Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Three years after Japan signed Hague, parents who abduct still win
by Simon Scott
Despite winning return orders in court, foreign fathers are treated like offenders.
How-tos | HOME TRUTHS
Safety Net Law to offer new lease on life for abandoned buildings
by Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku
On April 19, the Lower House of the Diet unanimously passed a revision to the Safety Net Law. The revision creates a new system that will register vacant properties with local governments and, ideally, these properties will be renovated and then rented out to ...
Issues | JUST BE CAUSE
Time to act on insights from landmark survey of Japan's foreign residents
by Debito Arudou
Government's attempt to understand the foreign experience of Japan produces valuable data despite some blind spots.
