Japan plans to tighten its guidelines for acquiring permanent residency as soon as October, local media has reported, including implementing tough new rules such as a requirement that applicants¡¯ incomes be higher than the average for Japanese households.
Another change is that applicants will be required to have projected pension benefits equivalent to those the person would receive after 30 years of enrollment in an employees¡¯ pension program at that income level, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported, citing an Immigration Services Agency draft of the new guidelines.
However, applicants will be able to meet that new threshold by making up for the difference with savings and other assets, if the projected pension benefits fall short, it said.
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