[TornPrince]

This probably isn’t the sort of question you were expecting but do you know what the rate of short term capital gains tax is in Japan?

I make my living day trading US stocks which is something I can do from anywhere so long as there’s an internet connection. Since I’m not tied down by a job I can move around and I’d really like to experience living in Japan or a year or so and possibly longer. Unfortunately I’m having a hard time finding information related to capital gains tax in Japan and what information I can find appears to be the long term rate and even then contradicts other sources. I hate paying tax (don’t we all) so the rate of short term capital gains tax is the key factor in deciding whether I want to press ahead with learning Japanese, looking into relevant visas and eventually looking at moving to Japan.

If you don’t know it’s not a problem, but if you do happen to know or can direct me to a Japanese tax site I can run through a translator I would be extremely grateful. Thanks a lot for your help.