Policy & Local Government Trends
Policy decisions and local-government responses related to immigration and foreign residents.
- 26-07-31 Immigration Agency Unveils 'Second Basic Plan for Immigration Control,' Moving to Tighten Permanent Residency Rules (Nikkei)
- 26-07-29 Foreign Residents Top 4.03 Million, a Record High, as Japanese Population Falls for 17th Straight Year: Internal Affairs Ministry Data (Jigyo Kosou Online (based on a Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announcement))
- 26-07-28 Cabinet Approves 226 More Immigration Officers to Crack Down on Overstayers and Speed Up Residency Screening, Justice Minister Announces (Jiji Press (via Yahoo! News))
- 26-07-24 Government Approves 230 New Immigration Officers to Boost Overstayer Crackdown, Sets Up Expert Panel on Numerical Acceptance Targets (Yomiuri Shimbun (via Infoseek News))
- 26-07-19 Japan to Add Over 200 Immigration Officers in Rare Emergency Hiring to Crack Down on Overstayers (Yomiuri Shimbun)
- 26-07-03 Japan to Raise Residence Status Fees for Foreign Nationals to Up to ¥75,000, Permanent Residency Fee to ¥200,000 (Jiji Press)
- 26-07-01 Kawaguchi City Opens Japan's First Consultation Counter for Foreign Residents Staffed by a Resident Immigration Official (Saitama Shimbun (via Yahoo! News))
- 26-06-15 Kawaguchi City Publishes Official Responses to Public Inquiries About Foreign Residents (City of Kawaguchi (official website))
- 26-06-14 Japan Launches 'Specified Residence Card' Integrating Residence Card and My Number ID (Immigration Services Agency)
- 26-06-06 Immigration Agency to Use Deportees' 'Regrets' to Persuade Overstayers to Leave, Considers Reviving Charter Flight Deportations (Sankei Shimbun)
- 26-05-22 Immigration Services Agency Unveils "Zero Illegal Overstayers Plan — Intensive Promotion Package" (Immigration Services Agency)
- 26-05-15 54 Years After Okinawa's Reversion, Riot Police Deployed as Chukaku-ha Radicals and Right-Wing Group Clash at Base Protest (Naigai Times)
- 26-05-11 Ibaraki Becomes First Prefecture in Japan to Offer ¥10,000 Reward for Reporting Illegal Foreign Worker Employment (coki)
- 26-04-29 Chukaku-ha Activist, 65, Arrested on the Spot for Assaulting Riot Police Officer at Protest Against 'Showa 100th Anniversary Ceremony' (Tokyo Shimbun Digital)
- 26-04-04 Japan Recognized 187 Refugees in 2025 as Fast-Track 'Manifestly Unfounded' Rejections Surge (Japan Association for Refugees)
- 26-03-27 Number of Foreign Residents in Japan Tops 4 Million for First Time, Immigration Agency Announces (Immigration Services Agency)
- 26-01-23 Government Adopts Comprehensive Measures for Accepting Foreign Nationals and Achieving Orderly Coexistence (Prime Minister's Office (Ministerial Council on Realizing an Orderly Society of Coexistence with Foreign Nationals))
- 25-12-24 Public Security Intelligence Agency Publishes 2026 Annual Report, Including Trends Among Far-Left Militant Groups (Public Security Intelligence Agency)
- 25-12-15 Fujisawa City Issues Official Statement on Inquiries Regarding Mosque Construction (City of Fujisawa (official website/PDF))
- 25-10-01 Nagai City Publishes Official Positions on JICA Africa Hometown Initiative (City of Nagai (official website))
- 25-09-25 JICA Withdraws 'Africa Hometown' Initiative Amid Social Media Misinformation (JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency))
- 25-07-28 Saitama Governor Calls on Government to Suspend Japan-Turkey Visa Waiver (Next Generation (reporting the governor's remarks at a prefectural assembly exchange))