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If a foreign national wishes to seek employment and work in Japan, he or she must obtain the relevant visa. The following visa categories permit the visa holder to work in Japan.
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Permission to work in Japan |
Visa category |
Remarks |
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Employment is permitted regardless of type of job or industrial category |
Permanent resident,
long-term resident,
spouse or child of Japanese national,
and spouses or child of permanent resident |
No restrictions on employment and on changing employment in Japan. |
Employment permitted for certain types/
categories of jobs or industrial categories |
Investor/Business manager, Legal/Accounting services, Medical services, Researcher, Instructor, Engineer,
Specialist in Humanities/
International Services,
Intra-company Transferee, Entertainer, Skilled Labor, Diplomat, Official, Professor, Artist, Religious Activities, Journalist |
Except for intra-company transferees, changing jobs or accepting a job offer is permitted if the new job falls under a category permitted by your current visa.
If the new job is not permitted under your current visa, you must apply for a change in visa category. |
Those who have a visa which only permits you to study or stay with a family, you must apply for "special permission to work" (shikaku-gai katsudo kyoka) in the case you desire to work, otherwise you cannot legally work in Japan.
With a college student visa you are permitted to work up to 28 hours per week (eight hours per day during long vacations), with a pre-college student visa you are permitted to work up to four hours per day.
For details, please contact the Immigration Information Center of the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.
Alternatively you can check out information about visas on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Homepage at www.mofa.go.jp/
Changing jobs
If you change your job and the nature of your new job differs from that of your previous job, you must request a change to the appropriate visa.
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