Japan is home to a record 4.12 million international residents, and we’re proud to be bringing our vision of making financial services easier, more affordable, and reliable to one of the region’s most significant remittance-sending countries. We’ve focused on ensuring a great experience by tapping into Japan’s payment culture and expanding payment coverage so customers can send with convenience and confidence.

Japan’s international community spans caregivers, engineers, students, and factory workers from Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Nepal, Indonesia, Brazil, and beyond. With Remitly, they can send to destinations across the 175+ countries we serve, through a service built around them: compliant, reliable, and fast, developed in close partnership with local institutions and regulators.

Supporting Japan’s evolving financial ecosystem. Japan is one of the world’s most dynamic economies, home to an increasingly diverse and globally connected population. As foreign nationals play a growing role in Japan’s workforce and society. The Japan-to-Philippines corridor alone moves roughly US$1.6 billion a year, part of a global remittance market that reached approximately US$905 billion in 2024.

Japan’s government projects it will need 6.74 million foreign workers by 2040. The international community isn’t a niche, it’s an increasingly essential part of how the country functions, and we’re committed to being a trusted partner in that journey.

Customers can currently fund transfers via debit card and bank transfer (Furikomi / 振込) – the most widely used method in Japan, allowing customers to add money directly from their banking app, at an ATM, or from a bank counter using account details provided by Remitly. 

“In Japan, we see a meaningful opportunity to provide an efficient, reliable and inclusive financial service to a growing and increasingly global workforce,” said Gabriel Gong, Japan Director at Remitly “By collaborating closely with local payment providers and regulators, we’re ensuring that Remitly is ready to support customers sending globally.”

Looking ahead. Remitly remains committed to supporting Japan’s regulatory and financial ecosystem, broadening how customers can fund, send, and manage money over time, while continuing to advance financial inclusion, reliability, and choice for immigrant communities across the region.

For the more than four million people building their lives and supporting their families from Japan, the distance home just got a great deal shorter.

Start a transaction today at https://www.remitly.com/jp/ja/