Editorial team

japanhow editors

The japanhow editors research, write and fact-check every guide on japanhow. We publish under one team byline because each page rests on the same written process, not on one person's opinion.

Every guide starts from official sources: providers' own fee pages and terms, the Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁), the National Tax Agency (国税庁), the Financial Services Agency (金融庁), the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構), the police and city offices. Japanese-language sources are cited as they are.

Each fee, rate and rule carries an as-of date and a link to its source. Before publication, every sentence with a number, name, rule or date is checked against the research file, and anything we couldn't confirm is left out.

Comparisons follow one published scoring method. Providers never pay for ratings, rankings or placement, and never see an article before it goes live. We don't give individual legal, tax or visa advice; where a case needs a professional, we say who to ask.

  • Sending money from Japan
  • Banking and cards for newcomers
  • Renting without a Japanese guarantor
  • SIMs and home internet
  • Driving licenses
  • Visas and residency (information only)

Guides by the team