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26-07-31 Immigration Agency Unveils 'Second Basic Plan for Immigration Control,' Moving to Tighten Permanent Residency Rules (Nikkei)
26-07-30 Vietnamese Man, 20, Arrested Over Impersonation Scheme Linked to Theft Ring That Stole Roughly ¥900 Million in Smartphones (Chukyo TV News (via Yahoo! News))
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))
26-07-29 Two Ringleaders Re-Arrested as 11-Member Vietnamese Theft Ring Tied to 111 Burglaries, ¥47.8 Million in Damage Across 5 Kanto Prefectures (KAB (Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting))
26-07-28 Vietnamese Woman, 35, Arrested for Attempted Murder After Slashing Man's Neck at Kisarazu Home (Chiba Prefectural Police (official 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))
26-07-28 Vietnamese Company Executive and Female Office Worker Arrested Over Receipt of ¥7.52 Million in Special Fraud Proceeds (Yomiuri Shimbun Online (via Yahoo! News))
26-07-26 Over 33,000 Sign Petition Opposing Fujisawa Mosque Construction as City Assembly Rejects All Related Petitions (Minkabu Magazine)
26-07-24 Vietnamese Technical Intern Trainee Arrested for Allegedly Breaking Into Vacant House in Tendo, Yamagata, and Stealing Rings (Sakuranbo Television)
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))
26-07-23 Vietnamese Woman Arrested as Alleged 'Collector' in Drugstore Theft Ring That Stole Over 4,000 Medicine Items Worth ¥16.7 Million Across Tokyo and Six Prefectures (FNN Prime Online (via Yahoo! News))
26-07-22 Former Chinese Hire-Car Company President Among 4 Arrested for Lending Business License to Unlicensed 'White Taxi' Drivers, Allegedly Received ¥38 Million in Fees (Jiji Press)
26-07-21 Six Vietnamese Nationals Arrested in Bangkok Over Attempted Smuggling of 2kg of Methamphetamine to Japan Hidden in Tamarind Paste Jars (Thai Hyper (Thailand Hyperlinks))
26-07-19 Japan to Add Over 200 Immigration Officers in Rare Emergency Hiring to Crack Down on Overstayers (Yomiuri Shimbun)
26-07-19 Bangladesh Prepares to Expand Worker Dispatch to Japan Under Specified Skilled Worker Program (The Business Standard (Bangladesh))
26-07-16 Two Vietnamese Nationals Arrested for Possessing Cannabis for Sale, Saitama House Suspected as Dealing Hub (Kobe Shimbun NEXT)
26-07-14 Taiwanese Women Arrested as Alleged Cash Collectors in Investment Fraud Scheme, One Accomplice Already Indicted (Nikkei)
26-07-13 Two Chinese Nationals Arrested on Suspicion of Breaking Into Vacant House in Kochi Prefecture (Kochi Shimbun)
26-07-09 Nigerian Man Arrested, Then Released, Over Alleged Touting Targeting Tourists in Kabukicho (nippon.com (via Jiji Press))
26-07-06 Foreign Suspect Jumps Into River and Flees During Voluntary Questioning Near Osaka Detention House (Livedoor News)
26-07-05 'One of Asia's Largest Criminal Organizations': Executive Re-Arrested Over Lending Residence Card to Another Person (Nikkei)
26-07-05 Men Suspected of Being International Crime Ring Executives Re-Arrested Over Alleged Residence Card Misuse (Jiji Press)
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)
26-07-02 Chinese Company Executive and Six Others Arrested Over Laundering ¥200 Million from SNS Investment Scam (Jiji Press)
26-07-02 Three Vietnamese Nationals Re-Arrested Over Theft of 6,700 Meters of Copper Cable From Toyota City Solar Plant (Chunichi Shimbun)
26-07-02 Technical Intern Program Supervisor Arrested for Running Illegal Sex Business Employing 40 Thai Women, Earning ¥136.8 Million (coki)
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))
26-07-01 Chinese National Arrested Over Phone Scam Impersonating Police Officer, Woman in Her 20s in Chatan Loses ¥400,000 (Ryukyu Shimpo)
26-06-29 Vietnamese Man, 33, Arrested for Breaking Into 90-Year-Old Woman's Home, Suspected of Up to 150 Other Break-Ins in Kanagawa (FNN Prime Online (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-26 Six Vietnamese Nationals Arrested for Possessing Cable Cutters, Suspected of Planning Copper Wire Theft — First Such Case in Okayama Prefecture (OHK Okayama Broadcasting (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-25 Arrest Warrants Issued for Two Suspected Masterminds in Vietnam Behind Mass Shoplifting Ring (TBS NEWS DIG (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-25 Filipino Teen's Charge Upgraded to Fatal Reckless Driving After Three Rail Workers Struck at Level Crossing (Kyodo News (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-24 Chinese Man and Japanese Woman Arrested Over False Marriage Registration in Aichi (Tokai Television)
