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Japan Toughens Refugee Deportation Protocol 

Japan Toughens Refugee Deportation Protocol 

By Thisanka Siripala
Despite growing calls to improve human rights in Japanese detention facilities, the latest bill falls short of fundamental reform. 

What Will Japan’s Great Reopening Mean for Immigration Policy?

What Will Japan’s Great Reopening Mean for Immigration Policy?

By Maximilien Xavier Rehm
During the pandemic, Japan showed itself to be extremely skeptical toward foreigners, raising questions about the country’s immigration policy going forward.
Japan’s Approach to Ukrainian Refugees Is What Its Refugee Policy Ought To Be

Japan’s Approach to Ukrainian Refugees Is What Its Refugee Policy Ought To Be

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

What the Imperial House Tells Us About Japan’s Demographic Crisis

What the Imperial House Tells Us About Japan’s Demographic Crisis

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

Japan’s Changing Immigration and Refugee Policy

Japan’s Changing Immigration and Refugee Policy

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

How Japan’s Labor Trainee Program Hurts Relations With Vietnam

How Japan’s Labor Trainee Program Hurts Relations With Vietnam

By Serena Ford
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.

Is Japan Ready to Welcome Immigrants?

Is Japan Ready to Welcome Immigrants?

By Mina Pollmann
A recent survey by Japan's Cabinet Office has interesting implications for the push to welcome more foreign workers.
To Create an Immigrant-Friendly Japan, Start with Education Reform

To Create an Immigrant-Friendly Japan, Start with Education Reform

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

The Quiet Desperation of Refugees in Japan

The Quiet Desperation of Refugees in Japan

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

Japan’s Immigration Policy: Turned Corner or Cul-De-Sac?

Japan’s Immigration Policy: Turned Corner or Cul-De-Sac?

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

Japan Looks to India’s Growing Tech Talent Pool

Japan Looks to India’s Growing Tech Talent Pool

By Thisanka Siripala
With competition to recruit IT engineers intensifying, Japan is extending its talent search to emerging economies like India.
Japan’s Refugee Applications Exceed 10,000 for the Second Year Running

Japan’s Refugee Applications Exceed 10,000 for the Second Year Running

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

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