Japan's government has proposed letting foreign cooks resume working in meal services at medical, welfare and school facilities by reclassifying that work into a different visa-sector category, while also raising ...
Japan had a record 4,281,026 foreign residents at the end of June 2026, up 3.8% in six months, while holders of the Business Manager status fell 8.6% after stricter rules ...
PM Sanae Takaichi has pledged to finalize Japan's basic policy on accepting foreign residents by the end of March 2027, as the government weighs whether to cap immigration and separately ...
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sets out the passport, application form, photo, and Certificate of Eligibility applicants need for a Japan work visa.
Japan's Immigration Services Agency revised its permanent-residency guideline on October 1, 2026, raising income, pension and Japanese-language bars for applications filed from April 2027, and issued a companion guideline on ...
Japan's permanent-residency application fee rises twentyfold from 1 October, alongside a new income floor and pension test for PR applicants.
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi details an immigration overhaul, citing a 90% drop in business-manager visas and a new permanent-residency income floor taking effect this week.
Japan's government under PM Takaichi is proposing tighter permanent residency requirements, including minimum income and language tests.
The Bank of Japan raised its policy interest rate by a quarter point, from 1.0% to 1.25%, on September 18, with its Policy Board voting 7-2 in favor, according to ...
Japan's nationwide average land prices rose 1.5% in the year to July 1, marking a fifth straight annual increase, with the Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya metro area up 4.4%.
