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Japan to raise permanent-residency fees 20-fold to ¥200,000
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- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a twenty-fold increase in permanent-residency fees to 200,000 yen on 1 October.
- New applicants must earn at least the 2024 average household income of 5.75 million yen.
- Applicants are also required to contribute to a pension and demonstrate basic Japanese-language proficiency.
- Tokyo’s main immigration bureau reported wait times exceeding seven hours as hundreds queued before the fee hike.