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For historical and cultural reasons, Japan has always had strict immigration laws, even though its aging population might ...

The body will serve as a cross-agency 'control tower' to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign ...

Japan launches government body to address over-tourism and unruly foreigners - Japan welcomed a record 36 million tourists in ...

Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...

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Although Prime Minister Ishiba has launched a task force to address concerns about foreign nationals, his popularity ...

The overall population in Japan fell to 125.41 million people, a decrease of about 511,000. ... The number of foreign nationals who have an address in Japan was 2.99 million people as of Jan. 1, ...

Under a “rigorous screening” system, Japan will not renew the visas of mid- and long-term foreign residents who have failed to properly pay medical expenses, taxes or social insurance premiums.