Pro GaijinEarning in Japan: guides for Pros
What your Japan experience is worth, whether your residence status lets you take side work, tax on side income, and how to write a profile that gets hired.
Get paid for what you already know about living in Japan
Your Japan know-how is worth money to people who just arrived. What they pay for and how to start.
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Side hustles for foreigners in Japan that are actually legal
Tutoring, translation, guiding, helping newcomers: what pays, and the visa check to do first.
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Side work in Japan: what your residence status allows
Which statuses can take any work, which need permission, and why freelance is different.
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Tax on side income in Japan, in plain English
The ¥200,000 rule, the resident tax step people miss, expenses, and when to file.
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Going freelance or starting a business in Japan: the first steps
Your status first, then the start notice, tax filing choice, insurance and pension.
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How to write a helper profile that gets hired
The photo, the first line, the specifics and the price that win the first job.
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英語を活かせる副業：日本に来た外国人の「生活の手続き」をサポートする
役所・銀行・賃貸の手続きに同行するだけ。日本人の当たり前が、来日した外国人には価値になる副業です。
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