JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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Bashar
Interesting to see so many comments - and obvious confusion - on this topic. I must say, I have to agree with Patrick Smash and his comments to W505a (aka hoofin?). The govt sites should have the most accurate figures for tax/health insurance rates, etc. There's no need to complicate things with so much speculation.
As far as I can see, the new regulations will not change anything - expat health insurance cover has never been an official substitute for NHI anyway. But it can be at a personal level - you choose, pay into the NHI + pension (you can no longer separate the two) or try to stay out of the system and purchase your own health insurance - or both. Will the govt offices enforce this? Unlikely. As the quote says in the article, “Legally, if someone isn’t working, they won’t be able to get a work visa, but somebody won’t be refused permission just because they aren’t signed up to shakai hoken,”.
Regarding taxes.... Relax, Japan isn't taxing us to death - yet.
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