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And it appears that permanent residency for tax purposes and the VISA, are unrelated. So if you’re in Japan for more than 5 years you maybe taxed on your world wide income?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/10/30/how-tos/lo...

If anyone has more information, I’d be interesting it reading it as it’s pretty unclear to me.

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> So if you’re in Japan for more than 5 years you maybe taxed on your world wide income?

Correct [1], even if you're on a regular work visa. "Permanent resident for tax purposes" != "Permanent resident as in visa"

Interestingly, as of 2017, you're taxed on worldwide investment income like selling stock (with some exceptions [2]) even if you're there for < 5 years.

[1] http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/uk/taxsummaries/wwts.nsf/ID/Japa...

[2] https://www.pwc.com/jp/en/taxnews-international-assignment/a...

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