See your score update as you choose each condition, including the distance to 70 and 80 points and any items that still need checking.
Everything you enter here — age, income and the rest — is calculated on this page only; nothing is sent or saved.
Select only items you can support with evidence. Your score updates with every change.
Advanced specialized / technical activities
Income points auto-apply by age threshold (e.g. 40+ scores only at ¥8M+).
Confirm income is at least ¥3M; this category has a minimum.
The points table, preferential measures, and application pages can update separately. Always verify the same-day official version before applying.
The points table on this page was checked line by line against the Immigration Services Agency's official points calculation table (930001657.pdf) on 2026-08-12. Later revisions may not be reflected.
Points alone do not decide the route. The student → work status → Highly Skilled Professional → PR map lives in the residency strategy guide.
Open residency strategyThe point system's value is seeing where you fall short: salary, degree, Japanese, research each carry points. The estimate sets direction; the same-day official table and Immigration's judgment decide.
Researcher, engineer, and manager tables score differently; pick the identity line before counting.
The biggest item — use the compensation of the organization you will join, not past payslips.
Japanese is the highest-leverage bonus: N1 +15, N2 +10 (conditional). A few points short? Look here first.
Papers, patents, grants count only with proof — every point you tally must be presentable.
70 opens the status; 80 cuts the PR fast-track from 3 years to 1. Ten points apart is worth engineering.
The table gets revised; verify against the same-day official sheet, and consult a gyoseishoshi when in doubt.
