How Are Your Foreign Parent Company's RS/RSU Taxed in Japan? A Guide for Foreign Employees

Working at the Japan office of a global company? Your RS/RSU are taxed at vesting even if you never sell, your year-end adjustment won't cover them, and the tax office already knows about them.

Inheriting from a Parent Overseas: A Worked Example Where You Are a Temporary Resident

A detailed guide and numerical worked example on Japanese inheritance tax for limited Taxpayers inheriting overseas assets.

Inheriting from a Parent Overseas: A Worked Example Where You Are an Unlimited Taxpayer

A detailed guide and numerical worked example on Japanese inheritance tax for Unlimited Taxpayers inheriting overseas assets.

Japan Inheritance Tax for Foreign Residents: When You Inherit from a Parent Overseas

A guide on Japanese inheritance tax for foreign residents inheriting overseas assets.

Leaving Japan? A Guide to the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment and Tax Refund Procedures

How to claim the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment when you leave Japan, and how to recover the 20.42% income tax withheld from it.

Rental Income Taxation in Japan for Foreign Property Owners: A Complete Guide

How rental income is taxed under each residency status — permanent resident, non-permanent resident, and non-resident — including the remittance rule and the 20.42% withholding on rent.

Capital Gains Tax on Real Estate Sales in Japan for Foreign Property Owners: A Complete Guide

Selling a rental property in Japan: the capital gains formula, the land/building price allocation, the 5-year short-term vs. long-term threshold, and the 10.21% withholding on non-resident sellers.