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Sounds logical, but can you elaborate more on what is happening?
by rjzzleep 6mo ago
Sounds logical, but can you elaborate more on what is happening?
- keiferski 6mo agoEssentially the amount of capital needed to get a business visa went up dramatically. It used to be about 30k USD and now it’s almost 200k. Plus other more onerous requirements: https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2026/02/japan-revises-business-manager-visa-requirements https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2026/0... The result seems to be that a lot of smaller restaurants and other foreign-owned businesses can’t really function and will close.