Japan Mortgage Calculator: Monthly Payment, Early Repayment and Repayment Schedule

Free mortgage (home loan) calculator for Japan. Enter the loan amount, interest rate and term to see the monthly payment, total interest and a year-by-year or month-by-month repayment schedule. Compares equal-payment and equal-principal repayment, and shows how much interest an early repayment saves by shortening the term or by reducing the payment.

¥30,000,000
35 years

Estimated payment (equal payments)

Monthly payment¥91,855

Repayment breakdown

Amount borrowed¥30,000,000
Total interest¥8,579,239
Total repayment¥38,579,239

With equal principal, total interest would be ¥685,489 lower (and the monthly payment would gradually fall instead of staying the same).

Approximate estimate. An early repayment is assumed to be made right after a regular payment; accrued interest, fees and minimum amounts are not taken into account (they differ by lender and product). The interest rate is assumed to stay the same for the whole term (payments on a variable-rate loan change with market rates). Guarantee fees, handling fees, group credit life insurance premiums and the tax relief from the housing loan deduction are not included. Whether you can borrow, and at what rate, depends on the lender's screening. This is general information, not tax, legal, or financial advice.

Repayment schedule

Each payment split into principal and interest, and how the loan balance falls after it.

Repayment schedule
YearPaymentPrincipalInterestBalance after
Year 1¥1,102,264¥656,767¥445,497¥29,343,233
Year 2¥1,102,264¥666,687¥435,577¥28,676,546
Year 3¥1,102,264¥676,756¥425,508¥27,999,791
Year 4¥1,102,264¥686,977¥415,287¥27,312,813
Year 5¥1,102,264¥697,353¥404,911¥26,615,460
Year 6¥1,102,264¥707,886¥394,378¥25,907,574
Year 7¥1,102,264¥718,577¥383,687¥25,188,997
Year 8¥1,102,264¥729,430¥372,834¥24,459,567
Year 9¥1,102,264¥740,447¥361,817¥23,719,120
Year 10¥1,102,264¥751,631¥350,633¥22,967,489
Year 11¥1,102,264¥762,983¥339,281¥22,204,506
Year 12¥1,102,264¥774,507¥327,757¥21,429,999
Year 13¥1,102,264¥786,205¥316,059¥20,643,795
Year 14¥1,102,264¥798,079¥304,185¥19,845,716
Year 15¥1,102,264¥810,133¥292,131¥19,035,583
Year 16¥1,102,264¥822,369¥279,895¥18,213,214
Year 17¥1,102,264¥834,789¥267,475¥17,378,425
Year 18¥1,102,264¥847,398¥254,866¥16,531,027
Year 19¥1,102,264¥860,196¥242,068¥15,670,831
Year 20¥1,102,264¥873,188¥229,076¥14,797,642
Year 21¥1,102,264¥886,377¥215,887¥13,911,266
Year 22¥1,102,264¥899,764¥202,500¥13,011,501
Year 23¥1,102,264¥913,354¥188,910¥12,098,148
Year 24¥1,102,264¥927,149¥175,115¥11,170,999
Year 25¥1,102,264¥941,152¥161,112¥10,229,847
Year 26¥1,102,264¥955,367¥146,897¥9,274,481
Year 27¥1,102,264¥969,796¥132,468¥8,304,684
Year 28¥1,102,264¥984,443¥117,821¥7,320,241
Year 29¥1,102,264¥999,312¥102,952¥6,320,929
Year 30¥1,102,264¥1,014,405¥87,859¥5,306,524
Year 31¥1,102,264¥1,029,726¥72,538¥4,276,797
Year 32¥1,102,264¥1,045,279¥56,985¥3,231,519
Year 33¥1,102,264¥1,061,066¥41,198¥2,170,452
Year 34¥1,102,264¥1,077,092¥25,172¥1,093,360
Year 35¥1,102,264¥1,093,360¥8,904¥0
Total¥38,579,239¥30,000,000¥8,579,239—

Payment is principal plus interest. An early repayment is made right after that payment, so it has its own column. Year 1 is payments 1 to 12, year 2 is payments 13 to 24, and so on. Amounts are rounded to the nearest yen for display, so totals can be off by a few yen. A lender's own schedule can differ slightly (daily interest calculation, rounding to the yen, bonus-month payments and so on).

The two kinds of early repayment

  • Shorten the term (期間短縮型): the monthly payment stays the same, and the amount you repay early takes time off the end of the loan.
  • Reduce the payment (返済額軽減型): the loan term stays the same, and the monthly payment goes down.

For example, on a ¥30,000,000 loan at 1.5% over 35 years with equal payments, repaying ¥1,000,000 early after 5 years gives these estimates from this calculator. Shortening the term takes 1 year and 4 months off the loan and saves about ¥550,000 in interest. Reducing the payment lowers the monthly payment from ¥91,855 to ¥88,404 and saves about ¥240,000. For the same amount, shortening the term saves more interest, but it does not make the monthly payments any lighter. Which one is better depends on your household budget.

The conditions for early repayment differ by lender and product. As one reference, for Flat 35 the minimum for a partial early repayment is ¥1,000,000 when handled through a lender's branch and ¥100,000 when handled through the internet service, and there is no fee for the procedure. You may have to pay accrued interest, meaning the interest that has built up between the day after the previous payment date and the date of the early repayment (Japan Housing Finance Agency).

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