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IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus slowing immigration procedures for labor-hungry Japan firms
Businesses reliant on a foreign blue-collar workforce are struggling to fill openings as the coronavirus pandemic slows immigration procedures to a crawl both in Japan and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2020
U.S. halts visa services in coronavirus-hit nations including Japan
The U.S. State Department is suspending routine visa services in countries facing heightened travel alerts, including Japan and South Korea, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020
Japan tightens border controls over COVID-19, but power to quarantine limited
A health ministry official confirms that under current law, the government can only request that people submit to a quarantine voluntarily.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020
South Korea suspends visas for Japanese in tit-for-tat coronavirus curbs
The bilateral feud begins anew after Japan asks Korean visitors to self-quarantine upon arrival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2020
'Stand with refugees,' Ethiopian Olympian says ahead of Tokyo Marathon
Nobody chooses to become a refugee: This is what Yonas Kinde, a 39-year-old from Ethiopia, wants people in Japan to realize when they see him competing in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in his bid to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 26, 2020
In night of violence, Greeks try to block access to island migrant camp building sites
Police in riot gear threw teargas and fired water cannon at Greek islanders as they tried to prevent access to construction sites for new migrant detention centres by setting fires, hurling flares and blockading the gates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2020
Peruvian whose arm was broken at Osaka immigration bureau sues Japan
A Japanese Peruvian sued the state on Thursday, alleging that security guards broke his arm while detaining him at the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau in 2017.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2020
How the coronavirus could help Trump
A pandemic that originates in China could make the U.S. president's nationalism seem justified.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2020
Holders of new Japan working visas surge past 1,600, but still way off target
Japan set up the new visas to attract more blue-collar workers from overseas to address its acute labor shortage.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 6, 2020
Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik: The first Indian voice in Tokyo politics
After seeing miscommunication and bullying firsthand, Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik decided to stand up and do something about it. Now, as a politician, he hopes to be a bridge between two communities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 5, 2020
Migrants and refugees on Greece's Lesbos chant for freedom in second day of protests
Hundreds of migrants rallied for a second day on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday to demand faster processing of asylum requests, while local residents staged a separate protest calling for the camps to close.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2020
New Japanese passports featuring ukiyo-e by Katsushika Hokusai to be issued from this month
The iconic “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” as well as other pieces from the series “Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji” will be printed onto the pages as an anti-forgery measure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 3, 2020
Japanese society warms to asylum-seekers despite the government's cold shoulder
Hilmneh Tegegn came to Japan from Ethiopia 11 years ago seeking refugee status here and seemed to do everything right. After more than a decade of waiting, he finally got a visa — to the United States.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2020
Number of foreign workers in Japan totals record 1.66 million
Chinese accounted for a quarter of the total with 418,327, followed by 401,326 Vietnamese and 179,685 Filipinos, the labor ministry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2020
Record 31.19 million foreign nationals entered Japan in 2019
The number of foreign nationals who entered Japan in 2019 came to 31.19 million, logging a record high for the seventh consecutive year, the Immigration Services Agency said in a preliminary report Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2020
Japan to cast net wider after sluggish start for blue-collar visa program
Less than 2,000 have obtained working permits under the program, a low figure given that Japan was expecting to draw 40,000 in the first year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 29, 2020
Italy allows rescue boat with 403 migrants aboard to dock after days stranded at sea
A charity ship carrying hundreds of people rescued in the Mediterranean said on Tuesday it had received permission to dock in Italy as European governments tried to agree where the migrants should go.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 28, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court lets hard-line Trump immigration policy take effect
The U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Monday for one of President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Japan's population will grow again — if it keeps on falling
If Japan's population decline continues at the current pace, a large-scale influx of people from outside the country could take place.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2020
U.K. opens door to scientists but warns firms about low-skilled migrants after Brexit
The U.K. will relax visa rules for top scientists next month, while pledging to clamp down on low-skilled migration after Brexit.
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.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
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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