Filing a tax return by the deadline is an annual bane, but for many foreigners residing in Japan, it is even more headache inducing because of the language barrier. Foreign nationals living and ...

The government is considering granting residency to the children of foreign nationals who grow up in Japan but who later are threatened with deportation together with their parents, sources said.

The number of foreign residents in Japan is booming. The Internal Affairs Ministry says the figure reached 2.49 million in 2018. But a new survey finds that only one in five Japanese people have ...

Life Where I'm From Why Foreigners Have Difficulty Renting in Japan Posted: January 6, 2025 | Last updated: January 6, 2025 In a recent survey by the Japanese Ministry of Justice, it was found ...

The number of foreigners living in Japan has reached 3.41 million — a record high — but they often face discrimination when they try and find a place to live. The government has called on real ...

While prostitution remains illegal in Japan, certain forms of adult entertainment such as “soaplands” are used as a loophole. “Soaplands” are businesses where customers can engage in non ...

NAHA, Japan -- The number of foreign residents in Japan's subtropical Okinawa prefecture has soared 50% in two and a half years, with overseas workers flocking to opportunities in hospitality and ...

Three foreign-born residents in Japan have sued the country's authorities over alleged racial profiling. The plaintiffs say they have suffered distress from repeated police questioning based on ...

Eleven Indonesian citizens in Japan have been named suspects in the murder of a fellow Indonesian in the country’s Gunma prefecture, the Foreign Ministry has reported. The Isesaki Police in ...

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Many, on social media, have described this new visa policy as “breeding visa,” with the notion that it encourages foreigners ...

This year, though, for the first time the prefecture’s researchers also sifted through statistical data to determine the happiness specifically of foreign residents of Ibaraki, and compared the ...