Looking to encourage Japanese language learning among foreigners, the government is set to submit a bill to the Diet next year designed to make it easier for those who demonstrate a certain level of language proficiency to get visas of up to five years, a government study group said Thursday in an interim report.
The current maximum limit is three years.
The government plans to submit a bill to revise the immigration system to an ordinary Diet session that convenes in January.
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