Exit tax · Japan

Leaving Japan.

Exit tax on securities. Japan treats your shares, funds and bonds as sold the day you leave if they are worth 100M JPY or more and you lived there more than 5 of the last 10 years, and taxes the gain at a flat 15.315%. For a foreign national, time on a work or business visa does not count toward the 5 years.

Rate on unrealized gains15%on the gain accrued to the day you leave
DeferralSee below
Addresses with no capital gains tax36of the 100 on the board
TriggerLoss of tax residencethe departure date is tested under local rules

What the charge looks like on your number.

Gain accrued at departureExit charge at 15%Kept
$1M$153K$847K
$5M$766K$4.2M
$20M$3.1M$16.9M

Flat application of the headline rate to the gain. Exemptions, thresholds, and the date of the sale change the figure.

Deferral.

5 years, extendable to 10, if a tax agent is appointed before departure and collateral is posted. Returning within that period while still holding the assets cancels it.

Addresses with no capital gains tax.

🇦🇪 Abu DhabiUAE · effective tax 0% on $1M🇦🇮 AnguillaAnguilla · effective tax 0% on $1M🇵🇫 Bora BoraFrench Polynesia · effective tax 0% on $1M🇰🇳 Christophe HarbourSt Kitts and Nevis · effective tax 0% on $1M🇦🇪 DubaiUAE · effective tax 0% on $1M🇨🇭 GenevaSwitzerland · effective tax 36% on $1M🇰🇾 George TownCayman Islands · effective tax 0% on $1M🇬🇮 GibraltarGibraltar · effective tax 21% on $1M🇲🇺 Grand BaieMauritius · effective tax 20% on $1M🇨🇭 GstaadSwitzerland · effective tax 36% on $1M🇫🇷 GustaviaSt Barths · effective tax 0% on $1M🇭🇰 Hong KongHong Kong SAR · effective tax 16% on $1M🇯🇪 JerseyJersey · effective tax 20% on $1M🇨🇾 LimassolCyprus · effective tax 34% on $1M🇨🇭 LucerneSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M🇨🇭 LuganoSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M🇲🇨 MonacoMonaco · effective tax 0% on $1M🇨🇭 MontreuxSwitzerland · effective tax 36% on $1M🇧🇸 NassauBahamas · effective tax 0% on $1M🇵🇦 Panama CityPanama · effective tax 0% on $1M🇧🇧 Platinum CoastBarbados · effective tax 28% on $1M🇨🇿 PragueCzech Republic · effective tax 22% on $1M🇹🇨 ProvidencialesTurks and Caicos · effective tax 0% on $1M🇺🇾 Punta del EsteUruguay · effective tax 0% on $1M🇳🇿 QueenstownNew Zealand · effective tax 38% on $1M🇵🇷 San JuanPuerto Rico · effective tax 4% on $1M🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore · effective tax 21% on $1M🇦🇬 St John'sAntigua and Barbuda · effective tax 0% on $1M🇨🇭 St. MoritzSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M🇧🇲 Tucker's TownBermuda · effective tax 9% on $1M🇱🇮 VaduzLiechtenstein · effective tax 17% on $1M🇨🇭 VerbierSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M🇻🇬 Virgin GordaBritish Virgin Islands · effective tax 0% on $1M🇨🇭 ZermattSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M🇨🇭 ZugSwitzerland · effective tax 20% on $1M🇨🇭 ZurichSwitzerland · effective tax 32% on $1M
Questions

Is there an exit tax when you leave Japan?

Exit tax on securities.

Japan treats your shares, funds and bonds as sold the day you leave if they are worth 100M JPY or more and you lived there more than 5 of the last 10 years, and taxes the gain at a flat 15.315%. For a foreign national, time on a work or business visa does not count toward the 5 years.

Can the Japan exit tax be deferred?

5 years, extendable to 10, if a tax agent is appointed before departure and collateral is posted.

Returning within that period while still holding the assets cancels it.

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

36 of the 100 addresses on the board levy no personal capital gains tax on listed securities, among them Abu Dhabi, Anguilla, Bora Bora, Christophe Harbour, Dubai, Geneva.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 48 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to September 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Japan exit tax 2026: leaving Japan, the rate and the deferral, patrician.ch/exit-tax/japan/, September 2026.

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