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Commuting via train/bus is non-taxable up to
a limit of JPY150,000. Commuting via car/bicycle has a non-taxable limit of
allowance which varies with the commuting distance
Train / Bus Car / Bicycle
Only applicable for commuting by
car/bicycle
The greater the number of dependents, the
lesser the national tax withholding and inhabitant tax amount
Employees aged 39 or below are not
applicable for long-term insurance. Employees aged 65 or older are not
applicable for long-term care insurance
39 and younger Between 40 and 64 65 and older
Different prefectures have different health
insurance rates
Aichi Akita Aomori Chiba Ehime Fukui Fukuoka Fukushima Gifu Gunma Hiroshima Hokkaido Hyogo Ibaraki Ishikawa Iwate Kagawa Kagoshima Kanagawa Kouchi Kumamoto Kyoto Mie Miyagi Miyazaki Nagano Nagasaki Nara Niigata Oita Okayama Okinawa Osaka Saga Saitama Shiga Shimane Shizuoka Tochigi Tokushima Tokyo Tottori Toyama Wakayama Yamagata Yamaguchi Yamanashi
Type of industry affects long-term care
insurance and employment insurance rates. Insurance rates are higher in a
work industry that entails higher risk
General Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Sake Production Construction Industry
Specification of industry with higher risk
will command a higher accident insurance rate
Building Construction Building Maintenance Ceramic Manufacturing Chemical Industry Cleaning, Cremation and Slaughter House Industry Concrete Manufacturing or Building Renovation Electrical Equipment Manufacturing or Utility Industry Farming or Fishing Industry (Excluding Surface Fishing Fishery Industry) Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Industry or Media and Publishing Food Manufacturing Forestry Foundry Industry Freight Operations Glass or Cement or Metal Goods Manufacturing Hydroelectric Facility Limestone or Dormice Mining Machine Assembly and Setup Machine Manufacturing (Excluding Electrical Equipments, Transportation Equipments, Ship Production or Repair, Optomechanical, Clock Industry) Measuring Instruments, Optical Instruments (Exclude Electrical Equipment Manufacturing) Metal and Non-Metal Mining Metal Manufacturing or Processing Industry or Paving Industry Metal Smelting Industry or Pulp or Paper Manufacturing New Road Projects Non-Metal Smelting Industry Oil or Natural Gas Mining Other Ceramic Manufacturing Other Construction Other Industry Other Manufacturing Other Mining Plated Business Port Cargo Freight Operations Port Cargo Handling Industry Precious Metal, Jewelry, Leather Printing or Textile Industry Quarrying Railway Industry Set-Net Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Ship Owner's Business Ship Production or Repair Surface Fishing Transportation Machinery Manufacturing or Transportation Industry Warehousing, Security, Pest Control Industry Western Table Ware, Cutlery, Hand Tools, Other Ordinary Metal Products Manufacturing Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Restaurant, Lodging Industry Wood or Wooden Product Manufacturing
Pension insurance is paid in lieu of
pensions paid to people aged 65 and above. The rate is 17.828% as of
September 2015 and it is borne 50/50 by the employee and the company
Health insurance entitles employees to only
30% of the payment of usage of medical facilities in Japan. The rate varies
slightly with prefecture and is approximately 10%. Costs are borne 50/50 by
the employee and the company
Long-term care insurance is necessary for
the support of the independent lives of citizens who require living
assistance due to aging-related diseases. The rate is 1.58% as of April 2015
and it is borne 50/50 by the employee and the company
Employment insurance provides benefits to
employees if they become unemployed. It varies with the type of industry and
is borne by both the employee and company
Earned income deduction is a deduction from
employment income when calculating income and local taxes. It is based on the
total income amount
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0
Child Care Insurance is the contribution to
the government child care program and borne only by the company
Accident Insurance for work related inury is
borne only by the company
Asbestos Insurance is the contribution to
government relief efforts for asbestos victims and borne only by the
company