Detailed guide to Japanese immigration: What’s good about it

Seeing a doctor in Japan

Few friends will deny that if the medical systems of various countries are compared in terms of medical level, medical services, fairness of medical expense burden, etc., Japan will always be the best. Be among the best. Japan has universal health insurance. All residents living in Japan, including foreigners, are obliged to join the National Health Insurance. Insurance premiums for international students or low-income people will be significantly reduced. Once you get sick, the Japanese government will bear 70-80% of the medical expenses incurred, and citizens only need to bear 20-30% of the medical expenses. When treating a serious illness, the medical expenses will be capped every month, and at least there will be no risk of going bankrupt due to treatment. If first aid is required, there is no charge for an ambulance. In Japan, no one will ever be left alone by a doctor and not receive treatment because he has no money.

Working in Japan

In order to increase employees' contribution to the organization and mobilize employees' enthusiasm for work, Japanese companies usually provide employees with benefits in addition to wages, such as housing. Subsidies, company dormitories for singles, company housing (employees and their families can stay), etc. Companies will pay employee pensions, enterprise annuities, health insurance, and employment insurance, and will also provide regular free physical examinations. Some companies also provide free gyms, low-cost massage services, etc. When employees have a newborn, large companies will give them congratulatory payments, and many companies even have their own kindergartens. Many people say that Japanese companies are like a big family.

In addition, Japanese companies attach great importance to the cultivation of employees' abilities. They regard employees as their most important assets. Many companies adopt a lifetime employment system. On the one hand, it ensures that employees will not change jobs after the company trains their employees. On the other hand, it also means that once you find a job in a Japanese company, as long as you don't make heinous mistakes, you will not be unemployed for the rest of your life.

Japanese companies are very willing to invest money in the training of employees and provide a variety of free education and training lectures.

For example, Softbank provides a complete training system for its employees. Newcomers will participate in training as soon as they enter the company to complete the transformation from college students to qualified social workers and then to outstanding business people. Newcomer training includes: business etiquette, basic operations of Microsoft Office software, product knowledge, financial basics, company document writing, etc. For employees who have been employed for more than 3 years, promotion training will also be provided. In addition, in order to encourage employees to increase their international awareness, an incentive system has been established to encourage employees to improve their foreign language scores. Employees who score 900 or more points on the TOEIC test can receive a reward of 1 million yen (approximately RMB 60,000) ). This is just one example of Japan’s emphasis on corporate employee training. Many companies have also introduced overseas training systems to encourage employees to receive training overseas. Some large companies will provide publicly funded study abroad systems, providing outstanding employees with the opportunity to study at famous European and American business schools for free.

For unemployed people, the government also has a series of subsidy measures. Whether you resign, the company doesn't want you, or the company goes bankrupt, you can get subsidies. But when I resign, I get relatively less money. A person who earns 250,000 yen a month can generally receive a subsidy of 470,000 yen (approximately RMB 30,000) if he or she resigns, and double that if the company resigns. People with higher wages can take more.

If a person who lost his job finds a job again, he can also receive the bonus. The sooner you find a job, the greater the bonus. It is possible to get 200,000 yen (approximately 12,000 yuan). For unemployed people, the government will also subsidize part of the cost of attending classes or participating in public vocational training. If the company goes bankrupt and cannot pay wages for a while, the government will make up for this part. Such policies are intended to reduce the number of people who fall into misfortune due to emergencies, thereby maintaining social stability and making it easier for those who have fallen to stand up and live again.

Living in Japan

Residents living in Japan, including foreigners, can enjoy a rich social insurance system. Regardless of birth, old age, illness or death, there will be support from the state at major turning points in life. Here, there are various subsidies that last a lifetime.

Since Japan’s consumption tax rate increased from 5 to 8, the government decided to send temporary subsidies to all low-income groups in the amount of 10,000 yen (approximately RMB 600) or 15,000 yen (approximately RMB 600). RMB 900). The target scope of the subsidy is all residents who have a fixed residence in Japan, are registered as official residents, and have not paid resident tax in the previous year, regardless of nationality, gender, or age. In Japan, if your income exceeds a certain amount, you must pay resident tax. Generally speaking, the salary of people with formal jobs will reach this amount. The specific terms are relatively complicated and will not be detailed here. Judging from the results, residents who did not pay resident tax in the previous year basically refer to students who have not yet started working, retired elderly people, extremely low-income people who have already worked, plus people in their first year of work. This is one of the benefits of Japan. At least foreigners are treated equally. You should know that the payment notice for this subsidy will be accompanied by instructions in English for all residents of foreign nationality. Although the subsidy of 10,000 yen is not much, it is equivalent to the extra tax paid for every 300,000 yen consumed after the tax increase. 300,000 yen is about 1-2 months of living expenses for an average family. Although it cannot solve the long-term problem, this kind of subsidized care makes people feel warm to a certain extent. After all, no one expected that the government would give residents some extra money after raising taxes.

Japan has always been generous in spending money on national subsidies. For example, for every child in Japan, you can receive a subsidy of up to 2 million yen (approximately RMB 120,000).

Children's Subsidy

Due to Japan's aging population, the government strongly encourages having children. In fact, as long as you are pregnant for more than 4 months, you can receive a subsidy of 420,000 yen (approximately RMB 25,000), regardless of whether the child is born successfully or miscarriages. You can accept cash directly, or you can directly deduct it from the hospitalization fee to the hospital. If you join health insurance, the amount may be even higher.

Maternity leave subsidy

If you work in an enterprise with relatively complete welfare measures during pregnancy, you can also receive normal wages during maternity leave. If the company does not provide the money, the government will provide subsidies. The amount of the subsidy is calculated based on the rest period. If you take a leave of 98 days, you will receive 8,000 yen (approximately RMB 480) per day, and the total subsidy is more than 520,000 yen (approximately RMB 30,000). If the company pays employees less than this amount, the government will make up the shortfall.

Child care subsidy

If you take care of your child at home from birth to under 1 year old, you can also receive subsidies from employment insurance. The amount is 50% of the original income. For example, if you previously earned 8,000 yen per day and took a 10-month break, you could receive a subsidy of approximately 1.2 million yen (approximately RMB 70,000). People with higher original salaries receive higher amounts, and can receive up to 215,000 yen (approximately RMB 12,000) per month. This item can also be obtained by the father.

Infertility treatment subsidy

When one or both partners of a couple undergo infertility treatment (in vitro fertilization and microfertilization), because health insurance cannot be used, the government provides additional Give subsidies. You can take it up to two times a year, one time of 150,000 yen (approximately RMB 9,000).

Single-parent family subsidy

For single-parent families, the government will provide a monthly subsidy of up to 40,000 yen (approximately RMB 2,400) until the child is 18 years old.

Having said so much, the most important thing not to forget is that if we want to obtain the above welfare subsidies in Japan, we must first have a legal visa for more than 3 months and have a fixed residence in Japan. It doesn't matter whether you rent or buy a house, as long as you have a place to live for a long time. In Japan, residents are managed on a ward-by-ward basis. All we need to do is go to the district where we live and “log in.” For people without a registered permanent residence, it is impossible to find a job, get a mobile phone, open a bank, or enjoy welfare.