FINDING COMMON GROUND

National | FINDING COMMON GROUND Jan 4, 2018

With fast-track permanent residency rule, Japan looks to shed its closed image

by Kazuaki Nagata

With the goal of attracting more skilled foreign workers, Japan moved to relax requirements for permanent residency for such individuals last April. Before the change, skilled non-Japanese workers had to stay in Japan for at least five years before applying for permanent residency, but now ...

National | FINDING COMMON GROUND Jan 3, 2018

Filipinos and Nepalese face challenges in Japan even as their communities grow

by Tomohiro Osaki and May Masangkay

While Japan tends to be uneasy about immigration, it is simultaneously host to many non-Japanese people working hard to make lives for themselves, including sizable communities from the Philippines and Nepal.