How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

Used to live in Japan for more than a year. Heard about this visa a few weeks ago while traveling to said country.<p>Since they don&#x27;t give you a residence card, I wonder how easy it would be to get a phone number and bank account. If some government officials didn&#x27;t get information on this visa, how can we expect companies to have? They will look at your passport with dead eyes and think you are fooling them with a fake stamp.<p>I&#x27;m very interested in applying for that visa, but not being in the Japanese system (e.g. no health insurance, no residence card) is kind of putting me off because that spells more administrative nonsense.

When the girlfriend was living in Japan I stayed for 89 days and then went to Taiwan (amazing country, highly recommended) and came back for another 87 days and nobody cared. I guess if you did this a lot it would be an issue but you’re reasonably fine to do it once I think. I was not working but I did have “free” accommodation in the smallest apartment I’ve ever been in so I’d be more concerned about this if I was actually breaking the rules and didn’t have a reason to be there.

There&#x27;s also the option of spending around $35k to purchase a Japanese business and use that to get an investor visa.

&gt; <i>My first thought was to work remotely and use the 90 days permitted by the tourist visa. Yet working in Japan on this visa is a gray zone at best and a practice I would stay away from. In fact, the US Embassy in Japan strictly advises against this</i><p>I’ve always wondered why countries care about this. If I’m employed in my home country, earning money there and paying taxes, what difference does it make if I happen to sit in another country?<p>Or if I save up 6 months of PTO, then go to another country for those six months. I’m very much earning money and paying tax in my home country. Why is it ok for me to open my laptop and spend 10 hours a day on random stuff, but not “work stuff”?

Hoping to apply for this visa soon without too many issues. I know people just go and work remotely on tourist visas but I&#x27;d rather not take the risk, especially as I want to use coworking spaces.<p>It&#x27;s unfortunate that the visa is only 6 months and not extendable, but if I really end up liking Japan maybe I&#x27;ll go to language school so I can stay for longer.

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What&#x27;s the difference between this and just visit twice on a tourist visa?

Can someone please explain to me why it is called “Visa” in some languages and “Visum” in others? My understanding is that “visum” means “that which has been seen” in Latin. What does “visa” mean then?

with US passport I can stay in Japan for 90 days without a visa, if I want to work occasionally remotely for jobs at US part time, do I still need go through all the paperwork to get a Nomad visa? what&#x27;s the purpose of Nomad visa when everyone has a laptop and can work remotely if they want to?

Isn&#x27;t Japan an expensive country?

Lucky you )