Japan immigration

Criminalizing asylum seekers and stigmatizing immigration is only worsening Japan’s demographic crisis.

Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century.

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

A look back at the wave of hunger strikes among detained asylum seekers in Japan last year.

Expats stranded in limbo overseas have hope on the way with borders poised to reopen to all foreign residents, albeit at a staggered pace.

Migration policies are influenced by a complicated mix of labor markets, geopolitics, trade and diplomacy -- and often have unintended consequences.

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

Economist Jesper Koll on what to expect from Abenomics and Japan's economy in 2019.

A controversial new regulation will allow more foreign workers into Japan. But can Japan take care of them once they arrive?

Abe has proposed concrete measures to deepen the labor pool of low-skilled foreign workers in a drastic shift in policy.

The Japanese government is trying to increase the nation’s labor force.