🇯🇵 Japan
Japan
The whole move — visa, taxes, insurance, money and cost of living — in one place.
Visa & Residency
DN
Comfortable solo budget
€4,500/mo
Stay
6 months
Taxes Abroad
Foreign income exempt
Living in Japan
The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.
🧾 Taxes Abroad
Foreign income exempt Tax-residency trigger: 183 days Japan → 🩺 Health Insurance
Required (explicit) from €53,999 Japan → 💶 Cost of Living
€1,700–€2,900/mo Tokyo Japan → 🛡️ Health System
After registering as a resident Emergency: 119 Japan → 🏡 Housing & Relocation
1-mo deposit Address registration Japan → Cost of living
| Tokyo | €1,700–€2,900/mo |
Qualifying insurance
True Traveller Single Trip / Backpacker & Annual Multi-Trip (tiers: True Value, Traveller, Traveller Plus) — MyHealth International €52/mo Genki Traveler (successor to Genki Explorer, which was retired) €63.90/mo
Qualifying insurance →