🇯🇵 Permanent residence

-Japan is moving toward more clearly defined PR financial requirements. -Income and household financial circumstances will receive greater scrutiny. -Compliance with taxes, pension and health-insurance obligations is increasingly important. -The revised framework is expected to make PR decisions more consistent and stricter. -The new requirements are expected to apply from 1 October 2026, subject to the final adoption of the proposed rules. -Some financial requirements may apply retrospectively to PR applications filed from April 2026, according to the published immigration-law analysis of the proposal.