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Japan Tightens Permanent Residency Rules With Higher Income Thresholds
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- Japan’s Immigration Services Agency tightened permanent-residency requirements on Oct. 1, 2026.
- The new rules raise household-income thresholds for eligibility.
- Applicants now face deeper audits of pension and social-insurance records.
- The stricter standards also apply to applications submitted since April 2026, retroactively.
- Mandatory Japanese language proficiency will be added in later implementation phases.