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  "description": "Useful information and tools for freelances based in Japan.",
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      "url": "https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/tokutei.html",
      "title": "Combined residence card and My Number begins",
      "content_text": "Japan started rolling out an integrated residence card and My Number card (特定在留カード) for foreign residents, merging two cards into one.",
      "date_published": "2026-06-14T00:00:00Z"
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      "id": "tag:japantaxcalculator.com,2026-06-01:calculator-updated-for-the-2026-tax-cuts",
      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/",
      "title": "Calculator updated for the 2026 tax cuts",
      "content_text": "Japan's 2025 and 2026 tax reforms raised the basic deduction and the employment income deduction, lifting the tax-free income line to about ¥1.69 million and nudging up everyone's take-home pay. Our calculator now uses the new figures.",
      "date_published": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z"
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      "id": "tag:japantaxcalculator.com,2026-05-29:immigration-fee-ceilings-raised",
      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/visa-changes-2026/",
      "title": "Immigration fee ceilings raised",
      "content_text": "A law enacted on 29 May 2026 raised the legal caps on immigration fees (permanent residence up to ¥300,000; change or renewal up to ¥100,000). The actual amounts you will pay are still to be fixed by government order, so treat the caps as maximums, not the price.",
      "date_published": "2026-05-29T00:00:00Z"
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      "id": "tag:japantaxcalculator.com,2026-04-15:language-requirement-starts-for-the-engineerspecialist-visa",
      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/visa-changes-2026/",
      "title": "Language requirement starts for the Engineer/Specialist visa",
      "content_text": "From 15 April 2026, customer-facing roles under Japan's most common work visa require Japanese ability around CEFR B2, with extra paperwork for smaller (Category 3 and 4) employers. Purely technical roles are generally unaffected.",
      "date_published": "2026-04-15T00:00:00Z"
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      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/marriage-in-japan/",
      "title": "Joint custody becomes possible after divorce",
      "content_text": "A Civil Code reform in force since 1 April 2026 lets divorcing parents choose joint parental authority (共同親権), ending Japan's long-standing sole-custody-only system. A statutory minimum child-support scheme launched alongside it.",
      "date_published": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
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      "id": "tag:japantaxcalculator.com,2025-12-19:crypto-tax-reform-takes-shape",
      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/crypto-tax-japan/",
      "title": "Crypto tax reform takes shape",
      "content_text": "Japan set out plans to tax certain crypto assets like shares, at a flat rate of around 20% with loss carryforward, instead of the current up-to-55% income treatment. It is being phased in toward 2028.",
      "date_published": "2025-12-19T00:00:00Z"
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      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/visa-changes-2026/",
      "title": "Business Manager visa overhauled",
      "content_text": "From 16 October 2025, the company-owner visa requires ¥30 million in capital (up from ¥5 million), at least one full-time employee, a real office, and JLPT N2 level Japanese. It is effectively closed to solo freelancers now.",
      "date_published": "2025-10-16T00:00:00Z"
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      "id": "tag:japantaxcalculator.com,2025-10-01:furusato-nozei-loyalty-points-banned",
      "url": "https://japantaxcalculator.com/furusato-nozei/",
      "title": "Furusato nozei loyalty points banned",
      "content_text": "Since 1 October 2025, furusato nozei portals can no longer hand out their own bonus loyalty points on donations. The core tax benefit is unchanged; only the extra point campaigns are gone.",
      "date_published": "2025-10-01T00:00:00Z"
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