The Japanese government has decided to raise the fees for visas for foreign nationals by revising a related Cabinet order, with the higher rates taking effect July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/20/japan/japan-raise-visa-fees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency #expats #tourism #cabinet

The Liberal Democratic Party has proposed tougher land acquisition controls in security-sensitive areas and stricter screening of foreign residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/12/japan/politics/ldp-proposal-foreign-property-ownership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #expats

An opposition lawmaker has hit out against Japan's recently tightened immigration rules, cautioning that they could tarnish the country's image with a shift toward exclusionism and xenophobia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/08/japan/society/business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sakurauchikoshi #visas #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers

Manish Kumar had served curries and biryani out of his Saitama restaurant for 18 years, until Japan's stricter visa rules upended his livelihood almost overnight. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2026/06/08/our-lives/indian-restaurateur-business-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #immigration #expats #india #saitama #visas #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Brokers working for shady immigration firms have long been suspected of being behind some foreign nationals obtaining business manager visas in Japan through questionable means, which helped lead to tighter restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/05/japan/immigration-business-visas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #foreignworkers #visas

Japan has enacted a bill to hike visa-related fees for foreign nationals, enabling the government to use the additional revenue to help cover the administrative costs of managing the country's growing foreign population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/29/japan/crime-legal/visa-fee-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Japan will add stronger crackdown measures and cyber patrols in a renewed push to take the number of foreign nationals unlawfully staying in the country to zero, the Immigration Services Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/zero-plan-foreign-nationals-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #immigrationservicesagency #justiceministry #immigration #foreignworkers

Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many foreign owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold and facing a frantic scramble to pack up and leave the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/21/japan/society/stricter-business-manager-visa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #justiceministry #visas #immigration #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency

Nearly half of foreign residents in Japan say they have experienced some form of discrimination in their everyday lives, most often housing related, a government survey found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/19/japan/society/foreigner-discrimination-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #immigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats

Japan is being forced to confront the tradeoff between cheap services, rising wages and limited immigration as labor shortages and tighter visa rules strain the economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/14/japan/cheap-japanese-services-and-low-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichia #jobsimmigration #immigrationservicesagency #expats #foreignworkers #japaneseeconomy