Japan's digital nomad visa is launching this March!!

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@HardcoreJapanese 10 ай бұрын

Honestly not sure what's the point of this visa. It allows some tourists to stay longer, but unlike the working holiday visa, they will unlikely join the Japanese workforce. This means less direct tax contributions. It has little to do with making Japan more digitally friendly. SEA countries like Philippines, Vietnam, or even Thailand have much better freelance/nomad policies and have been a growing hotspot for digital nomads. Yet it's hard to evaluate how much such digital nomads help drive the IT industry due to compound variables.

@MonkeyHero 10 ай бұрын

I think the point of the Visa is to get people to Japan. That's it. If they're working while also in Japan they will spend all their money locally, and become people who may eventually start business in Japan or network further with japanese. One step at a time.

@DgThao 10 ай бұрын

Not joining the workforce also means that the less pressure on the local employees competition, but at the same time contributing to the economy by spending for local-based businesses. i could see not only Japan but several developed countries are doing this, just not sure how many actually did applied for this kinda visa successfully and their actual experiences (issues like apt renting etc..)

@NarrowShouldersOpenMind 10 ай бұрын

A remote worker existing in your country is surely a net plus. Sales tax, purchases etc. Ever hear of tourism?

@MonkeyHero 10 ай бұрын

@@DgThao you bring up a really excellent point. Foreigners actually do quite well with totally avoiding local "salaryman" type corporate jobs. A lot of those jobs are super duper sh**y to work, and I think it would be better for many foreigners to live and spend their money in Japan while working from their laptops at home.