I have been working here since April 2004. I started out on a Working Holiday Visa and was taxed appropriately at 20%. In September, 2004 I changed my visa to a Working Visa and was taxed at around...

I live in Mizusawa in Iwate ken. I did go to our city's tax department and nobody knew what the tax rate was supposed to be and sort of guessed. We rang the Morioka office and they "guessed" a...

I have been teaching English at an eikaiwa in Japan for six months now and was previously on a Working Holiday Visa and was taxed at 20%. I am now on a Working Visa and still being taxed at 20%. ...

I am here in Japan teaching English on a working holiday visa. I understand that if you are here for less than a year a flat rate of 20% income tax is charged. Therefore, a WHV being valid for 6...