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Visa for entrepreneurs and business managers establishing or managing a business in Japan. Requires 5 million JPY investment or hiring 2+ full-time employees.

Visa for learning or research of Japanese traditional arts and culture. For activities like tea ceremony, calligraphy, martial arts, and traditional crafts under professional guidance.

Visa for spouses and children of work visa holders. Allows family to accompany principal visa holder. Family members can work with separate permission.

Remote work visa allowing digital nomads to live in Japan for up to 6 months. Minimum annual income 10 million JPY. Available to citizens of 49 countries with visa waiver/tax treaty agreements.

Work visa for skilled professionals in engineering, IT, humanities, and international services. Requires bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience. Most common employment visa category.

Work visa for professional performers, artists, athletes, and entertainers. For concerts, theatrical performances, sports competitions, and entertainment activities.

Points-based visa for highly qualified foreign professionals. Fast track to permanent residency. Three categories: advanced research, advanced specialized/technical, advanced business management.

Work visa for employees transferred from overseas offices to Japan-based branches of the same company. For ICT professionals and multinational company transfers.

Work visa for foreign lawyers and legal professionals. For attorneys and legal specialists providing legal services in Japan.

Visa for humanitarian and family-based long-term residency. For cases like divorce from Japanese nationals, raising Japanese children, descendants of Japanese. Unlimited work rights.

Work visa for qualified healthcare professionals. For doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other medical specialists. Requires relevant professional license.

Indefinite residence status with unlimited work rights. No time limit on residence. Highest immigration status short of citizenship.

Work visa for university professors and academics. For teaching, research guidance, and education at universities and higher institutions in Japan.

Visa for religious workers and missionaries. For priests, pastors, monks, nuns, and other formal religious personnel dispatched by overseas religious organizations.

Work visa for researchers conducting research activities at Japanese organizations. For non-academic research institutions, corporate R&D, and government research facilities.

Visa for spouses and children of Japanese nationals. Allows unlimited residence and work in Japan. Direct pathway to permanent residency.

Visa for spouses and children of permanent residents. Similar to spouse of Japanese national with unlimited work rights and residency.

Visa for international students enrolled in recognized educational institutions. Allows study and limited part-time work (up to 28 hours per week). Duration depends on course length.

Short-term visitor visa for tourism, business meetings, and family visits. Valid for up to 90 days. Required for citizens of countries without visa exemption arrangements with Japan.

Visa for international interns and trainees. For university students completing internships and technical training programs. Requires agreement between host company and sending university.

Visa-free entry for citizens of 74 countries with bilateral agreements. Allows short-term stays of 15-90 days depending on nationality. No visa application required.

Youth mobility program allowing young adults to work and travel in Japan for 12 months. Available to citizens of 48 eligible countries with age restrictions (18-30, some countries 18-25).