A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will.
The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People's Friendship Society, a nongovernmental group to promote cross-cultural communications between Japanese and foreign residents. The sit-in is scheduled to run five days.
A 46-year-old Bangladeshi man whose visa expired back in 1991 emphasized his remorse over his prolonged inaction and lack of legal status. The man, who only gave his first name, Joy, as he doesn't have an official surname, was caught overstaying his visa in 2010 when he went to renew his driver's license for the fourth time.
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