Highly Skilled Japan

What is Highly Skilled Japan?

The aim of this site is to provide truly helpful information for highly skilled professionals and other non-Japanese residents. We cover various topics in business, Life and Education in Japan. We will add more articles about what non-Japanese people should know but not properly or sufficiently translated into English by others.

Business

We cover wide range of information related to Japanese system, laws and regulation, and culture you should know when you work for Japanese organization or you run your own business.

Life

There are many important information for living in Japan but sometimes it’s very hard to find. For example, there are various supports from the government for foreigners who face difficulties due to corona crisis. But many of the information is not available English. We gather such information and post it as articles here.

Support during Pandemic

Support for people affected by COVID-19There are many supports for non-Japanese residents who are facing di...

Taxes in Japan in a Nutshell

Benefits of tax return in Japan?Filing a Tax Return (確定申告 Kakutei Shinkoku) is laborious and complic...

Taxes Residents Need to Pay in JapanEvery resident in Japan, regardless of their residency status, is su...

Social Welfare in a Nutshell

Japan's Social Welfare (Universal Health Insurance System) Living in Japan may be expensive because of high social insuranc...

Education (Childcare)

Having knowledge about education and childcare is essential. We introduce Japanese education system, Financial Support available and useful books and apps for learning Japanese.