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JAPANESE EXPATS

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has become increasingly vigilant about monitoring the activities of foreign nationals within the country.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2023
China steps up scrutiny of Japanese in China after Fukushima decision
More than 100,000 Japanese nationals live in China, and some in the international community worry they may be treated as potential hostages.
Ryuzaburo Mizuno, who was born in Brazil seven years after the Great Kanto Earthquake, holds a photo of his family.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Aug 7, 2023
A diaspora remembers the disaster that forged it
There is a significant Brazilian community in Japan, but 100 years ago a major disaster spurred the growth of a Japanese community in Brazil.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2023
58 Japanese citizens and family members evacuated from Sudan
Forty-five of them were flown out on a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to neighboring Djibouti.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2023
Japanese nonprofit head evacuated from Sudan hopes peace will return
Naoyuki Kawahara of Rocinantes was among 45 Japanese nationals and their families who were evacuated aboard an SDF plane on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2023
All Japanese wishing to evacuate have left Sudan, Kishida says
On Monday, an SDF plane airlifted 45 Japanese residents and their families from Port Sudan in the country's northeast to Djibouti.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2023
SDF planes arrive in Djibouti to prepare for Sudan evacuation
Three Self-Defense Forces aircraft have arrived in Djibouti, the Defense Ministry said, in preparation for the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2023
Two more SDF planes leave Japan to prepare for Sudan evacuation
A total of 63 Japanese citizens, including embassy staff, were in Sudan as of Wednesday, a government official said earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023
SDF plane leaves for Djibouti to evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan
The C-130 transport airplane departed from Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to stand by in Djibouti to extricate 63 Japanese citizens in Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2023
SDF planes to leave this weekend for evacuating nationals from Sudan
The planes are expected to leave for Djibouti this weekend, from where they will fly to Sudan to evacuate around 60 Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2023
SDF to evacuate Japanese citizens from Sudan as conflict rages
The government will send Self-Defense Forces personnel to evacuate Japanese citizens from the African nation, the top government spokesman said in an unscheduled news conference.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2023
Tokyo High Court dismisses challenge to Japan's ban on dual nationality
The decision endorsed a lower court ruling that dual citizenship 'could cause conflict in the rights and obligations between countries, as well as between the individual and the state.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2023
A record number of Japanese nationals are now living as permanent residents abroad
In the survey released in December, 557,034 Japanese nationals were permanent residents overseas, with the figure steadily increasing in the past two decades.
One in 10 young people in Japan a victim of molestation, survey finds
The survey found that most groping cases occurred on trains and that 80.4% of victims did not alert the police or train station staff after being groped, out of fears of causing a commotion.
Weak yen inflicts major damage to small and midsize businesses, survey says
The weakness of the yen is posing a big problem for small and midsize businesses. As for desired exchange rates, 69.5％ said they want the yen trading between ¥110 and ¥135 to the dollar.
Over 80 nursing homes in Japan went bankrupt in first half
A nursing home in Ishikawa Prefecture. Wage increases in other industries have made the nursing care sector less attractive.
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040
A Vietnamese worker harvests tomatoes at a farm in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan releases new banknotes for first time in 20 years
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida show off the new banknotes in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Asking for food substitutions at a Japanese restaurant
With the vegan lifestyle becoming more popular in recent years, Japanese restaurants and inns have begun to offer more vegetarian options.
Mount Fuji begins charging entrance fees as overtourism prevention measure
Tourists in front of the restaurant and shopping area of Mount Fuji's 5th Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail for hikers climbing the mountain, in Narusawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 19.
Japan’s basketball stars set sights on glory at Paris Games
Lakers forward Rui Hachimura will be a key part of Japan's Olympic ambitions this summer.
Japan looks farther out to sea for overdue wind power boost
Wind turbines near New Brighton, England. According to the International Energy Agency, Japan could produce over 900% of its energy demand with offshore wind alone.
Craft beer, craftsmanship and a family of reinvention
Ryosuke Kunisawa hopes his "concept brewpub" serves as a focal point to an image change for the salaryman epicenter that is the Shimbashi neighborhood.

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