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IMMIGRATION

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2021
Bureaucracy blunts impact of Japan's eased border controls
While lauded by companies and students as a step towards access to Japan, the easing of travel rules may not be as good as it sounds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2021
Japan to start accepting new entries by businesspeople from Monday
In a major policy change, foreign nationals newly coming to the country for short business trips or to study abroad will be allowed entry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2021
How Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration
Belarus has been flying refugees from various points in the Middle East — Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria — then herding them toward neighboring countries that are members of the European Union.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2021
Japan to reduce quarantine from 10 to three days for business travelers and students
The major policy change, which is likely to boost economic exchanges with other countries, could start as early as Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 16, 2021
U.S. will accept mixed doses of vaccines from international travelers
The CDC said the vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use, as well as those authorized by the WHO, will be accepted for entry into the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Brexit cold turkey: U.K. tries to kick 25-year imported labor habit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit experiment — unique among major economies — has further strained supply chains already creaking.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2021
COVID-19 quarantines to be shortened for fully vaccinated travelers to Japan
Japan will for the first time recognize its own vaccine passports as well as those of about 50 countries and regions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2021
Kin of Sri Lankan who died in custody urge Japan immigration to accept responsibility
Family members have been demanding that the immigration agency disclose two weeks' worth of security camera footage showing the 33-year-old's final days and clarify her cause of death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2021
Japan to loosen quarantine rules for fully vaccinated arrivals from October
The self-isolation period will be reduced to 10 days and can be observed at home, although a positive test on the 10th day would extend the quarantine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2021
Migrants collecting food try to evade law enforcement at U.S.-Mexico border
More than 12,000 migrants, identified by officials on both sides as mostly Haitian, have been gathering in recent days, awaiting immigration processing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2021
Japan to reopen borders for some visa holders as part of quarantine policy changes
People seeking to enter Japan from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka will no longer be covered by a near-total entry ban starting Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2021
Japan immigration footage shows mistreatment of detained foreigner
The video includes footage of Fujii being hauled off to a solitary cell by many officers, as well as him being held down during tussles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2021
Kin of Sri Lankan who died in Japan immigration custody urge full release of surveillance video
The family members of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali were only able to see about half of a two-hour edited version of the footage in August due to its shocking content.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2021
Japan set to shorten quarantine to 10 days for vaccinated arrivals
The move, expected to take effect as early as the end of September, follows calls by Japan's top business lobby to ease entry restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2021
Japan set to be scrubbed from EU safe travel list over COVID-19 rate
The list does not bind individual EU nations, but Germany has already added Japan to its list of 'high-risk areas' subject to tighter entry restrictions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2021
Japan's top business lobby makes case for eased entry restrictions
Keidanren has presented to Suga proposals on relaxed quarantines, opening the border to vaccinated individuals and the domestic use of vaccine passports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2021
Canada, France and Singapore begin to recognize Japan’s vaccine passports
The list of countries and regions accepting the documents has now grown to 34, but the easing of entry restrictions varies from place to place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2021
Japan to issue digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in December, report says
The certificates — intended for overseas travel rather than domestic use — will be issued via a QR scan code through a smartphone app from around mid-December, the Nikkei reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 4, 2021
A lesson is lost in the coverage of one immigrant’s death
Immigration centers may pay closer attention to the health of their charges following the death of one Sri Lankan woman, but the problem of extrajudicial imprisonment remains.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2021
Uber Eats Japan halts hiring of foreign students for food delivery
The firm said checking foreign students' visa status every half year in person and confirming their attendance at schools 'requires a lot of human resources.'
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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