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U S IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 5, 2023
English clubs spending more after Brexit changed immigration system
English clubs cannot sign Europe-based players under the age of 18. League leadership now thinks that this immigration system 'needs a bit of a tweak.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2023
Japan needs more than just new visa options to attract highly skilled workers
Better wages, improved incentives and overhauled working styles are seen as bigger factors in drawing top foreign talent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023
Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children
The incident has reopened a debate on migration in Italy, where the recently-elected right-wing government's tough new laws for migrant rescue charities have drawn criticism from the U.N.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 25, 2023
'Dear, the war has started': My journey from Ukraine to Japan
It was around this time a year ago that Natalia Makohon hung out with her friends for the last time. From then on, her life would mostly be about survival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2023
A year after war broke out, Ukrainian evacuees take life in Japan one step at a time
Forced to abandon careers, education plans and other opportunities at home, those who made the 8,000 kilometer journey to East Asia have had their lives put on hold.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2023
LDP gives OK to bill introducing immigration detention review system
The new bill also calls for creating a 'quasi-refugee' status for those fleeing armed conflict who do not fall under the U.N.'s narrow definition of 'refugee.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 22, 2023
Japan accepted over 2,300 Ukrainians last year. Is its refugee policy finally changing?
Many were surprised with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to accept Ukrainians into the country given Tokyo has long held a strict definition of who is eligible for asylum.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 21, 2023
Tech layoffs cause havoc for Indian workers in the United States
Under the terms of their visas, workers who are laid off face the prospect of having to leave the country in 60 days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 21, 2023
'We’re all different': Russians in Japan reflect on year since Ukraine invasion
The past year has seen them reflect on what it means to be Russian today and the new normal that comes with their home country being at war.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2023
Government to screen Japanese-language schools to ensure quality
New legislation will also require instructors at certified schools to obtain a new national qualification for teaching Japanese.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023
Japan to create new visa pathways to lure high earners and top grads
The new pathways are intended to simplify the immigration process and help attract “top-level” talent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2023
Nagoya court to screen video of Sri Lankan detainee's final days
In one clip, Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali vomits, collapses and repeatedly says she's going to die. A guard responds, 'Don't worry, you won't die. If you die, it will be troublesome.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
Rising seas threaten exodus on 'biblical' scale, warns U.N. head
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said countries such as Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands are all in danger.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2023
Former Japanese inmate talks of corruption at Philippine detention center
'It was a place where money was everything,' said Romi Hoshino, former operator of pirate website Mangamura.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2023
China's mega-rich move their wealth — and parties — to Singapore
Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2023
U.N. urges Japan to improve treatment of migrants after death of Sri Lankan detainee
Recommendations by a working group under the world body's Human Rights Council also included improving working conditions for those in the country's Technical Intern Training Program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2023
A record number of Japanese nationals are now living as permanent residents abroad
In the survey released in December, 557,034 Japanese nationals were permanent residents overseas, with the figure steadily increasing in the past two decades.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023
Afghans seeking haven in U.S. skyrocket despite risky passage through 11 countries
More than a year after the chaotic withdrawal, hundreds each month are risking their lives to reach U.S. soil on a human smuggling route notorious for kidnapping, robbery and assault.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 30, 2023
Gifu construction firm paves the way in developing skilled foreign workers
At Concrete Pump, based in Kakamigahara, three Chinese nationals have obtained a newly established resident status that allows foreign nationals to work almost indefinitely in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2023
Foreign nationals entering Japan surged in 2022 after easing of COVID steps
Although 4.20 million people entered Japan last year — up sharply from around 353,000 in 2021 — the figure was far below the record 31.19 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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