Haluk Skywalker <yokoolebiri@spam.net> wrote:

> > > Practically I am not in ihou taizai or do I? And the only tax I am
> > > subject to is 5% zeikin, right?
> >
> > I'm not a lawyer either, but it sounds like you would be working on a
> > tourist visa, which is not allowed. Don't you get a lot of difficult
> > questions asked at immigration each time you re-enter Japan?
> 
> Not really. I got two children there and if it was any country else I'd have
> permanent residency.

Note that you do not want to get the tax authorities pissed off at you.
In the worst case, it could become impossible for you to return to Japan
at all. (Didn't that happen to one of the Kents?)

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