According to the Japan Mainichi Shimbun, on May 8, the Japanese Diet discussed a proposal to cancel the permanent residence status of foreign permanent residents who do not pay taxes and insurance.
Hideharu Maruyama, head of the Immigration Bureau of Japan, announced a report at the meeting, which showed that 10% of permanent residents have not paid taxes and social insurance premiums.
According to data released by the Immigration Agency, as of the end of December 2023, there were about 890,000 permanent residents in Japan, but the tax status of these permanent residents is still unclear.
However, out of the 1,825 applications reviewed between January and June 2011, 235 (12.8%) had not paid taxes or social insurance.
Of these, 31 have not paid resident tax, 15 have not paid National Health Insurance, 213 have not paid National Pension, and 4 have not paid others......
It is not easy for foreigners to obtain permanent residency status in Japan, but it is only a matter of time before they work in a down-to-earth manner and comply with the law.
First of all, you need to live for more than 10 years, work for more than 5 years, and have not been imprisoned or fined, and you need to fulfill public obligations such as taxes and pensions.
However, with the abolition of the foreign technical intern trainee system and the establishment of a new "training and employment system", more foreign workers will be accepted in areas where there is a shortage of labor.
As a result, it is expected that the number of foreign nationals who want to obtain permanent residence in Japan will increase further in the future, and the Japanese government has decided to tighten the existing law, and permanent residents who deliberately fail to fulfill their tax obligations may have their status of residence revoked.
However, the opposition parties in Japan objected to this, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) submitted a counter-proposal to the House of Representatives, emphasizing that "Hello Work" and government-sanctioned organizations should be responsible for recruiting and hiring foreign workers.
A Constitutionalist lawmaker said at a May 8 meeting of a House committee that the counterbill did not contain stricter requirements for permanent residence permits, stressing that "the cancellation of permanent residence permits without sufficient discussion may result in foreign workers no longer choosing to work in Japan."