All about Japan’s ‘investor-friendly’ crypto tax overhaul plan for 2026
For years, Japan’s crypto community has voiced a single, unified demand – The end of the “miscellaneous income” era. And finally, on 19 December, that demand met a concrete political response.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Restoration Party released a landmark outline for the fiscal year 2026 tax reform, signaling a fundamental shift in how the nation treats digital wealth.
Japan’s 2026 tax reforms
Japan’s 2026 crypto tax reform reclassifies crypto from a “speculative tool” to a legitimate “financial product for asset formation.” While the reform takes a broadly positive direction, policymakers apply it selectively rather than universally.
The “green zone” receives the clearest…
