"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote...
> Well, for income tax purposes it's not where the money comes from, but
where
> the work was done. You work in Japan, you owe Japan income taxes.

As usual, I am late adding to this thread.  Taxwise, I was in a similar
situation last year. Although it does not touch on legal residency issues,
Skywalker might find our post from last year interesting...

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z1E951ED6

At that point I thought I would have to pay Japan income taxes.  However,
after consulting with our zeirishi, he said not to report it.  So I didn't.

Best of luck in your own research,
Hibijibi