Issues of Foreigners

2024.12.16 Access to Remedy for Migrant Workers in Japan（2024）

2024.03.29 Statement against the Introduction of New Procedures for Revocation of Residence Status of Permanent Residents*（2024）

2023.09.30 Filipino Migrant Women and Japanese Society - 40 Years of Interaction（2023）

2023.09.30 Miraculous Victory: Reflections on Seeking Refugee Status based on LGBTQ Persecution（2023）

2023.09.30 Japanese Immigration Law in 2023: Changes and Issues（2023）

2023.09.30 Being a Human Rights Commissioner in Japan（2023）

2023.06.30 Zainichi Korean Human Rights Forum 2023 - The Rights of Ethnic Minorities（2023）

2023.03.31 Segregation and the Health of the Non-Japanese（2023）

2022.09.26 Viral Disruption and Labor Rearrangement:  COVID-19 and its Impact on the Procurement of  Migrant Healthcare Workers for Japan（2022）

2021.12.01 International Marriage in Japan: Russian-Speaking Women Married to Japanese Men（2021）

2021.06.27 Chosen-seki as Stateless Residents: Is Their Social Integration in Japan Possible?（2021）

2021.03.16 Japan Platform for Migrant Workers towards Responsible and Inclusive Society（2021）

2020.09.30 COVID-19 Crisis and Filipinos in Kansai* (2020)

2019.12.24 Nepalese Children in Japan: Facing a Great Opportunity or an Uncertain Future? (2019)

2019.06.18 Osaka City Ordinance Against Hate Speech (2016)

2019.06.18 Business, Human Rights and Refugees (2016)

2016.09.18 Japan's Hate Speech Elimination Law (2016)

2016.04.28 Pilot Refugee Resettlement Program: Japan Experience (2015)

2016.04.28 Vietnamese Boat People: 40 Years Later (2015)

2013.03.29 Support for Non-Japanese Residents in Japan (2013)

2013.03.29 Inclusive Society (2013)

2012.12.28 Chinese Residents in Osaka: Facing a Dilemma (2012)

2012.12.28 Domestic Violence in Japan - Support Services and Psychosocial Impact on Survivors (2012)

2012.12.28 Combatting Sex Trafficking in Japan (2012)

2011.12.30 Zainichi Firipin-jin: Status and Hardships (2011)

2009.12.01 Life as Dekkasseguis: The Brazilian Community in Japan (2009)

2009.12.01 Fighting the Insecurity of Foreign Residents - Possibilities of Cooperation between Japanese and Korean People (2009)

2009.03.01 Symposium on Multi-cultural Families and the Local Community (2009)

2008.06.30 The Everyday Life of Muslims in Japan

2008.03.12 National Police Agency: 43 Victims of Trafficking were protected in Japan in 2007 (2008)

2008.02.06 41 individuals were recognized as Refugees in Japan in 2007 (2008)

2008.01.01 South Korean National Assembly Approved Government Support (JPY 360 Million) for Korean Residents in Utoro Area, Kyoto, Japan (2008)

2007.12.16 Japan: Ministry of Justice Revised Guidelines on Foreign Trainees/Technical Interns (2007)

2007.12.01 Korea-Japan Symposiums on "International Marriage" and "Female Migrant Workers" (2007)

2007.11.05 "Fingerprints and Mug Shots" Now Required for Foreigners' Entry into Japan (2007)

2007.11.01 Japan: Supreme Court Orders Compensation for Korean A-Bomb Survivors (2007)

2007.07.12 Japan: Offence of Human Trafficking Applied to Case of Japanese Woman for the First Time (2007)

2007.05.01 Supreme Court of Japan Dismissed Claims of Chinese Victims of Forced Labour (2007)

2007.04.08 Proposed Reporting System on Foreign Workers Criticized by Human Rights Advocates

2007.04.02 UNHCR Reports Increase in Asylum Seekers in Japan in 2006 (2006)

2007.03.02 Ministry of Justice: 47 Victims of Trafficking Protected in Japan in 2006 (2007)

2007.02.07 Japan: Cabinet Agrees on Amendments to Employment Measures Law, Requiring Reports on Employment of Foreigners (2007)

2007.02.01 Filipino Entertainers Coming to Japan Dropped Sharply to 8,600 in 2006

2006.12.13 Justice Ministry of Japan Intend to Integrate Immigration Control of Foreign Residents

2006.12.01 18 Municipalities Call for Basic Policies on Education of Foreigners (2006)

2006.08.06 Fund to Support Education of Brazilian Children in Japan Will Be Established (2006)

2006.05.08 Amended Immigration Control Act Requires Foreigners Living in and Coming to Japan to Provide Fingerprints and Mugshots on Arrival (2006)

2006.03.01 Trafficking in Persons and the Filipino Entertainers in Japan (2006)

2005.09.01 Dialogue Among Citizens: Japan and Korea (2005)

2002.09.01 Protecting Foreigners in Japan: Some Proposals (2002)

1997.09.01 Japan and Multiculturalism (1997)

1996.09.01 Breaking the Barrier: Japanese NGOs Take Up the Challenge (1996)

1996.06.01 Migrant Workers in Japan (1996)

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