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Among the best healthcare anywhere, behind a ten-year wait and no door for savings.

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생활비
65.7% (미국 물가 대비)
A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.
치안
1.489 · 10th of 163
Tenth globally, and the highest-ranked country outside Europe on the index
영주권최근 변경
Work, business or family, then ten years
The Highly Skilled Professional points system shortens the wait to three years at 70 points and one year at 80, which is among the fastest anywhere — but it is gated on points and a minimum income, so it is not a route most arrivals can plan on. The Business Manager capital requirement rose from ¥5m to ¥30m on 16 October 2025, with language, experience and staffing conditions added.
의료
Universal, capped, and no referral needed
Out-of-pocket spending is 12.2% of current health expenditure here (World Bank, 2023, CC BY 4.0). Read it with care: the measure counts only what insured people pay — not premiums, and not the uninsured — which is why the United States comes out at 10.9%, ahead of most countries on this site.

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생활비65.7% (미국 물가 대비)

World Bank, 2024, CC BY 4.0: the PPP conversion factor for household consumption is 99.3848 local currency units per international dollar, against an official exchange rate of 151.3663 to the US dollar. Their ratio, 0.657, is the price level against the United States, whose own ratio is 1 by construction. Both figures are theirs; the division is ours. See the Pathoff method, section 12.

A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.

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치안1.489 · 10th of 163

Global Peace Index 2026, Institute for Economics and Peace: score 1.489, ranked 10 of 163. Both figures are theirs; we publish them as they are.

Tenth globally, and the highest-ranked country outside Europe on the index

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영주권Work, business or family, then ten years

Pathoff outcome rubric (the Pathoff method, section 10-4), residency band "Work, family or business only": No retirement or passive-income status exists. Employment, business or family, then permanent residence after ten years of continuous residence. Mid-band: the routes work and lead somewhere, but the qualifying period is twice most of Europe’s and the business route was materially narrowed in 2025.

The Highly Skilled Professional points system shortens the wait to three years at 70 points and one year at 80, which is among the fastest anywhere — but it is gated on points and a minimum income, so it is not a route most arrivals can plan on. The Business Manager capital requirement rose from ¥5m to ¥30m on 16 October 2025, with language, experience and staffing conditions added.

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규정
최근 변경됨. 다른 곳의 오래된 안내는 이미 틀렸습니다
마지막 확인
2026-09
의료Universal, capped, and no referral needed

Pathoff healthcare rubric (the Pathoff method, section 13-2), band "Covered, and it covers everything": Every resident staying over three months must enrol, premiums are income-linked, and the high-cost medical expense benefit caps monthly out-of-pocket payments, so the worst case is knowable in advance. Patients can go straight to a specialist. Level with Germany: faster access, against a 30% co-payment Germany does not charge.

Out-of-pocket spending is 12.2% of current health expenditure here (World Bank, 2023, CC BY 4.0). Read it with care: the measure counts only what insured people pay — not premiums, and not the uninsured — which is why the United States comes out at 10.9%, ahead of most countries on this site.

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마지막 확인
2026-09

여기는 어떤 곳인가

Everyone resident joins the national health insurance, the monthly out-of-pocket cost is capped by law, and specialists can be seen without a referral — this is close to the best combination on the site. Against that: no retirement or passive-income status exists, permanent residence normally takes ten years, and the business route was tightened sharply in October 2025 when the capital requirement went from ¥5m to ¥30m.

절차는 이렇습니다

1

Find a status you actually qualify for

There is no self-sufficiency route; the application has to name work, business or family.

소요 기간 미확인
2

Register the address and join health insurance

Within 14 days of receiving the residence card, at the ward office.

⏱ 1 day
3

Ten years, or points

Permanent residence normally needs ten years; the points system can cut it to three or one.

⏱ 1–10 years

정착하는 곳

Fukuoka
Warm, compact, the cheapest of the big cities, strong hospitals
Kyoto / Nara
For people who came for the country rather than the job market
Okinawa
Subtropical and slow, with the thinnest specialist medicine

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