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Japan is launching a digital nomad visa for remote workers

It lets you stay in the country for up to 6 months, double the current maximum visa-free stay. To qualify, you have to earn 10 million yen a year. That’s around $67,000. The visa is set to launch at the end of March. Japan hopes the new digital nomads will become ‘a source of innovation’

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