Japan · 2 rules · 1 calculator
How many days can you spend in Japan?
It depends on what you’re counting. For tax, days alone don’t decide: you’re resident with a domicile in Japan — your base of living — or a residence there for a year or more. For your status of residence, permanent residence included, you can be away 1 year on special re-entry permission, or up to 5 with a re-entry permit.
Tax residency
Tax residency in Japan: a domicile or a year
How many days can you spend in Japan before you’re tax resident? Japan doesn’t count days: a base of living there makes you resident from the start, and without one you become resident once you’ve had a residence there for a year.
Residence permits
Living in Japan: 1 year away, or 5 with a re-entry permit
Leave on special re-entry permission and you must be back within 1 year — sooner if your period of stay ends first. Miss the date and your status of residence ends.
Day calculators for Japan
Japan: questions and answers.
Do I become a Japan tax resident after 183 days?
Not by days alone. With a base of living in Japan you’re resident from the start; without one, you become resident once you’ve had a residence there for a year. Even 183 days or more abroad can leave you resident.
How long can I leave Japan without losing permanent residence?
1 year on special re-entry permission, or up to 5 years with a re-entry permit — 6 with an extension abroad. Miss the date and permanent residence ends.
Can I keep a Japanese work visa while living abroad?
For up to 1 year away without a re-entry permit, or 5 with one, as long as your period of stay hasn’t ended first — then your status of residence ends.
How many days can you spend in Japan? FlySee counts them for you.
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Sources
Japan: domicile or one year
- National Tax Agency — Tax Answer No. 2875, residents and non-residents (in Japanese; law as of 1 April 2026)
- National Tax Agency — Tax Answer No. 2010, individual taxpayers (in Japanese)
- National Tax Agency — Tax Answer No. 2012, residents with stays in several countries (in Japanese)
- National Tax Agency — 2025 Income Tax Guide (English), taxpayers and the scope of taxable income
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give tax advice. Whether you’re resident is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give immigration advice. Whether you qualify is for you and your adviser.