26-06-24 Chinese Man Indicted for Unlicensed Driving While on Suspended Sentence, Reoffending 7 Months After Saitama Hit-and-Run Conviction (TV Saitama (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-23 South Korean Women Arrested Over Suspected Sham-Marriage Brokering (NTV News (breaking news, reposted via SNS))
26-06-23 Nagoya Customs Reports Iranian Man Over Alleged Attempt to Smuggle 40 Kilograms of Methamphetamine (NHK News)
26-06-20 South Korean Man Arrested for Shoplifting Groceries (Yamaguchi Shimbun)
26-06-17 Three Chinese Nationals Arrested Over 'Underground Bank' Allegedly Used to Launder Special Fraud Proceeds (Jiji Press)
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)
26-06-12 American College Student Indicted for Smuggling Methamphetamine Worth 800 Million Yen at Street Value (NHK News)
26-06-11 17-Year-Old Filipino Boy Arrested on Suspicion of Robbery Resulting in Injury (TV Saitama (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-10 Indonesian Couple Arrested Over Suspected Unlicensed 'Underground Bank,' Allegedly Transferred 1 Billion Yen (CBC Television (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-09 Three Arrested in Hiroshima Over Alleged Sham Marriage for Residency Status and Payment, Including Filipino Woman (Chugoku Shimbun Digital)
26-06-08 Chinese Technical Intern Trainee Re-Arrested on Attempted Murder Charge After Allegedly Beating Another Male Coworker with a Crowbar (KBC Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-08 Chinese Technical Intern Trainee Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder After Allegedly Striking Coworker with an Axe (NTV News NNN (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-06 Immigration Agency to Use Deportees' 'Regrets' to Persuade Overstayers to Leave, Considers Reviving Charter Flight Deportations (Sankei Shimbun)
26-06-05 Civil Engineering Company President and Father Arrested Over Suspected Facilitation of Illegal Employment of Four Vietnamese Workers (Kobe Shimbun NEXT (via Yahoo! News))
26-06-02 Three Chinese Nationals Arrested Over Ginza Robbery of 21.85 Million Yen in Cash (Jiji Press)
26-06-01 Unauthorized 'Illegal Mosque' in Kawagoe, Saitama; City Demands Removal (NEWS Post Seven (Weekly Post))
26-05-26 French Woman Arrested for Shoplifting Tarts From Souvenir Shop While Traveling in Hokkaido (STV News Hokkaido (via Yahoo! News))
26-05-25 Cleaning Company Hiring Manager Arrested After Tip That 'Foreign Nationals Were Working Illegally' (Kobe Shimbun NEXT (via Yahoo! News))
26-05-22 Immigration Services Agency Unveils "Zero Illegal Overstayers Plan — Intensive Promotion Package" (Immigration Services Agency)
26-05-20 Three Vietnamese Nationals Arrested Over Suspected Residence Card Forgery, Organized Counterfeiting Ring Suspected (NHK (republished via an administrative scrivener's office site))
26-05-16 Trio of Thai Nationals Tied to 167 Vacant-House Burglaries Across 11 Prefectures, Damages Estimated at 24 Million Yen (Ibaraki Shimbun)
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)
26-05-13 Three Arrested for Brokering Illegal Thai Labor for Apple Orchards, Employer Already Arrested (Mainichi Shimbun (via Yahoo! News))
26-05-12 Three Arrested Over Suspected 215-Kilogram Methamphetamine Smuggling, but Nagoya Prosecutors Decline to Indict Any of Them (Chunichi Shimbun)
26-05-11 Ibaraki Becomes First Prefecture in Japan to Offer ¥10,000 Reward for Reporting Illegal Foreign Worker Employment (coki)
26-05-10 Indian Temp Worker Arrested on Suspicion of Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse (Kyoto Shimbun (SNS post))
26-05-08 South Korean Man Arrested Over Alleged Shoplifting and Resale of More Than 10,000 Items from Tokyo Bookstores (NTV News NNN (via Yahoo! News))
26-05-01 Kurdish Residents in Kawaguchi Hold 'Night Patrols' in Bid for Coexistence: 'We Consider This Town Our Home,' Amid Criticism (Tokyo Shimbun Digital)
