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Japan's permanent-residency application fee rises twentyfold from 1 October, alongside a new income floor and pension test for PR applicants.

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi details an immigration overhaul, citing a 90% drop in business-manager visas and a new permanent-residency income floor taking effect this week.

Japan's government under PM Takaichi is proposing tighter permanent residency requirements, including minimum income and language tests.

The Bank of Japan raised its policy interest rate by a quarter point, from 1.0% to 1.25%, on September 18, with its Policy Board voting 7-2 in favor, according to ...

Japan's nationwide average land prices rose 1.5% in the year to July 1, marking a fifth straight annual increase, with the Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya metro area up 4.4%.

Shinjuku ward in Tokyo plans to ban more than half its short-term/vacation rentals, including existing Airbnb-type listings, in residential zones and near schools.

Japan's LDP-Ishin coalition is split over capping foreign-worker intake, even as immigration authorities draft guidelines that would sharply raise the financial bar for permanent residency.

Japan raises foreign residents' status-renewal fees up to 12-fold from October, with permanent residency fees rising 20-fold.

Aberdeen Investments bought six Tokyo properties with Weave Living, pushing its Japan living-sector portfolio near $1 billion amid strong rental demand.

The Real Estate Economic Institute reports Tokyo-area condo median prices rose 14.6% in the first half of 2026, led by Chiba.