・Status of residence that allows employment (with activity restrictions)

• 外交がいこう – Diplomacy

  Ambassadors, envoys, etc. of foreign governments and their families

• 公用こうよう – Official business

  Persons engaged in official business of foreign governments, etc. and their families

• 教授きょうじゅ – Professors

  University professors

• 芸術げいじゅつ – Art

  Composers, painters, writers, etc.

• 宗教しゅうきょう – Religion

  Missionaries dispatched by foreign religious organizations, etc.

• 報道ほうどう – Reporting

  Reporters, cameramen, etc. of foreign news organizations

• 高度こうど専門せんもん職しょく – Highly skilled professionals

  Highly skilled professionals through a points system

• 経営けいえい・管理かんり – Management and Administration

  Company managers, administrators, etc.

• 法律ほうりつ・会計かいけい業務ぎょうむ – Legal and accounting services

  Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, etc.

• 医療いりょう業務ぎょうむ – Medical

  Doctors, dentists, nurses, etc.

• 研究けんきゅう – Research

  Researchers from government agencies, companies, etc.

• 教育きょういく – Education

  Language teachers at high schools, junior high schools, etc.

• 技術ぎじゅつ・人文じんぶん知識ちしき・国際こくさい業務ぎょうむ – Engineer/ Humanities Specialist/ International Services

  Mechanical engineers, interpreters, designers, language instructors, etc.

• 企業きぎょう内ない転勤てんきん – Intra-company transfer

  Transferees from overseas offices

• 介護かいご – Nursing care

  Certified care workers

• 興行こうぎょう – Performance

  Actors, singers, professional athletes, etc.

• 技能ぎのう – Skill

  Foreign cuisine chefs, sports instructors, etc.

• 特定とくてい技能ぎのう – Specific skills

  Employee working in specific industrial field

• 技能ぎのう実習じっしゅう – Technical intern training

  Technical intern trainees

　
・Status of residence according to status and position (no activity restrictions)

• 永住者えいじゅうしゃ – Permanent resident

  Those who have been granted permanent residence

• 日本人にほんじんの配偶者はいぐうしゃ等など – Spouse of a Japanese National

  Spouse of a Japanese national, biological child, special adopted

• 永住者えいじゅうしゃの配偶者はいぐうしゃ等など– Spouse, etc,. of a permanent

  Permanent residents, Spouses of special permanent residents, Children born in Japan who continue to reside there.

• 定住者ていじゅうしゃ – Long-term resident

  Third generation Japanese, children of foreign spouses, etc.

　
・The permissibility of employment depends on the designated activities

• 特定とくてい活動かつどう – Specific activities

  Domestic helpers for diplomats, working holiday makers, etc.

　
・Status of residence that does not permit employment.

• 文化ぶんか活動かつどう – Cultural activities

  Researchers of Japanese cultrure, etc.

• 短期たんき滞在たいざい – Temporary visitor

  Tourists, conference participants, etc.

• 留学りゅうがく – Study abroad

  Students at universities, colleges, Japanese language schools, etc.

• 研修けんしゅう – Trainee

  Trainees

• 家族かぞく滞在たいざい – Dependent

  Spouses and children supported by foreign residents, etc.

　
【References】法務省ほうむしょう　在留ざいりゅう資格しかく一覧いちらん表ひょう