Feb 15, 2016

How do you buy a car in Japan?

How did you make car loan? Does foreigners have to buy a car with cash?

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klous

I'm 28 years old, male, student.
I wanna move to Japan.

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KevinC

on Feb 16

I saw a post in here earlier about buying car, maybe this is what you are looking for. https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/City-Cost/z82Ww

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BigfamJapan

on Feb 17

In my experience; people here short term pay in cash as it is hard to get a loan if you don't have permanent residency.

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trekkingbecky

on Feb 21

I know people who are here on spousal visas and are permanent residents, but they couldn't get a loan for a house or a car because they're not Japanese citizens. I heard from a former co-worker that you pay short term in cash.

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azi

on Mar 3

Buy a car with cash. It is very difficult to get loan if you do not have PR.

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Radar

on Apr 27

Buy a used car for reasonable price and the condition of the used cars are also very good.

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genkidesu

16 hours ago

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genkidesu

on Nov 18

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TonetoEdo

on Nov 16

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