Claiming that its refugee system is being abused by foreign job seekers, the government considers arresting some asylum seekers once their visas expire.
Sayaka Hirose is a Tokyo-based immigration lawyer specializing in assisting Indonesians coming to Japan. She says that in the past two years her clients have been seeking legal advice on an issue she had never encountered before. In 2016, about 70 Indonesians asked her about ...
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will loosen visa requirements for Japanese visitors as of Jan. 1. The ministry said a multiple-entry visa will be introduced for tourists and those visiting relatives and friends that are good for a maximum period of six months ...
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Japan said Wednesday Japanese visitors will be allowed to enter the central Asian country without visas from April next year. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who won Sunday's presidential election, signed a presidential decree to allow nationals of Japan and 14 other countries ...
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.
A Thai woman and a Chinese female operator of a sex parlor in Tokyo have been arrested for allegedly arranging for another Thai woman overstaying in Japan to provide sexual services, police said Friday. Onuma Phitchapha, 35, and Yu Xiaomei, the 43-year-old sex parlor operator, ...
Japan handed out 3.78 million visas to Chinese nationals in 2015, up about 85 percent from the previous year as Chinese tourist arrivals increased on a weaker yen and relaxed visa rules, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The record number issued to Chinese accounted for ...
The Foreign Ministry on Friday extended its visa fee waiver for tourists who visit Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures for five more years to help the region damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami recover. The ministry, which decided in 2011 to exempt tourists ...
The Obama administration is easing new visa requirements for certain European travelers who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years, a move certain to anger some in Congress who pushed for new travel restrictions. The announcement by the Homeland Security ...
A civic group opposed to recently enacted legislation authorizing the biggest changes since World War II to Japan's military posture said Thursday it will sue the government for refusing to issue visas to Chinese war victims to attend a protest rally last week. The Committee ...
Eight children petition the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau for clemency to allow their families to stay in the country so they can continue their lives.
After successfully expelling visa overstayers over the past decade, Japan is now shifting its immigration control focus to a new target: people in the country on bogus visas. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has submitted a bill to revise the immigration control law that will ...
