Freelancing

Japan's Electronic Bookkeeping Law: What Digital Receipts Actually Require

Somewhere between the invoice system rollout and every accounting app suddenly adding an “AI receipt scanning” button, a lot of freelancers in Japan absorbed a vague sense that “digital receipts are now mandatory” — without ever getting a straight answer on what that actually means day to day.

Survived Japan's 確定申告? How to Make Next Year Actually Manageable

Another 確定申告 season has come and gone. If you’re reading this in April, you either just filed your FY2025 return — congratulations — or you’re emerging from a fog of receipts, spreadsheets, and late-night e-Tax sessions wondering if there’s a better way to do this.

There is. And it starts now, in April, not next February.