"Haluk Skywalker" <yokoolebiri@spam.net> wrote in message
news:brl9v0$4njib$1@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Lets assume for a minute that:
>
> I'm a freelance translator, who resides in Japan but works with
translation
> agencies in Turkey only.
> I have an account in Citibank. My agencies in Turkey deposit my weekly
> paycheck to my Citibank account and I withdraw the money in Japan.
Although
> I pay shit load of banking commission; I don't care. Money's comin', so no
> problem.
> So basically, 100% of my income is from Turkey. I am not working in Japan.
I
> live there with tourist visa, leave the country every three months and
come
> back.
>
> Practically I am not in ihou taizai or do I? And the only tax I am subject
> to is 5% zeikin, right?

What 5% zeikin???

I would agree with louise about getting more professional advice, but for
what it is worth -- a 90-day tourist visa is very often used by people
travelling to Japan for business. The key is that you can't be employed by
or be paid a salary by a company that is a resident of Japan. In my case I
worked in Japan for 6 months this year, but formally I was employed by the
branch in the US and all of my salary came was derived from the US, and
deposited in to my US bank account (and I didn't pay no stinkin' commission
to Citibank, but that's another story...)