The Justice Ministry is moving to ease requirements for the permanent residency for highly skilled foreign professionals such as researchers in cutting-edge fields by the end of March, sources said Tuesday. The ministry specifically plans to allow such foreign nationals to acquire permanent resident status ...
The requirement time for highly skilled foreign professionals to apply for permanent residency may be shortened under a move being considered by the government to help lure more global talent to Japan.
In a ruling sure to rock the foreign community, the Supreme Court rules that non-Japanese with permanent residency status are ineligible for welfare benefits.
Reader CW writes: "I've lived here 35 years and am a permanent resident. Recently I met an American who had just returned through Tokyo immigration and all the information about his work, residence and visa status was on his card but not on his ...
