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Japan × Employment, Payroll & Mobility
Employment, Payroll & Mobility in Japan
Hiring, paying and moving people across borders. In Japan, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.
Who handles this work
On request
WONE Global can find the right Employment, Payroll & Mobility professional in Japan for you.
No WONE Global Partner holds this yet. Send us your requirement: WONE Global confirms whether a vetted Associate firm can act, tells you who it is and checks for conflicts before any work begins.
Bring a requirement →Japan at a glanceEast Asia
Tokyo · Wednesday 4 November
05:01
Local time
- Currency
- JPY
- Working week
- Monday – Friday
- Dialling code
- +81
- Region
- East Asia
What the rules say in Japan
Employment, Payroll & Mobility, the essentials
From the Japan market guide: the points that matter most for employment, payroll & mobility, each with the source it was checked against.
Essentials guide · Source-checked research100% of statements checked against a source9 checked against an official source30 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed
The employee share of welfare pension insurance is 9.15 percent of pay, on monthly pay capped at JPY 650,000.
Employees enrolled in employees' pension insurance; the employer share is not stated on the page.PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · checked 2026-10-19The employee health insurance rate on the PwC schedule is 4.925 percent from March 2026, with long-term care insurance of 0.81 percent for employees aged 40 to 64.
Rate shown by PwC for the standard scheme; rates differ between health insurance societies and prefectures.PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · checked 2026-10-19From April 2026 a child and childcare support contribution (0.115 percent employee share) is added to health insurance, and the employee unemployment insurance rate is 0.5 percent.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · checked 2026-10-19The FY2025 minimum wage revision raised the national weighted average by 6.3 percent, following deliberations in central and local minimum wage councils.
Minimum wages are set by prefecture.Daiwa Institute of Research (Munehisa Tamura) · checked 2026-10-19The 2026 Tax Reform Act significantly reduced the scope of the salary increase tax credit, especially for companies that are not SMEs.
PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · checked 2026-10-19
Read the full guide: Employment, payroll and mobility
Scope
What the service covers here
- 01Set up compliant employment arrangements
- 02Review payroll and employer obligations
- 03Address immigration or mobility requirements
- 04Coordinate employee movement and local HR compliance
Key questions
What we will work through with you
- What needs to be decided before employment, payroll & mobility work starts?
- Who is professionally responsible in each country?
- Which other work, such as tax or employment, must happen at the same time?
- What information and decisions are needed from the business?
If your work involves another country or another area of expertise, WONE Global brings in the right professional and keeps all advisers informed.
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Cases
What clients bring to Employment, Payroll & Mobility
The cases this service leads or joins, each with what is at stake, how WONE Global handles it and who handles it in Japan.
Urgent Our key hire's work visa was refused. What now?Immigration, visas & global mobilityUrgent An employee wants to work from another country. Can they, and what does it trigger?Immigration, visas & global mobilityHow do we hire our first employees in a new country legally?Employment, labour & workplace disputesHow do we run payroll correctly for staff in several countries?Accounting, payroll & statutory reportingHow do we grow our teams quickly in several countries?Employment, labour & workplace disputesCan we hire someone abroad without setting up a company there?Employment, labour & workplace disputesWe're moving an executive to another country. What do we need?International tax planning & transfer pricingHow do we set up payroll in several countries?Accounting, payroll & statutory reportingHow should we pay staff we send abroad?Immigration, visas & global mobilityWhat visa does our employee need to work in this country?Immigration, visas & global mobility
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