Moving from South Korea to Japan
The routes South Korea citizens actually use to move to Japan, ranked for your passport, with timelines and costs.
$38,500
Typical salary
local, in Japan
83
Cost of living
100 = baseline
78/100
Job demand
for foreign talent
85/100
Liveability
quality of life
Best visa routes for South Korea citizens
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Highly Skilled Professionalno job offer needed
4 wk - 12 wk from $480PR2Some local language (Japanese) helps a lot here
J-Find / J-Skipno job offer needed
4 wk - 10 wk from $480PR3Some local language (Japanese) helps a lot here
Engineer / Specialist in Humanitiesjob offer required
4 wk - 12 wk from $210PRSome local language (Japanese) helps a lot here
What year one really costs
Visa fees, the physical move and twelve months of living in Tokyo, the number most guides never add up. Single person, indicative.
$210
Visa fee
most popular route
$12,758
The move itself
flights, freight, deposits
$27,720
A year of living
rent + essentials, main city
$40,688
Year-one total
before local income
Typical local net pay ≈ $27,720/yr after tax. Tailor these numbers in the cost-to-move estimator.