Country tax profile · 2026
Japan crypto tax
How Japan taxes crypto
Japan has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 45%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.
Compiled by MyNomadWorld for Japan and currently being re-verified against primary sources. Confirm with a local adviser before relying on it.
How Japan compares
57 of 197 countries we track have no tax on personal crypto gains (no capital gains tax). Japan is not one of them.
Who is a tax resident of Japan?
Domicile in Japan, or continuous residence of 1 year or more. Non-permanent resident = resident without domicile who has been resident <=5 of the last 10 years.
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What is the crypto tax rate in Japan?
Japan has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 45%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.