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The government is planning to increase the number of employees at the Immigration Services Agency by about 200 starting next fiscal year, informed sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/crime-legal/immigration-services-agency-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigrationservicesagency #expats #immigration

The government is planning to increase the number of employees at the Immigration Services Agency by about 200 starting next fiscal year, informed sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/crime-legal/immigration-services-agency-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigrationservicesagency #expats #immigration

The government is planning to increase the number of employees at the Immigration Services Agency by about 200 starting next fiscal year, informed sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/crime-legal/immigration-services-agency-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigrationservicesagency #expats #immigration

The government is planning to increase the number of employees at the Immigration Services Agency by about 200 starting next fiscal year, informed sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/crime-legal/immigration-services-agency-workers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigrationservicesagency #expats #immigration

Japan has welcomed relatively few digital nomads into the country. But those who do meet stringent visa criteria are given a rare opportunity to embed themselves in Japanese life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/07/20/our-lives/digital-nomads-japan-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #visas #immigration #jobs #foreignworkers #expats #immigrationservicesagency

Japan has welcomed relatively few digital nomads into the country. But those who do meet stringent visa criteria are given a rare opportunity to embed themselves in Japanese life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/07/20/our-lives/digital-nomads-japan-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #visas #immigration #jobs #foreignworkers #expats #immigrationservicesagency

https://www.alojapan.com/1514151/the-180-day-locals-life-on-japans-digital-nomad-visa/ The 180-day locals: Life on Japan’s digital nomad visa #expats #ForeignWorkers #immigration #ImmigrationServicesAgency #JapanTrips #jobs #trips #visas Christian Mack’s first, spontaneous trip to Japan in early 2024 left him with a single question: “Should I live here?” “That thought crossed my mind almost as soon as I landed at Haneda Airport,” said Mack, a 33-year-old web developer from Costa Rica who is now based in Berlin. “As soon as I re

Japan to Raise Residence Permit Fees for Foreign Nationals Sharply as Costs Mount

To address the rising costs of accommodating a growing population of foreign residents, the government is moving ahead…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/55626/

https://www.alojapan.com/1507178/japan-plans-to-sharply-raise-fees-for-residence-permits-from-october/ Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October #expats #immigration #ImmigrationServicesAgency #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #visas #京都 #京都府 The government has unveiled its draft guidelines for fee hikes for foreign nationals applying to change or renew their status of residence, as well as for those seeking permanent residency, from Oct. 1. In a news briefing Thursday, Immigration Service Agency (ISA) officials outlined to re

The Japanese government has unveiled its new fee structure for residence permits that it plans to implement from October, which would see applicants pay multiple times more than current rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/03/japan/society/residence-permit-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #visas #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats

The Japanese government has unveiled its new fee structure for residence permits that it plans to implement from October, which would see applicants pay multiple times more than current rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/03/japan/society/residence-permit-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #visas #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats

Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family o…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1506400/japans-detention-system-under-scrutiny-after-ruling-on-abuse-of-restraints/

Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family o…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #AndreKussunoki #HumanRightsNow #HumanRightsWatch #ImmigrationServicesAgency #MinistryofJustice #Nagoya #NelsonMandelaRules #news #OsakaHighCourt #ShinichiIshizuka #TeppeiKasai #Tokyo #VladimirBurgosFujii #WishmaSandamali
https://www.alojapan.com/1506400/japans-detention-system-under-scrutiny-after-ruling-on-abuse-of-restraints/

Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/51482/

https://www.alojapan.com/1506400/japans-detention-system-under-scrutiny-after-ruling-on-abuse-of-restraints/ Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints #AndreKussunoki #HumanRightsNow #HumanRightsWatch #ImmigrationServicesAgency #Japan #JapanNews #MinistryOfJustice #Nagoya #NelsonMandelaRules #news #OsakaHighCourt #ShinichiIshizuka #TeppeiKasai #Tokyo #VladimirBurgosFujii #WishmaSandamali A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration

https://www.alojapan.com/1506400/japans-detention-system-under-scrutiny-after-ruling-on-abuse-of-restraints/ Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints #AndreKussunoki #HumanRightsNow #HumanRightsWatch #ImmigrationServicesAgency #Japan #JapanNews #MinistryOfJustice #Nagoya #NelsonMandelaRules #news #OsakaHighCourt #ShinichiIshizuka #TeppeiKasai #Tokyo #VladimirBurgosFujii #WishmaSandamali A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration

Dubious immigration brokers helped spark business manager visa crackdown

Brokers and other firms in the “immigration business” — many of them Chinese — have long been suspected…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/44723/

Tighter immigration rules could tarnish Japan’s image, opposition lawmaker says

Tighter immigration regulations — from stricter business manager visa criteria to hikes in fees — risk damaging Japan’s international…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/44669/

https://www.alojapan.com/1501027/japan-to-raise-visa-fees-for-foreign-nationals-in-first-revision-in-48-years/ Japan to raise visa fees for foreign nationals in first revision in 48 years #cabinet #expats #ForeignWorkers #immigration #ImmigrationServicesAgency #JapanTourism #tourism #visas The government has decided to raise the fees for visas for foreign nationals by revising a related Cabinet order. The decision, made at a Cabinet meeting Friday, marks the first revision of the visa fees in 48 years, since 1978. The fee will be increased from the cu

The Japanese government has decided to raise the fees for visas for foreign nationals by revising a related Cabinet order, with the higher rates taking effect July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/20/japan/japan-raise-visa-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency #expats #tourism #cabinet

The Japanese government has decided to raise the fees for visas for foreign nationals by revising a related Cabinet order, with the higher rates taking effect July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/20/japan/japan-raise-visa-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency #expats #tourism #cabinet

The Liberal Democratic Party has proposed tougher land acquisition controls in security-sensitive areas and stricter screening of foreign residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/12/japan/politics/ldp-proposal-foreign-property-ownership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #expats

The Liberal Democratic Party has proposed tougher land acquisition controls in security-sensitive areas and stricter screening of foreign residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/12/japan/politics/ldp-proposal-foreign-property-ownership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #expats

An opposition lawmaker has hit out against Japan's recently tightened immigration rules, cautioning that they could tarnish the country's image with a shift toward exclusionism and xenophobia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sakurauchikoshi #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers

An opposition lawmaker has hit out against Japan's recently tightened immigration rules, cautioning that they could tarnish the country's image with a shift toward exclusionism and xenophobia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sakurauchikoshi #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers

Manish Kumar had served curries and biryani out of his Saitama restaurant for 18 years, until Japan's stricter visa rules upended his livelihood almost overnight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/06/08/our-lives/indian-restaurateur-business-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #immigration #expats #india #saitama #visas #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Manish Kumar had served curries and biryani out of his Saitama restaurant for 18 years, until Japan's stricter visa rules upended his livelihood almost overnight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/06/08/our-lives/indian-restaurateur-business-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #immigration #expats #india #saitama #visas #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Brokers working for shady immigration firms have long been suspected of being behind some foreign nationals obtaining business manager visas in Japan through questionable means, which helped lead to tighter restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/05/japan/immigration-business-visas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #visas

Brokers working for shady immigration firms have long been suspected of being behind some foreign nationals obtaining business manager visas in Japan through questionable means, which helped lead to tighter restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/05/japan/immigration-business-visas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #visas

https://www.alojapan.com/1492455/japan-enacts-bill-to-drastically-raise-visa-related-fees/ Japan enacts bill to drastically raise visa-related fees #expats #ForeignWorkers #immigration #ImmigrationServicesAgency #JapanTravel #travel #visas Japan enacted a bill on Friday to raise visa-related fees for foreign nationals by up to 30 times the current levels. The increase will enable the government to use the additional revenue to help cover the administrative costs of managing the country’s growing foreign population. The bill, which

