My visa is a "specialist in humanities" work visa valid for three
years.
I also have a multiple re-entry permit.
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> You didn't give a proper answer to my reply at the top of the thread so
> I can't offer any advice. There is no such animal as a visa category
> called "work". Any visa that allows the recipient to work (either as a
> matter of course or as "permission to engage in activities other than
> those designated") has a defined category - and you are more likely to
> be offered some slack if your visa is a category such as toushikeiei
> than if it is jinbunchishikikokusaigyoumu and the like. As a general
> rule the longer the period of absence (depending on reason) the less
> likely you would receive a new landing permission stamp (regardless of
> visa period of stay or re-entry permit).
>
> Without any details from you, I can't give any details. And with the
> details the eventual accompanying advice would be "call immigration".