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2025-12-23
Japan eyes capping foreign workers at 426,000 under new training system(NIKKEI Asia)
Specified Skilled Worker,Technical Intern Training,Training employment
2025-12-22
Japan May Require Japanese Language Test for Permanent Residency(Unseen Japan)
Japanese Language
2025-12-22
Panel calls for tighter Japan immigration control, help with language learning(The Mainichi)
Immigration Policy
2025-12-22
Advisory council calls for digital border controls and tighter immigration oversight(Japan Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-12-20
Japanese proficiency eyed as permanent residency requirement(Japan Times)
Permanent Resident,Japanese Language
2025-12-08
Japan Continues Cracking Down on Foreigners, for Some Reason(Unseen Japan)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-30
Net influx of foreign residents in Japan to Tokyo hit record-high in 2024(The Mainichi)
Population
2025-11-30
Japan to Increase Residence Permit Fees Amid Rising Immigration Costs(Unseen Japan)
Residence Application
2025-11-28
Trump suspends immigration from ‘Third World’, orders review of green cards(ALJAZEERA)
2025-11-28
Policy talks on foreigners start; land deals, visas high on agenda(The Asahi Shimbun)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-27
Don’t believe everything you read in the media about Japan’s strong anti-immigrant sentiment(the Lowy Institute)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-20
Japan to Charge Foreigners More for Residence Permits, Looking to Align with Western Countries(Japan News)
Residence Application
2025-11-19
Foreigner fatigue and Japan’s new populism(Tokyo Review)
Coexistence
2025-11-18
Japan’s Stalled Immigration Experiment(Foreign Affairs)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-18
Survey: 66% back Takaichi’s tougher policies on immigration(The Asahi Shimbun)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-18
Fixing immigration without sparking xenophobia(Japan Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-12
Japan’s Takaichi Pushes Stricter Rules on Foreign Nationals(The Diplomat)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-11
Can Japan's New Visa Rules Stop Exploitation and Social Fallout?(JAPAN Forward)
Business Manager
2025-11-07
Japan Rethinks Immigration Amid Labor Shortage and Foreign Population Rise (JAPAN Forward)
Specified Skilled Worker
2025-11-05
Deportations double under ‘zero illegal residents’ plan(The Asahi Shimbun)
Deportation
2025-11-05
New Japanese government puts foreign nationals in focus(NHK)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-04
Japan Is Quietly Embracing Immigration(Newsweek)
Population
2025-11-04
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents(Japan Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-03
Foreigners make up over 10% of population in 27 Japan municipalities(The Mainichi)
Population
2025-11-02
Exclusionist rhetoric in Japan politics sparks Osaka anti-xenophobia protest movement(The Mainichi)
Coexistence
2025-11-01
Ministers to coordinate policies on foreign nationals in Japan(NHK)
Immigration Policy
2025-11-01
Foreign workers in 38% of Japan towns lack access to language education(NIKKEI Asia)
Japanese Language
2025-10-28
Japan’s first female prime minister orders nationwide crackdown on illegal migrants(Nation Thailand)
Immigrtion Policy
2025-10-25
Can Japan’s New Leader Afford to Go Hard on Immigration?(Newsweek)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-23
Onoda says she’ll push Takaichi’s stronger stance on foreigners(The Asahi Shimbun)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-22
Japan’s economy needs foreign workers, not the nationalist approach pushed by its new leader(The Conversation)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-22
What’s Japan’s Problem with Foreigners?(The Diplomat)
Coexistence
2025-10-20
“Japanese-First” – The Rise of the Sanseito Party and Anti-Immigration Efforts in Japan(PA Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-16
Illegal visa overstayers in Japan drop to 71,000(ARAB NEWS)
Illegal Stay
2025-10-16
Japan: Stricter Eligibility and Documentary Requirements for Certain Visa Types Implemented(Fragomen)
Business Manager
2025-10-15
Japan’s baby boom among foreign-born population spotlights demographic timebomb(The Guardian)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-15
Asia can learn from Europe’s immigration mistakes(Japan Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-13
Record number of babies born to foreign parents in Japan amid political row over migration(The Guardian)
Population
2025-10-12
Takaichi’s victory delays Japan’s reckoning with immigration reform(EAST ASIA FORUM)
Immigration Policy
2025-10-12
In Japan, babies born to foreign parents hit 3%, easing birth decline(NIKKEI Asia)
Population
2025-10-10
Business management visa requirements to be tightened from next week(Japan Times)
Business Manager
2025-10-04
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration(Japan Times)
Population
2025-10-01
98% of Japan business leaders support accepting more foreign workers: poll(NIKKEI Asia)
Foreign employment
2025-09-30
Graying Japan needs both globalization and immigration(Japan Times)
Population
2025-09-30
Foreigners in Japan with skilled visa hits record high(Kazinform International)
Specified Skilled Worker
2025-09-30
Japan govt. against releasing full video of woman who died at immigration center(NHK)
Detainees Rights,Court
2025-09-29
‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis(The Guardian)
Kurdish
2025-09-26
JICA to scrap Japan-Africa ‘hometown’ plan amid protests(The Asahi Shimbun)
Coexistence
2025-09-26
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration(Japan Times)
Immigration Policy
2025-09-25
Illegal Pakistani migrants disguised as soccer players sent to Japan(NIKKEI Asia)
Deportation