Die Takaichi-Regierung erwägt die Abschaffung einer Sonderbefreiung, die es chinesischen Studenten ermöglicht, Teilzeit in Japan zu arbeiten, ohne Steuern zu zahlen. Das Abkommen ermöglicht es japanischen Studenten auch, in China steuerfrei zu arbeiten, aber nur sehr wenige Bürger studieren dort.

Wait, so Chinese students have not been paying taxes all this time?

low income are basically tax exempted anyway. my dependent spouse was under the same 28h per week rule and working less than that was basically not taxed.

there is a 500k yen deduction for employees before applying income tax brakets and falling under ab. 400k yen even residence tax is zero in most municipalities.