A total of 8,601 foreign children of compulsory school age living in Japan may not be in education as of May last year, the education ministry said Thursday. The number …
A Tokyo native of Austrian parentage, Hedwig Schreck, 61, recently retired from her career at TV Asahi. She now runs workshops that focus on Japanese cultural arts and crafts out …
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by a foreign woman who claimed to have been subject to discriminatory treatment by police. The woman from South Asia in …
Police have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly smuggling 15.9 kilograms of stimulant drugs worth about ¥957 million from Britain in September 2021, using his Japanese romance scam victim. The …
Nagoya – A 28-year-old woman from Myanmar involved in her country’s democracy movement said Thursday she has been granted refugee status in Japan, after applying last September citing political persecution. …
A recent survey has shown Japanese people who reside outside the country’s major cities do not regularly interact with the foreign nationals who live in their communities, underscoring the need …
The Immigration Services Agency is considering easing the requirements for foreign entrepreneurs to obtain residency in Japan, government sources said Monday. The move is aimed at revitalizing the domestic economy …