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How to Register and Vaccinate Your Dog in Japan: A New Owner’s Checklist
A practical guide for foreign residents who own, adopt, or import a dog in Japan. Learn how municipal registration, microchips, annual rabies vaccination, fees, and local rules fit together. -
Can Your Family Join Your Work Health Insurance in Japan? Income Tests and Application Steps
A practical guide for foreign workers and families checking whether a spouse, child, parent, or other relative can join employee health insurance in Japan. Learn the income tests, workplace coverage rules, documents, pension links, and 2026 changes. -
Find Missing Months in Your Japan Pension Record: A Nenkin Net Guide
A practical guide for workers, students, and long-term residents who want to check their Japanese pension history online. Learn how to register for Nenkin Net, review monthly records, and respond to missing or incorrect entries. -
Japan’s Kaigo Insurance Explained: Payments, Eligibility, and the First Application
A practical guide for foreign residents who need to understand Japan’s long-term care insurance, including who pays premiums, who can receive services, typical copayments, and how municipal care certification works. -
What Foreign Residents Should Do First After an Inheritance in Japan
A practical guide for foreign residents and overseas heirs handling an inheritance connected to Japan. Learn how applicable law, debts, Japanese tax, documents, and real-estate registration create separate deadlines. -
Making a Will in Japan: A Practical Guide for People With Assets in More Than One Country
A practical guide for foreign nationals who own assets in Japan or have family across borders. Learn when a Japanese will may help, which formats exist, what they cost, and why the applicable law must be checked first. -
Divorce in Japan as a Foreign Resident: What to File, Tell Immigration, and Update Next
A practical guide for foreign residents navigating divorce in Japan, including municipal registration, the 14-day immigration notice, residence-status planning, overseas recognition, and the family-law rules in effect from April 2026. -
After an International Wedding in Japan: Which Name Changes—and Which Records Must Follow?
A practical guide for international couples in Japan explaining whose surname changes, how legal and social names differ, and which documents foreign residents and Japanese spouses should update. -
Marriage Paperwork in Japan for an International Couple: Documents, Filing, and What Comes Next
A practical guide for Japanese–foreign couples preparing to register a marriage in Japan, covering documents, translations, municipal filing, exceptions, and the separate immigration process. -
Becoming a Japanese Citizen: Eligibility, Documents, and the Naturalization Route
A practical guide for foreign residents considering Japanese citizenship, covering naturalization conditions, documents, consultations, costs, exceptions, and common mistakes.
