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Japan eyes startup visa program
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#112Japan's immigration system seems heavily set up to encourage young people to come, work and then leave. This startup visa is good for getting a toe-hold on Japan but only targets people out of country. If you live in Japan already (so you might already speak the language and have helpful local knowledge) there aren't any great paths to starting a business without permanent residency. You can't start a side business o…
> Japan's immigration system seems heavily set up to encourage young people to come, work and then leave. Indeed, even though you have to pay all taxes like a local when you live in Japan, you can never benefit from stuff like pensions if you ever want to retire there.
This is not true. If you have permanent residence you can retire in Japan and claim the National Pension if you paid in for enough years. In fact, recently the number of years of payment required was reduced from 25 to 10.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
> and I hope you’ve been practicing your kanji Shinsei bank offer applications in English > or foreign transfers until you’ve got a few years in your business Fortunately there are options to transfer JPY funds overseas using companies like Transferwise.
I’ve never heard of Shinsei bank. My accounts are at UFJ, and obtaining them was my second proudest achievement in Japan after my driver’s license.
They're a really small bank that happens to be owned by an American PE firm.
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#114Japan's immigration system seems heavily set up to encourage young people to come, work and then leave. This startup visa is good for getting a toe-hold on Japan but only targets people out of country. If you live in Japan already (so you might already speak the language and have helpful local knowledge) there aren't any great paths to starting a business without permanent residency. You can't start a side business o…
That's not just Japan. UK is another example of such behaviour. They killed HSMP (Highly Skilled Migrants Program
) in the name of curbing immigration. But at the same time allowed companies to transfer employees to UK for up to 5 years. So in my view they are no better.
Guess what the very problem it was supposed to solved still exists and immigration is increasing. They are just not getting Highly Skilled immigrants anymore, Strange world!
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please excuse my ignorance, but why would you start a business in a country you don't understand its language? Doesn't sound logical to me, except if there's a big part of the country that doesn't speak that language or something bizarre like that. (this is a serious question, but I'm unable to phrase it this late in a way that doesn't sound like I'm trying to provoke you)
In Tokyo it is possible to get a job as a software developer without speaking Japanese. After living here a couple years someone decides they like life here, but want to run their own business. Maybe they want to run a SaaS or something that targets a global audience. For visa purposes, they need a Japanese company. By this time they’ve maybe picked up up some basic Japanese but aren’t fluent. Becoming fluent in a la…
Especially in Japan. I don't think it's really possible for a native English speaker to ever become 100 percent proficient in Japanese.
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#116Good luck with that. I would advise against it having been stationed in Japan, in Yokosuka, on the first Nuclear vessel forward deployed ever. It's an awesome place for tourists but it will never be a place that anyone who is not 100% Japanese can call home. You will always be an outside over there.
I'll consider that next time I'm on a nuclear submarine.
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#117Wait, what are the benefits apart from 'we let you stay here and do your business and here are some lawyers and maybe a good word here and there'? This is absurd.
What are the benefits of any visa other than being able to go there and do business?
What do you expect?
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is pure exoticization. Japan is fairly safe in certain ways - you’re not at risk of getting shot like in the US, sure. But the police and justice system is very dysfunctional, with crime statistics being under reported, and many murder cases being tossed aside as “suicides” or “heart attacks”. Even without taking this into account, crime rates in Japan are comparable to those of safe European countries. And this…
There is a grain of truth to the statement though. I’m just leaving Tokyo to come back to the US. I was pretty amazed at many things. People leave their purses on the table as they go to restroom. They leave their bikes parked with no lock. I didn’t see anybody jay walk, even across narrow streets where the crosswalks were spaced several blocks apart. That is not to say there aren’t lots of problems along other dimen…
>I didn’t see anybody jay walk, even across narrow streets where the crosswalks were spaced several blocks apart.
Well that's just silly.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
In Tokyo it is possible to get a job as a software developer without speaking Japanese. After living here a couple years someone decides they like life here, but want to run their own business. Maybe they want to run a SaaS or something that targets a global audience. For visa purposes, they need a Japanese company. By this time they’ve maybe picked up up some basic Japanese but aren’t fluent. Becoming fluent in a la…
Especially in Japan. I don't think it's really possible for a native English speaker to ever become 100 percent proficient in Japanese.
What makes you think that? Japanese is just a normal language. You have to study vocabulary and grammar and interact enough with native speakers to learn expressions. The writing system and the lack of cognates makes it harder for an English speaker than, say, Swedish, but there is no reason to believe that you can't ever reach full professional proficiency.
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#120This is quite something because traditionally Japanese culture has been fairly close to foreigners and probably for a good reason. Japanese people are likely the most courteous and honest people in the world. You can leave your luggage in the middle of the road and come back to find it still there. These folks have little experience with foreigners and often even western culture would be too harsh and rowdy for them.…
I would rank Taiwan higher than Japan. And in terms of leaving things without them being stolen, singapore higher than japan.
Tokyo people are very fake in their courteousness. Japan is only amazing when you leave Tokyo.