◇Cause of Death First of all, it is important to make sure the employee’s death is truly not work-related even if the employer and the survivors are both convinced it is not. If an employee worked approximately 100 hours of overtime in a month or 80 hours of overtime per month for 6 months prior… [Read More]
One of our employees died recently, of a heart attack outside work hours. We don’t think it was work related and there doesn’t appear to be any claim by the survivors to that effect. Is the company obligated to pay anything to the surviving family? If so, what is the legal or customary amount?
I’m a US citizen living in Japan less than 5 years, and I have rental income from an apartment in the USA. Do I have to declare this income in Japan?
If you aren’t a Japanese national and have lived in Japan for less than 5 years in the past 10 years, you are classified as a “Non-permanent resident” under Japanese income tax law. Non –permanent residents are subject to Japanese income tax for the following types of income: ・Income generated from business operations in Japan… [Read More]