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IMMIGRATION

"Palaver" takes place almost entirely in Tokyo, particularly in Shinjuku Ward and areas including Shinjuku Ni-chome and Shin-Okubo.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 7, 2025
‘Palaver’: A queer story set in Tokyo searches for a home for the heart
A finalist for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction in the U.S., Bryan Washington’s “Palaver” is a gentle exploration of leaving and arriving.
Smugglers' boats sail with migrants onboard as they attempt to cross the English Channel off the northern French beach of Gravelines in September.
WORLD / Society
Nov 7, 2025
Under pressure? EU states on edge over migrant burden-sharing
A new "solidarity" system for managing asylum seekers, aimed at easing the burden on frontline countries such as Spain, Greece and Italy, will soon come into force.
Construction on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 27. Canada's government is planning to launch an "accelerated pathway” for H-1B visa holders in the coming months.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2025
Canada to poach H-1B visa holders and international researchers
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget includes a plan to attract international talent, earmarking 1.7 billion Canadian dollars to recruit more than 1,000 skilled researchers.
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2025
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
Five films screened at this year’s TIFF put migration and its human impact front and center.
Mike Burgess, director-general of security for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, delivers the 2025 Lowy Lecture in Sydney on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
Australian spy chief says 'state sanctioned trolls' sowing social discord
Australia faces a trend seen across Western democracies of declining trust and rising disinformation.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2025
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
The government envisions a tougher crackdown on visa overstayers, as well as on foreign residents who fail to pay social insurance premiums.
"The aim is to address public anxiety and a sense of injustice, not to exclude foreigners," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a news conference on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2025
Japan's ministers likely to discuss policy for foreign nationals next week
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made addressing issues related to foreign nationals one of her key policy agendas.
Aradhana David, who became interested in Japan via anime and YouTube influencers, studies Japanese at the Learnet Institute of Skills in New Delhi on Oct. 8.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025
India’s most valuable export: Tens of millions of workers
The idea, which economists call labor mobility, is to connect young Indians to companies in places with shrinking populations where labor shortages are holding back growth.
Security lines at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in May
WORLD
Oct 25, 2025
U.S. to photograph all noncitizens entering and exiting country
The rule comes amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to expand collection of data on immigrants and foreign nationals in the United States.
At Nepalico, the "dal bhat" — a Nepali dish consisting of rice and lentils stewed with spices — with chicken curry is the most popular item on the menu.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 24, 2025
Lentil by lentil, Nepali food takes shape in Tokyo
The cuisine is emerging out of the shadow of Indian fare, thanks to a new breed of passionate chefs keen to introduce locals to South Asian dishes beyond butter chicken and naan.
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
The creation of a new post specifically for handling foreign residents shows how immigration is a key policy focus for the Takaichi Cabinet.
Federal agents deployed tear gas after demonstrators gathered at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Flush with cash, U.S. immigration agency expands weaponry and surveillance
Spending on the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown is vastly higher than during his first presidency.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a live address on Canada’s plan to build a stronger economy, in advance of the 2025 Budget, in Ottawa on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025
Carney plots ‘talent attraction’ plan as U.S. upends H-1B visa
The Canadian prime minister has previously said he wants to attract employees from the technology sector who might have otherwise gone to the U.S.
A protester holds flowers as federal law enforcement officers move a crowd of protesters back from the gate of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump’s Portland troop deployment, for now
The decision, for now, is a major boost for the Trump administration’s effort to send the military into Democratic-led cities like Portland.
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2025
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
It may be adequate for some residents’ purposes, but when the chips are down, many will be shocked at just how few protections it offers.
California National Guard members stand ready as people protest against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles on June 9.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025
Los Angeles declares state of emergency over immigration raids
The declaration is the latest effort to push back on President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
People flee, cough, and cover their faces as the neighborhood fills with tear gas deployed by federal agents on the southeast side of Chicago on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
Military tactics by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Chicago fuel backlash
Agents trained to spot illegal border crossings, who normally police the frontier, are being sent into densely populated neighborhoods deep inside the country.
Refugees and migrants, mostly from Syria and Afghanistan, crowd a platform at a train station in Budapest in September 2015. Hungary's focus on pro-natalist policies and minimal immigration has led to a significant improvement in its fertility rate compared to Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 15, 2025
Asia can learn from Europe’s immigration mistakes
The result is dangerous confusion where legitimate policy debates about labor shortages become entangled with xenophobic fears about cultural invasion.
Shenzhen International Airport. Chinese job seekers, worried about competition in tech fields, are upset about the new K visa, which allows foreign talent to work in China.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2025
China’s visa uproar is part of a DeepSeek illusion
Some of the resulting backlash on Chinese social media against the new K visa has been downright xenophobic and even racist.
Eduardo Santoyo stands by his family's tamales stand in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday. Santoyo's mother, Maria, was tending their business on Friday morning when she was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
Snatched: How ICE raids are shattering Chicago's immigrant world
Families are left to pick up the pieces as immigration agents swoop in without warning, often in broad daylight, snatch unsuspecting residents and drive off.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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