The government envisions a tougher crackdown on visa overstayers, as well as on foreign residents who fail to pay social ...

S/ Takaichi Sanae, Japanese Prime Minister / We have begun a strong and steady journey to restore Japan’s diplomacy ...

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda lambasted the prime minister's decision to appoint LDP ...

Japan's government will compile a comprehensive set of measures to address issues related to foreign residents and tourists ...

The co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said that he will stop outsourcing work to a company headed by his secretary following a ...

Why is it necessary to reduce the number of seats in the House of Representatives? And why should the amount of the reduction be 10%?

The government held the first meeting of a council of relevant ministers at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday to discuss policies on foreign nationals, including the proper management of land ...

Plans to convert a family home into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) have been met with objections. The application seeks to change a two-storey terraced house on Conway Road, Newport, from a C3 ...

Tensions are rising in the Diet, Japan's parliament, over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pick of scandal-mired lawmaker Kei Sato of the House of Councillors, the upper Diet chamber, as deputy chief ...

Japan is thronged with tourists but not every place feels it is getting its fair share. The “overtourism” that irks residents ...

Policies regarding foreigners, such as accepting refugees and workers from abroad as well as inbound tourists, have become ...