Work / Career
Workplace culture, salaries, and career advice.
Annual salary guide from recruitment firm Morgan McKinley covering finance, technology, and professional services roles across Japan.
Daijob data on 2026 expat salary premiums in Japan: bilingual workers typically earn 10–30% above market, with IT/finance seeing the largest gaps.
How Japan's nenmatsu chosei works for salaried employees — what your employer handles automatically, what you still need to declare, and common mistakes.
Practical explainer on Japan's points-based HSP visa system: how points are calculated, the three activity categories, and the accelerated PR pathway.
JETRO guide covering employment status categories, the HSP points-based system, J-Skip, J-Find, and change-of-status procedures.
Explains Japan's government-run free employment service, how to use it as a foreigner, and what it offers beyond job listings.
Covers both parents' legal entitlements under Japanese employment law, including the April 2025 Post-Childbirth Leave Support Benefit.
Japan Dev's no-nonsense guide to working in Japan: hōrenso communication, nemawashi consensus-building, after-work drinking culture, and how to navigate these norms as a foreign employee.
Common Japanese interview questions — including the uniquely Japanese 'why Japan?' and 'ten-year plan' questions — with example answers and cultural context.
Guide to running a side business while employed in Japan: tax implications of freelance income over ¥200,000, blue-return registration, and employer notification rules.
Line-by-line breakdown of a Japanese payslip — gross salary, health insurance, pension, income tax, and residence tax deductions — with English labels.
TokyoDev guide covering the multi-round interview process at Japanese tech companies: cultural expectations, coding rounds, and how to handle Japanese-language interviews.
A legal-industry roundup of labor law changes taking effect through 2026, including customer-harassment prevention and gender pay-gap disclosure rules.
Work-Life Balance in Japan
(japan-dev.com)
An overview of Japan's evolving work-life balance culture and what's actually changing versus what's still mostly the same.
Foreign workers in Japan reach a record 2.57 million in 2025
(japantimes.co.jp)
You're part of a fast-growing group - 11.7% year-on-year growth - which is reshaping how employers think about hiring and retention.
Japan's real wages advance for first time in 13 months
(japantimes.co.jp)
Real wages (adjusted for inflation) finally grew - useful context for salary negotiations and cost-of-living comparisons.