If you would like more specific information, please take a look at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Guide to Japanese Visas.

If you already have a Japanese visa and plan to leave the country temporarily for any purpose, make sure you get a re-entry permit in advance from the Immigration Bureau. Otherwise, you risk all kinds of complications. There is a fee for the permit.

The Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau is located in the Nagoya Center Building, 3F, 2-2-13 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya. If you have Japanese immigration-related questions, you can contact the Nagoya Immigration Information Center in English Monday-Friday from 9:00-12 noon, and 1-4:30 pm at (052) 223-7336/7337.

For free legal advice in English is available on Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 12:30. For further information please contact the information service corner at the Nagoya International Center at (052) 581-6111.