Independent tools for Japan
JapanBenri makes careful, free tools for travellers and Japanese learners. Rules come from official Japanese government pages, and nothing you type leaves your device.
新幹線で大阪へ行きましょう。
shinkansen de ōsaka e ikimashō.
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Log every tax-free receipt as you shop. See what you get back, when each 90-day customs deadline falls, and exactly what to bring to the kiosk before bag drop.
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Paste Japanese and read it with furigana over every kanji word, or get it in hiragana, katakana or Hepburn romaji. Fix any reading with a tap.
Is Japan still tax-free? Yes, but from 1 Nov 2026 you pay tax at the till and get it back after customs. What changed and who qualifies, with official sources.
Step by step: claim your Japan tax refund at Narita, Haneda, Kansai and other airports. Kiosk or Visit Japan Web before check-in, Green/Red, cash refund machines.
Every tax-free rule links to the page it comes from: Japan Customs, Japan Tourism Agency, National Tax Agency. Where something is not yet settled, such as refund fees or a proposed food tax cut, we say so.
We re-read all 10 official pages behind the calculator, and the date moves only when we have. If an official page and our summary ever disagree, the official page is right.
No accounts and no uploads. The tools run in your browser and save your work only in this browser’s storage, so receipts and text stay with you.