Residents are further broken down into permanent residents, and non-permanent residents. There are a couple of tests for resident determination, and owning a residence is one of them.

I believe...

What is a holiday?

Your question on the local tax was answered. You will not receive a local tax bill.

National taxes are different - even for your first partial year in Japan, you pay tax on money earned in Japan...

I don't quite understand this - and maybe your contractor doesn't either. I'd contact an independent electrician to find out what is possible. Your contractor may not want to make any changes -...

A man walked into a pub and asked for a pint of anything except Stout.

The barman asked, "What's wrong with Stout?"

The man replied: "I had 12 pints of Stout last night and when I came round I...

You clearly understood the mechanics of the tax code. And those mechanics have nothing to do with why you might want it to be different. Nope – you are not stupid – just trolling IMO.

My bad – I finally figured out your problem and underlying question. So please let me give this one more try. I did a bit of research on this for you.

So I called Mr. Kana at the prefecture’s...

Nope – the one I saw was younger and heavier set. And I don’t think he was talking about prostitutes today, but rather describing the comfort women as being prostitutes. I just saw the clip very...

Damn - it would almost make sense to at least temporarily move my residence there...

Not sure who it was - or even if my ears were not deceiving me - but I believe I heard a politician on TV say that they were not comfort women - but were simply prostitutes. Anyone else see or hear...

You may call me anything you like - as I will not be offended, or impressed.

I took my wife's maiden name as my new surname, and converted my old surname into a katakana given name. My old surname works well as a given name, and is most frequently used that way. Of course...

Yes - but remember Mr. Smith - it becomes Mr. Sumisu....

Well, maybe good news for parents who may in the future have their children taken... but from my understanding, it will not be retroactively applied.

Buuuut - you could make it yourself, which is what I do. Of course we also have supermarkets, paved roads, telephones, picture boxes, etc.

Do you know what a decision tree is? If you do – then plot this. Were you a resident on the date of 1 January, having lived in Japan for more than one year – a Y/N question. If your answer is No –...

Nor the ones where swimming is not allowed... or even the few private ones....

You lost me in that. Local taxes - sometimes called city taxes, or ward taxes - are all assessed under the same system across all municipalities in Japan and using the same tax rates. There is no...

Nope - you choose your own name - using approved Kanji's for names, or any hiragana or even katakana.

If you are feeling really guilty about this – just PM me, and I will forward my personal bank account info so that you can pay me instead and relieve your suffering.

But – the system is what it...

One source says the wards number 136,000.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/22/national/lower-house-oks-bill-to-give-voting-rights-to-wards/

As for Zainichi Koreans - of course – but I...

Who can vote – prefecture and national assemblages:

Japanese nationals above the age of 20…. This includes foreigners who have taken on Japanese nationality, like me. There was Diet action...

Yes – it is possible that all of the comfort women were liars – it is just not probable
Yes – it is possible that all of the comfort women were volunteers – it is just not probable
Yes – it is...

Oh No, no, NO… Oh dear, confused little girl… the image is supposed to be coming from the wall mounted device, not looking at it… Of course it is good that you thought of putting some light on it…

Thanks for the accolades – but, no – I do not make them up. They mostly come from one source; a guy in Australia. I am on his distribution list and receive up to 20 or so a week. I get some...