Hi all. I am new to this subreddit, new to having money wired to Japan and, in general, new to everything. I live in Japan but work for a european press agency. It's complicated, but I am more or less an exclusive contributor to them, although not a real employee. Suffice to say, I am akin to a freelance in a sense, but they are my only "client". They pay me a fix sum evey month, just like a salary. Up until now, I used to have it wired to a bank account of mine in my country of origin in euro, and then from there I used to send the portion i needed for expenses here in Japan, already converted in Yen, once a month: the exchange rate of my italian bank was really good, but I was paying 50 euros in commissions every time -..- . I am orientating toward staying in Japan long term tho', and from now on I'd like to have the money wiered from the press agency directly here, letting them pay the commissions instead of having to do it myself, at my expense. Perhaps I'd like to start paying income taxes on and social security in Japan as well, and I suppose it's impossibile if I don't receive income directly in Japan. I thought about opening a Sony Bank account and having the salary wired to a euro wallet, and then converting it to yen whenever I like/need. Sony Bank seems to offer good conditions for currency conversion, so I think it would be the best solution. Only problem is, Sony Bank states "business related" remittances from abroad are not allowed. Do you think it would apply to my case? I tried to search around and it looks like many people get "payment" from abroat to their Sony account with no problems whatsoever… Forgive me for being so wordy, and thanks in advance to anyone who'll answer…
by Ok-Ad8227