Japan immigration policy

During the pandemic, Japan showed itself to be extremely skeptical toward foreigners, raising questions about the country’s immigration policy going forward.

Japan’s willingness to embrace Ukrainian refugees stems from its hierarchical view of the world and its economic-first view of migrants.

Aging, shrinking, its top position reserved exclusively for men – Japan's monarchy is a neat microcosm of society as a whole.

Tokyo has long been criticized for restrictive immigration policy. Can it change?

If Japan intends to keep relations warm with Vietnam, the government needs to scrap the long-troubled TITP, which stands accused of enabling labor rights abuses.

A recent survey by Japan's Cabinet Office has interesting implications for the push to welcome more foreign workers.

The conformity that is encouraged in Japanese schools shapes a social consciousness that is suspicious of outsiders.

Anger at long-term detention is fueling a hunger strike at the East Japan Immigration Center.

A new immigration reform package still doesn't go far enough to meet Japan's needs.

With competition to recruit IT engineers intensifying, Japan is extending its talent search to emerging economies like India.

As asylum seeker applications in Japan skyrocket, the government is tightening its notoriously tough refugee policy.