The Japanese government said it is responding to "crimes and nuisances committed by some foreigners and inappropriate use of ...

It should be clearly understood that our primary concern in this respect is not whether or not a few thousand or a few hundred Japanese immigrants shall be admitted to America, but whether Japan shall ...

Credit: Depositphotos A newly published report co-written by 11 researchers of Japanese foreign policy and international relations, intending to sketch a new blueprint for Japanese foreign policy ...

The upper house of Japan's Diet on June 9 passed and enacted the revised immigration law, which amends rules on the treatment of foreign nationals without residency status.

An annual government foreign policy report released Tuesday emphasized the importance of Tokyo's push to build a strong rapport and further deepen ties with U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Japan will implement new border measures designed to allow business purpose entries of foreign nationals, which will require improved, light prenotification procedures. Beginning March 1, 2022 ...

In 2019, Japan recognized only 44 foreign nationals as refugees (0.4 percent of all applicants), whereas the United States accepted 44,614 refugees (29.6 percent) and Germany accepted 53,973 ...

It's not just Israel and Qatar spending money to influence Washington. The country shelling out the most for lobbyists in DC, according to data, is Japan.

When Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Laos in July 2024, she made a direct appeal for the early release of the detained Japanese nationals.

With the introduction of the Specified Skilled Worker visa in 2019, Japan effectively became an “immigrant nation,” proactively accepting foreign migrants. The author, however, argues that the ...

The move represents a major policy change for Japan, since it has essentially been prohibiting arrivals by foreign nationals, except for residents re-entering the country, due to the pandemic.

The success rate of asylum applications in Japan remains relatively low. "Since 2007, a total of 17 foreign nationals have died in immigration detention centers across Japan" The recent amendment ...