Non-Permanent Transition to Permanent Resident

[Anonymous_Japan]

Is the transition from a Non-Permanent to a Permanent Resident strictly based on living in Japan for 5 of the last 10 years or is there something else considered?

[RetireJapan]

important to add 'for tax purposes' to permanently resident here

Why the Japanese government decided to use the same words to talk about tax status and visa status I have no idea, but it is so confusing for people.

[PaulP]

Agreed it is confusion when first encountering the terms. Just important to know these are very different things and being a tax resident does not have anything to do with the Visa process, other than you better pay your taxes if you hope to one day apply for Permanent Residency.

As for being a new JP tax resident, the biggest changes might be if you have world wide income and now need to report that on an annual JP tax return, something you might not be filing previously if your employer is collecting and submitting all of your taxes. If you have no income outside of Japan you might not have any noticeable change. Also if you are an American you still have to submit a tax return to the IRS but generally your JP taxes paid will offset any US tax. It might be time to engage and Expat tax accountant to help navigate all of that as its.

[Tkydon]

Is the transition from a Non-Permanent to a Permanent Resident strictly based on living in Japan for 5 of the last 10 years or is there something else considered?

The transitions from 'Resident - Non-Permanent Resident' for Tax Purposes
to 'Resident - Permanent Resident' for Tax Purposes
is based entirely on being Resident in Japan for 5 Years (1826 Days) in the last 10 Years.