Going home for Tết, Lebaran or the new year takes more counting than it should. How many days of paid leave does the trip use once weekends and holidays are left out? Do the days you hold cover it? Does the special re-entry permit cover the trip? And how do you ask your manager, in Japanese?
I added a trip home plan to the paid leave book that answers these on one screen.
The days of leave
Enter the day you leave Japan, the day you land and the days of the week you work. The plan counts the working days the trip takes: weekly days off use no leave, and neither do national holidays (when they are days off at your job; the list covers 2026 and 2027) or the days your company is closed, once you enter them. It checks those days against your book, tells you whether the days you hold cover them, and gives your first day back at work. One button adds the days to your book as planned days off, so the book counts them.
Re-entry and the request
If you hold a period of stay, enter the day it ends; the plan then says whether the special re-entry permit (みなし再入国許可) covers the trip or you need a renewal before you leave. It can also add the trip to the absences the re-entry planner counts for permanent residency. Then it writes the request to your manager in Japanese, with the dates and the number of days, ready to copy. If you are a specified skilled worker, your employment contract must let you take the paid leave a trip home needs.
The trip and the contact you give for it stay in your browser. You do not need an account.
