{"id":2413,"date":"2024-06-26T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokiomarinenichido.co.jp\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T08:08:29","slug":"how-to-shop-duty-free-during-a-temporary-return-to-japan-for-overseas-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokiomarinenichido.co.jp\/en\/how-to-shop-duty-free-during-a-temporary-return-to-japan-for-overseas-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"How to shop tax-free while temporarily returning to Japan for overseas residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only in Japan, there are \"shops where sales tax is not required when purchasing goods (duty-free stores) <\/mark><\/strong>\", right? Duty-free stores are stores that sell specified goods to non-residents such as foreign tourists in a certain way, and are defined as \"a store that is allowed to sell exempt from sales tax from the total purchase price<\/mark><\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tax free means \"shopping at stores that don't require sales tax,\" right?<\/p>

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Yes, if you want to use the \"duty free store\" within Japan, it applies not only to foreign tourists but also to Japanese who are on a temporary return trip.<\/p>

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Below I would like to explain how the tax exemption works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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