do not become Japanese tax residents — by design.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Review the Digital Nomad visa with the Immigration Services Agency of Japan.Open moj.go.jp ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of steady income: at least $5,556 a month
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health insurance that meets the program’s rules

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