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IMMIGRATION

BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 5, 2014
Japan to seek more foreign maids
Efforts are under way to bring more foreign housekeepers to Japan to encourage more Japanese women to enter the workforce.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jun 4, 2014
Humanize the dry debate about immigration
Lost in the immigration narrative in Japan is the idea that when we import labor, we import people. With lives. And needs. And voices to be heard.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2014
EU shock may spur reforms
The political gains made by right-wing parties in the European parliamentary election may prompt centrists to make the positive case for immigration more forcibly as well as reforms in how the EU is governed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 24, 2014
Will Japan be a country that welcomes all?
"A nation of immigrants." Japan? The leading proponent of that vision has been Hidenori Sakanaka, former head of the Tokyo Immigration Bureau, current executive director of the private think tank he founded in 2007, the Japan Immigration Policy Institute.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 20, 2014
Aging Japanese-Brazilians facing challenges
Japanese who immigrated to Brazil many decades ago have overall been a success, but now as they move deep into their twilight years they are facing mounting problems, including communication problems with their offspring.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
May 18, 2014
Success of 'Abenomics' hinges on immigration policy
Foreign investment funds generally shun countries with shrinking populations, and this means “Abenomics” can't succeed unless Japan opens its door to more foreigners, an immigration expert warns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
May 18, 2014
Icho's ethnic vitality poses future model for Japan
If Japan throws its doors open to immigrants it might start looking like a certain neighborhood in Yokohama with multilingual street signs, ethnic eateries, and a babel of languages spoken in the streets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2014
Population fixes have anti-foreign bias, official says
The government is in denial over Japan's looming demographic disaster and adopting unrealistic solutions to keep immigrants at arm's length, a former senior immigration official reveals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2014
Japan-Brazilian youths confidently making their mark nationwide
While language and cultural barriers have limited many Brazilians in Japan from actively participating in the wider community, the younger generation, fluent in Japanese, is rising to prominence in a variety of fields.
WORLD
May 4, 2014
A glance at the history of Polish immigration to U.K.
Poles are now the second-largest foreign-born group of people in the U.K., with numbers at a record high following Poland's accession to the EU 10 years ago. But the history of Poles in Britain goes back much further.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2014
Polish immigrants find their footing in Britain
Ten years after Tomasz Dyl left his small hometown near Krakow as a 13-year-old to start a new life in Southampton on England's south coast, his personal trajectory has become emblematic of the story of Polish migration to the U.K.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 4, 2014
A cut-out-and-keep guide to getting legal advice in Japan
With the new school and fiscal year bringing plenty of new arrivals to Japan, here are some basic tips on how to use various legal services in Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2014
Facial ID tests to resume at airports
Facial recognition tests will resume at airports this summer in preparation for the expected surge in visitors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2014
Immigration reform will benefit both U.S. and Asia
If there was bipartisan support in Washington to focus first on immigrant integration — rather than immigrant admissions — it would at least address the brain waste of America's underutilized college-educated immigrants.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2014
Minister cautions on foreign maids
Labor minister Norihisa Tamura on Tuesday expressed reservations about accepting more foreign workers as housekeepers, an idea backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2014
Jeb Bush says illegal immigration to the U.S. often 'an act of love'
Jeb Bush, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, said Sunday that illegal immigrants who come to the United States to provide for their families are not committing a felony but an "act of love."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 2, 2014
Knowing your rights can protect against fake cops
Safeguard yourself against an unwarranted public shakedown
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2014
Only six asylum seekers accepted by Japan in 2013
Just six asylum seekers were granted refugee status by the government last year, the lowest number in 15 years, the Justice Ministry say Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 15, 2014
Olympics highlight the need for foreign blue-collar laborers
In a recent column, Tokyo Shimbun sportswriter Masaru Ogawa called on past and future Olympic athletes to come forward and talk about what he sees as the biggest problem facing the Tokyo 2020 Games: lack of construction workers. Next year, work on venues will start in earnest, but Japan is already burdened...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2014
Tokyo court nixes deportation order against Philippine woman twice married to Japanese
The Tokyo High Court allows a Philippine woman, an illegal immigrant, to stay in Japan, reversing an initial ruling that upheld a deportation order against her.
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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