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title: "Niche and Special Visa Statuses Relevant to Business"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a5f63fc63d783ad687094d4
project: "Doing Business in Japan"
tags: "japan-business, visa-other"
updated_at: "2026-07-21T12:20:12.852Z"
---

# Niche and Special Visa Statuses Relevant to Business

Beyond the main business and work visas, Japan has a number of other statuses relevant to business activity: the Artist visa, the Journalist visa (報道), the Religious Activities visa (宗教), Specified Skilled Worker / Tokutei Gino (特定技能, SSW), the ITPEC pathway, the local-university-graduate visa, and short-term business visas (the 3-month type and multiple-entry business/tourist visas). See: Cultural Activities, Designated Activities, Evacuee Status, and Angel Investor Visas. See: Artist, Journalist, Religious, SSW, ITPEC, and Local-University-Graduate Visas. See: Short-Term Business and Tourist Multiple-Entry Visas.