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)
26-04-21 Three Brazilian Defendants Indicted Over Cultivation of 143 Cannabis Plants at House in Itoman, Okinawa (Ryukyu Shimpo (via Yahoo! News))
26-04-20 Kawaguchi Demolition Company Raided, Kurdish Company President Among Those Arrested Over Employing Illegal Workers (Saitama Shimbun)
26-04-12 Opponents and Supporters of Fujisawa Mosque Construction Plan Clash Near Station (Diamond Online)
26-04-09 Construction Worker Arrested Over Suspected Facilitation of Illegal Employment of Two Vietnamese Nationals (Kobe Shimbun NEXT (via Yahoo! News))
26-04-07 Japan to Require Proof of Japanese-Language Proficiency for Specified Skilled Worker Visa Applicants (Migrant Times)
26-04-07 Pakistani Man and Five Others Arrested Over Suspected Smuggling of 270kg of Methamphetamine from UAE Worth ¥14.3 Billion (Tokyo Shimbun Digital)
26-04-04 Japan Recognized 187 Refugees in 2025 as Fast-Track 'Manifestly Unfounded' Rejections Surge (Japan Association for Refugees)
26-03-30 Tsukuba City Says It Will Not Offer Halal School Lunches, Citing Policy of Equal Meals for All Students Regardless of Religion (City of Tsukuba (official website))
26-03-29 Bangladesh State Minister Meets Japanese Delegation to Discuss Japanese-Language Training and Expanded Study/Work Opportunities (Daily Sun (Bangladesh))
26-03-27 Number of Foreign Residents in Japan Tops 4 Million for First Time, Immigration Agency Announces (Immigration Services Agency)
26-03-15 19 Thai Nationals Arrested on Suspicion of Facilitating Illegal Overstay (Nagano Asahi Broadcasting (abn))
26-03-01 Second- and Third-Generation Kurdish Youths Accused of Disruptive Behavior in Kawaguchi Neighborhood, Residents Uneasy (Seiji Portal)
26-02-26 Chinese Man and Accomplice Arrested for Brokering Sham Marriages Allegedly Recruited via Social Media (Tokai Television (via Yahoo! News))
26-02-20 Two Vietnamese Nationals Arrested Over 136 Thefts of Agricultural Spraying Equipment Across Tochigi, Gunma, and Saitama (Tochigi Television)
26-02-15 National Police Agency 'Crime Statistics': Monthly Arrest Data for Crimes by Foreign Nationals in Japan, by Nationality (National Police Agency)
26-02-10 Toyota Land Cruiser Theft Ring: Three Brazilian Nationals Arrested Over Suspected Theft of 50 Vehicles Across Tokyo and Seven Prefectures (Nikkei)
26-02-04 Four Arrested, Including Ugandan and Nigerian Nationals, Over Suspected Theft and Smuggling of More Than 300 Stolen Toyota HiAce Vans (Josei Jishin (via Yahoo! News))
26-01-28 Kurdish Coexistence Becomes Key Issue in Kawaguchi Mayoral Election (Tokyo Shimbun Digital)
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))
26-01-23 Cabinet Approves New Fields for Specified Skilled Worker Program: Logistics Warehousing, Linen Supply, Resource Recycling, and More (Immigration Services Agency)
26-01-23 Four Chinese Nationals Arrested Over Suspected Laundering of Over 300 Million Yen From Police Impersonation Scam (Jiji Press)
26-01-18 Fujisawa Masjid Launches Official Website, Signals Focus on 'Dialogue' with Residents (Kanagawa Shimbun (Kanaloco))
26-01-14 13 Extradited From Cambodia Arrested Over Phone Scam Ring Suspected of Defrauding Victims of 50 Million Yen (Jiji Press)
26-01-10 Pakistan's Bureau of Emigration Lists Japan-Bound Job Openings on Official Site (Bureau of Emigration & Overseas Employment (Pakistani government))
26-01-08 Mosque Construction Plan Emerges in Itoshima, Fukuoka, Amid Complaints of Insufficient Advance Notice to Residents (Data Max)
26-01-03 Local Media Explains Reception Process for Indonesian Technical Intern Trainees After Arrival in Japan (Migrant Times)
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))
25-08-01 Turkish Media Reports on Domestic Reaction to Japan's Kurdish Asylum Issue (Turkiye Today (Turkey))
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))
25-07-26 Vietnamese Technical Intern Trainee Arrested for Robbery-Murder After Mother and Daughter Attacked in Imari, Saga (Nikkei)
25-07-15 Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo Denies Rumor of Japan Work Ban (Tempo (citing a statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo))