What an exit costs in Japan
Restructuring or replacing a leader? Enter the salary and the terms you would offer to see the employer's total, in months of salary, and what the employee keeps after retirement-income tax.
Dismissal in Japan has to meet a strict legal standard, so most exits are negotiated. The package that buys agreement is usually three to six months of salary plus notice pay and unused leave; this calculator puts a number on it, and on what the person receives net.
Rates as of October 2026. The calculator is built and maintained by The Hardest Market, our Japan HR data site, where the assumptions and sources are listed.
Refilling the seat?
The replacement is where the cost really lands.
A thirty-minute briefing is enough for us to say what the market looks like for the role and what it will take to fill it, retained or contingent.
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