Policy & Local Government Trends
Policy decisions and local-government responses related to immigration and foreign residents.
- 26-10-06 Nara Police and Transport Bureau Hand Out Flyers Urging Foreign Tourists Not to Use Unlicensed Taxis; 15 Cases Caught in 2025 (NHK / 奈良テレビ放送)
- 26-10-05 Nationality Declaration Becomes Mandatory for Property Ownership Registration From October 5, Covering Japanese Nationals Too (日本経済新聞ほか)
- 26-09-11 Immigration Agency to Conduct Joint On-Site Inspections With Other Ministries, Starting With Demolition Contractors in October (共同通信)
- 26-09-03 Toyama Prefecture Publishes Draft "Multicultural Coexistence Community Development" Ordinance, Public Comment Through October 7 (北日本新聞)
- 26-08-23 Education Ministry to Seek Over ¥10 Billion in FY2027 Budget to Expand Japanese-Language "Pre-Classes" for Foreign Resident Children (Yomiuri Shimbun Online (via Yahoo! News))
- 26-08-18 Kagawa Prefecture Offers Up to ¥1 Million to Renovate Vacant Homes for Foreign Worker Housing (香川県)
- 26-08-14 18.6% of Foreign Workers Leave Japan Without Paying Resident Tax, Internal Affairs Ministry Survey Finds (共同通信)
- 26-08-13 Oita's Yufu City to Give Away 12 Residential Lots Free to Relocating Families With Children; Applications Open September 30 (Nikkei)
- 26-08-06 [United States] Trump Signs Executive Order Banning "Birth Tourism"; Those Deemed to Qualify Face Visa Denial and Deportation (CNN/NPR/NBCニュース/ホワイトハウス公式発表)
- 26-08-06 "Pakistan Japan Friendship Festival 2026" Held in Ueno Park, Backed by Foreign Ministry and Pakistani Embassy (上野公園イベント情報サイト各種)
- 26-08-05 Kagoshima Prefecture Launches Program to Recruit Skilled Talent From India, Including Job Fair Support and Corporate Seminars (鹿児島県公式サイト)
- 26-08-04 Permanent Residents' Welfare Receipt Rate of 1.96% Exceeds Japan's Overall Rate of 1.62%, Even as Agency Calls It "Roughly on Par" (Jiji Press (via Yahoo! News))
- 26-08-04 Rental Car Accidents Involving Foreign Tourists Surge 15-Fold to 575 Cases in Nagano; Concentrated Near Tourist Spots and Ski Resorts, Prompting Government Pilot Program (NBS Nagano Broadcasting (via Yahoo! News) / Kanko Keizai Shimbun)
- 26-08-04 Saitama Governor Makes Third Request to Foreign Ministry to Suspend Visa Waiver With Turkey, Citing Kurdish-Related Trouble (朝日新聞/時事通信(Yahoo!ニュース配信))
- 26-08-04 Immigration Agency to Revise Permanent Residency Guidelines, Requiring Income Above Average Japanese Household and 30 Years of Equivalent Pension Contributions (Nikkei)
- 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)
- 26-04-20 Japan's Children and Families Agency Admits Mistaken Child Allowance Payments to Foreign Nationals Who Moved Abroad; "We Don't Know the Number or Total Amount" (国会答弁(参院こども・子育て・若者活躍に関する特別委員会)に基づく報道)
- 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))