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Updated April 25, 2025
Financial Services Agency

Living in Japan:How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money

The FSA published pamphlets for people from foreign countries living in Japan about how to open a bank account and to send money. (Revised in September 2024)

The FSA, NPA, and ISA jointly published a leaflet including the necessity to notify the relevant financial institutions if you have extended the period of your stay or are currently applying to do so. (Published in April 2025)

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