National Apr 26, 2022
The IDs are expected aid the process of confirming their status as evacuees when they process paperwork at municipal offices and banks.
National Apr 3, 2022
Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa became the second Cabinet minister to test positive for the coronavirus.
National Mar 31, 2022
Japan considering sending top envoy to Poland for talks on Ukraine refugees
Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa, who was scheduled to visit Poland from Friday, has been identified as a close contact to a member of his family who is infected with the coronavirus.
National Mar 23, 2022
Japan may send justice minister to Poland to assist Ukrainian refugees
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering dispatching Yoshihisa Furukawa, who is expected to meet with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the trip, sources have said.
National Mar 8, 2022
Japan accepts eight people displaced by Russian invasion of Ukraine
After evacuees' short-stay visas expire, the government plans to grant them residency status lasting six to 12 months, and extend their status until the situation in Ukraine improves.
National Dec 21, 2021
Japan hangs three death-row inmates in first executions since 2019
The executions were the first since Dec. 26, 2019, when a Chinese man on death row for the 2003 slaying of a family of four in Fukuoka Prefecture was put to death.