AIC LIFE SETUP PLANNER V2
Set up life in Japan in the right order.
Use four quick questions to identify the everyday systems, local procedures and official checks that may need your attention. This planner organizes your next steps. It does not decide legal, medical, tax, pension, benefit, PR or Naturalization outcomes.
Question 1 of 4
Use this as a map, then verify with the owner of the procedure.
AIC can organize your next questions. The municipality, employer or insurer, Japan Pension Service, National Tax Agency, Immigration Services Agency, Legal Affairs Bureau, medical provider or another responsible authority controls the actual procedure.
Privacy and decision boundary
This planner uses broad browser-side selections only. It does not submit names, addresses, Residence Card data, health information, tax records, pension records, bank details or documents to AIC. Completion measurement uses only fixed tool, version and language information. No user selections are attached.
Registration, moving and many local services are municipality-specific. Confirm the exact procedure with the municipality where you live.
Official owner: Municipality
Address procedures, utilities, waste rules and local administration can depend on your municipality and service providers.
Official owner: Municipality and service providers
Choose an appropriate clinic, hospital or emergency route. A medical provider decides diagnosis and treatment.
Official owner: Medical provider and MHLW framework
The practical route can depend on employment, household status and municipality. Employer insurance and National Health Insurance are different routes.
Official owner: Employer or insurer, municipality where relevant
Enrollment and procedures can depend on work and household situation. Use current Japan Pension Service guidance.
Official owner: Japan Pension Service, employer or municipality depending on route
Employer processes, municipal notices and national tax filing questions can have different official owners.
Official owner: Employer, municipality or National Tax Agency
Childcare, school and family services vary by municipality, so confirm the local office and current service rules.
Official owner: Municipality
JMA provides weather and hazard warnings. Your municipality provides local evacuation information and instructions. Check both for the place where you live.
Official owner: JMA for warnings; municipality for evacuation information
Start with local administration, housing basics and reliable official contacts before optional services.
Official owner: Municipality and relevant providers
Housing, pension, tax, residence status, PR and Naturalization are different systems. Build a plan without treating one outcome as proof of another.
Official owner: Depends on the question
Permanent Residence is handled through the Immigration Services Agency. Use PR-specific official guidance rather than Naturalization information.
Official owner: Immigration Services Agency
Naturalization is separate from PR and is handled through the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Affairs Bureau or Regional Bureau of Legal Affairs with jurisdiction.
Official owner: Ministry of Justice / Legal Affairs Bureau
Use emergency channels now
For ambulance or fire emergencies in Japan, call 119. For police emergencies, call 110. For disaster conditions, check JMA warnings and your municipality’s evacuation information and instructions.
Official routes
Use the responsible authority or qualified professional
A general setup planner should not decide a complex legal, immigration, tax, pension, insurance, family or consumer case. Do not share documents here.
Use the issuer, municipality, employer or insurer, Japan Pension Service, National Tax Agency, Immigration Services Agency, Consumer Affairs Agency or a qualified professional as appropriate.
Do not enter Residence Card details, health information, tax records, pension records, bank details or documents into this tool.
We could not safely build a setup plan from these selections.
Start again, or use the AIC Life in Japan Hub and responsible official sources for your next step.