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IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 14, 2022
Ukrainian evacuees welcomed at FC Tokyo season finale
The J. League club has increased its cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, including the promotion of 'Easy Japanese' for foreign residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2022
U.N. refugee head hails Japan's acceptance of Ukrainian evacuees
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi says Japan can still do more, calling for 'better laws, better practices, better systems'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2022
As pandemic eases, more Filipino nurses set to seek work abroad
Filipino nurses fluent in English are in high demand overseas. As of the end of 2021, over 310,000 of more than 910,000 registered nurses in the Philippines were working abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2022
Once wary of immigrants, Canadian town sends out global labor SOS
The town council's once deep-seated fear over accommodating immigrants at the expense of its French-speaking Quebec identity has given way to a more pressing concern.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2022
Over 200 Ukrainian evacuees find work in Japan: labor ministry
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 221 Ukrainians had found work in Japan as of Oct. 19, up from 16 reported on June 1.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2022
U.K.'s first Hindu leader is symbol of both progress and privilege
Sunak attended the University of Oxford and before that the elite private school, Winchester, highlighting criticism that the country's leaders largely come from a narrow educational pool.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022
South Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain
Migrant children from Guatemala found working at SMART Alabama and SL Alabama had been hired by recruiting or staffing firms in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 5, 2022
Court halts decertification of Japanese school over student abuse
The certification of the Nishinihon International Education Institute in Fukuoka was revoked after it was found that a staff member restrained the student with a chain and padlock.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022
Nursing shortage sparks bidding war as countries vie for talent
No nation is better prepared to help the world staff up its hospitals and clinics than the Philippines, the single biggest exporter of nurses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2022
Immigration and identity shape election in French-speaking Quebec
Quebec Premier Francois Legault made his views clear at the outset of the campaign: unchecked immigration by non-French speakers risks undermining social cohesion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2022
Tokyo court gives same-sex married couple partial win in residency ruling
The court ruled that denying an American man a “designated activities” residency status was against the constitutional guarantee of equality under the law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2022
Why Japan has been taking incremental steps to reopen its borders
The Group of Seven's strictest border rules have been eased in slow, incremental steps, much to the chagrin of foreign nationals waiting to enter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 21, 2022
Even as Japan’s border creaks open, unmarried couples still struggle to reunite
The categories of people allowed entry has been slowly expanded, but those in uncertified relationships have been left out, prompting some to tie the knot.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2022
Japan sees more than 100,000 foreign visitors for fifth consecutive month
Foreign arrivals totaled 169,800 last month, 6.6 times higher than those in August 2021 but down 93.3% from the same month in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2022
Is that legal? How scores of migrants to U.S. came to be shipped north.
Critics have made comparisons to the so-called Reverse Freedom Rides arranged by white segregationists in 1962 to retaliate against those protesting segregation in the South.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2022
Japan government ordered to pay ¥1.65 million over death of man at immigration facility
The bereaved family of the Cameroon man had demanded u00a510 million in damages, alleging officials had failed to send the detainee to a hospital despite his claims of ill health.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2022
Japan to extend financial support for Ukraine evacuees by six months
As the current support period is due to expire from late September, the agency has decided to extend the program for evacuees living in Japan without guarantors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Japan plans to reopen to independent travelers in major shift, report says
Tourists, who will need to have been vaccinated three times or submit a negative test result under the new policy, may be able to enter without a visa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2022
How Japan's Justice Ministry led moves to accept Ukrainian evacuees
Debate has turned to Japan's treatment of refugees, in part because the Ukrainians are defined as evacuees rather refugees in accordance with the United Nation's Refugee Convention.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2022
Government won't resubmit immigration bill in fall parliament
The bill aimed at amending the immigration law was withdrawn from last year's ordinary Diet session, amid backlash over Japanese measures on people applying for refugee status.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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