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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 25, 2020
Japan to allow entry for all nontourist new visa applicants from October
Under the existing travel controls, travelers from 159 countries and regions have been denied entry in principle.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2020
Japan to loosen border enforcement measures to allow in new arrivals
The country will start allowing entry for long-term residents and international students, regardless of where they come from, reports say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 4, 2020
Japan lays out way back for residents with expired visas and re-entry permits
The Justice Ministry announced this week that non-Japanese residents who couldn't return before papers expired would be able to seek re-entry under special circumstances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2020
As Japan partially lifts re-entry ban on foreign residents, concerns grow over strict procedures
The Immigration Services Agency has claimed the strict conditions for re-entry are aimed at limiting the spread of the virus in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2020
Japan considers tax reform to lure foreign financial firms, annual policy says
Experts said Tokyo needed to tackle issues including a relatively high tax rate and a lack of English language fluency in the workplace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 28, 2020
All Japan’s foreign residents can travel in and out from September
The announcement comes amid intensifying criticism of the existing policy from the foreign community and business groups affected by the restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Aug 28, 2020
Oita residents group providing rice for foreign interns in need
The group hopes to continue until September, and will need more than 3 tons of rice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / First Person
Aug 27, 2020
Japan's entry policies increase alienation and deepen division
Stopping foreign residents from returning to Japan risks fueling prejudices and shattering trust in the government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2020
Japan to allow stranded foreign technical interns to switch jobs
The Immigration Services Agency said around 24,200 foreign trainees were stuck in the country as of Friday, and the number of such interns is expected to grow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2020
Japan and Cambodia to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions in September
Japan and Cambodia agreed Saturday to reopen borders to their expatriates as early as next month on condition they self-quarantine for 14 days and take other precautions against the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 21, 2020
Japan may allow in all stranded foreign residents from September
Japan has faced criticism for its failure to lift the ban on legal residents, which stands in stark contrast with the practices of the rest of the G7.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 21, 2020
Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime
Fewer Japanese people want to work in sewing jobs, one industry insider said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020
Groups from U.S., Europe and Oceania protest Japan’s travel ban
Many countries have imposed curbs to battle the pandemic but Japan's are among the most strict, effectively banning foreign nationals' entry from more than 140 countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 10, 2020
Re-entry ban horror stories pile up in Japan's Indian community
Some worry confusion surrounding border restrictions will 'leave a scar' among residents of Indian descent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020
With cremation the norm, Muslims decry lack of proper burial grounds in Japan
Japan is home to about 200,000 Muslims but there are only seven cemeteries that accommodate Islamic interment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2020
Japan to allow back foreign residents who left before entry ban
The planned change in Japan's border control policy will also be accompanied by stricter entry procedures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2020
Aloha again? Hawaii says Japan looking at easing travel curbs
The U.S. state's governor said details were still being worked out and no timetable has been set for when the program would start.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2020
Japan to allow re-entry for more foreign residents amid coronavirus measures, sources say
An official decision on the policy will be made later this week, according to the sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2020
Japan’s foreign residents get new support center in Tokyo
The Foreign Residents Support Center hosts the offices of eight public organizations on one floor of a building located in front of Tokyo's Yotsuya Station.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2020
Japan's single mothers and female workers hard hit by coronavirus
As nationwide unemployment continues to rise, 710,000 of the 970,000-person decrease in nonregular workers compared to last April were women.
'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.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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