Japan has enacted a bill to hike visa-related fees for foreign nationals, enabling the government to use the additional revenue to help cover the administrative costs of managing the country's growing foreign population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/29/japan/crime-legal/visa-fee-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Japan has enacted a bill to hike visa-related fees for foreign nationals, enabling the government to use the additional revenue to help cover the administrative costs of managing the country's growing foreign population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/29/japan/crime-legal/visa-fee-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Japan will add stronger crackdown measures and cyber patrols in a renewed push to take the number of foreign nationals unlawfully staying in the country to zero, the Immigration Services Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/zero-plan-foreign-nationals-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigrationservicesagency #justiceministry #immigration #foreignworkers

Japan will add stronger crackdown measures and cyber patrols in a renewed push to take the number of foreign nationals unlawfully staying in the country to zero, the Immigration Services Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/zero-plan-foreign-nationals-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigrationservicesagency #justiceministry #immigration #foreignworkers

Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many foreign owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold and facing a frantic scramble to pack up and leave the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/21/japan/society/stricter-business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #justiceministry #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many foreign owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold and facing a frantic scramble to pack up and leave the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/21/japan/society/stricter-business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #justiceministry #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/14/japan/cheap-japanese-services-and-low-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichia #jobsimmigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats #foreignworkers #japaneseeconomy

Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/14/japan/cheap-japanese-services-and-low-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichia #jobsimmigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats #foreignworkers #japaneseeconomy

Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/14/japan/cheap-japanese-services-and-low-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichia #jobsimmigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats #foreignworkers #japaneseeconomy

Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/14/japan/cheap-japanese-services-and-low-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichia #jobsimmigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats #foreignworkers #japaneseeconomy

The Japanese government considers a drop in applications for business manager visas to be a positive outcome following the tightening of eligibility requirements, immigration chief Kimi Onada says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/society/business-manager-visa-applications-plunged/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #visas #immigration #expats #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

The Japanese government considers a drop in applications for business manager visas to be a positive outcome following the tightening of eligibility requirements, immigration chief Kimi Onada says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/society/business-manager-visa-applications-plunged/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #visas #immigration #expats #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Foreign business owners in Japan are feeling the strain of tighter visa requirements that took effect last October, with about 5% considering closing up shop while 45% expect impacts to operations, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/30/foreign-business-managers-visa-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #visas #immigration #expats #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Foreign business owners in Japan are feeling the strain of tighter visa requirements that took effect last October, with about 5% considering closing up shop while 45% expect impacts to operations, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/30/foreign-business-managers-visa-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #visas #immigration #expats #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for immigration procedures, making it likely to be enacted during the current parliamentary session ending in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/japan/crime-legal/immigration-fees-rise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #lowerhouse

Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for immigration procedures, making it likely to be enacted during the current parliamentary session ending in July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/japan/crime-legal/immigration-fees-rise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #lowerhouse

Japan is tightening up the rules for its most common visa category by requiring applicants for certain jobs to submit proof of language proficiency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/society/jlpt-visa-requirement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #immigrationservicesagency #immigration #visas #expats #foreignworkersexpats #livinginjapan

Japan is tightening up the rules for its most common visa category by requiring applicants for certain jobs to submit proof of language proficiency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/society/jlpt-visa-requirement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #immigrationservicesagency #immigration #visas #expats #foreignworkersexpats #livinginjapan

Japan stopped accepting visa applications for foreign restaurant workers under the specified skilled workers program as the number of those allowed to work in the restaurant sector is nearing the limit of 50,000 workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/13/japan/society/foreign-visa-cap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #foreignworkers #immigration #jobs #immigrationservicesagency #expats

Japan's increasingly strict immigration control measures have been yielding quantifiable results for two years, even as foreign arrivals surge to record levels, according to newly released government data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/09/japan/society/immigration-control-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #expats #foreignworkers #immigration #immigrationservicesagency