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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)
「Japanese:Living in Japan: How to Open a Bank Account and Send Money(PDF:2,962KB)」
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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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- A Dailiy Life Support Portal for Foreign Nationals(Immigration Services Agency of Japan)
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Tel: +81(3)3506-6000 (ext.3328,2791)
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