Foreigners in Japan

Japanese language learning service forges bond beyond screens

Japan recruits foreigners for home-visit

New trends in 'hot spots' for foreign tourists to Japan

Himeji Castle admission fee may increase for foreign visitors

Japan's population crisis: Foreign farmers helping keep agriculture alive

Fukushima race circuit: A drifter's paradise

Housing discrimination in Japan

Japan eyes law revision on foreign residents

Scams in Japan: Shady part-time jobs that promise easy money

Scams in Japan: Protect yourself from fraud

Learning Together: Helping kids with foreign roots enroll in school

DisneySea buoyed by brand, other parks in uphill fight

Helpful information for people affected by the Noto quake

Weakening yen affects Japanese economy

Japan's cherry blossom heaven

A Brazilian cartoon with a somber message

Noto Peninsula quake leaves foreign residents feeling isolated

In the event of a major earthquake at Narita Airport...

Japan hosts Myanmar fundraiser

Kabuki performance honors Donald Keene's legacy

Noto quake survivors eligible for free reissued driver's licenses

Pets welcome at Kanazawa earthquake shelter

Noto quake emergency map provided here

Free car rental for victims and supporters in Ishikawa Pref.

Free pet care for Ishikawa Pref. disaster victims

Emergency loans available for households affected by Noto quake

Earthquake relief: Maternity shelter opens in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref.

Vietnamese trainee recalls confusion after earthquake

Three post offices resume window services in Ishikawa Pref.

Hotline set up to help prevent disaster-related scams

Acceptance of applications for temporary housing begins

Japan to provide subsidies to companies and employees affected by Noto quake

Driver's license validity extended up to 5 months

Foreign workers struggle for support in quake aftermath

Alert for carbon monoxide poisoning when electricity is down

Expert warns of hypothermia at evacuation centers

Helpline opens for residents, tourists in Ishikawa Prefecture

Japanese-Filipino children seek their fathers' recognition

Japanese city lays out the welcome mat for digital nomads

Fraudsters in Japan use foreigners' bank accounts in cash grab

Koji: Spilling the secrets of Japanese fermentation

Ikebukuro in Tokyo hosts new anime center

Japanese prefecture focuses on Vietnam to solve labor shortages

Tokyo's Tsukiji remains a vibrant culinary destination

Japan's tourism boom has a problem: Not enough tour guides

Ukrainian dentist attempts career reboot in Japan

A helping hand for new foreign mothers in Japan

Displaced Afghans in Japan face uncertain future

US cyclist dies in expressway accident near Tokyo

Late bloomers: Night class gives grown-ups second shot at school

Indian CEO delivers Japanese rice crackers to the world

Translation tech AI advances help Japan's tourism industry

Japanese hotels turn to foreign staff amid labor crunch

Aspiring Japan tech hub targets Eastern European talent

Top court ruling highlights struggles for pregnant foreign trainees

Japan tourism figure surged in March

Japan seeks to revise controversial trainee program

Ukraine food truck wins hearts in regional Japan

Plant-based cuisine takes root in Tokyo

The Russian mother and daughter helping Ukrainian evacuees in Japan

Japan faces uphill road to win back international tourists

Immigrant uses language-learning experience to help foreign families

Japan tech firms embrace English in quest for talent

Deer in the headlights pose traffic danger in Hokkaido

Japan's long border closure to do lasting damage to scholarship

Saitama's slice of Vietnam

Tourist restrictions keep Japan businesses in bind

Welcome! to Chatroom Japan

Three jabs and you're in, but no shot in the arm for tourism

Card game helps foreign residents in Japan prepare for disaster

Japanese language program helps foreign children get ahead

Foreigners without residency status fear for their lives

25 years on: Hong Kong diaspora fights for freedom

Japan offers compensation for people who get infected with COVID-19 at work

Opening the 'Black Box' of Japan's immigration system

Coronavirus financial aid programs in 2022

Foreign trainee appeals to Supreme Court

Reminding the world of Myanmar

African asylum seeker defies hardship to graduate from Japanese university

Evacuees from Ukraine embark on new lives in Japan

Taste of Japan taking root in Bangladesh

Field of dreams

Passionate players keep Tokyo’s hockey scene alive

87 students get into Japan, 147,000 still waiting

Studying becomes a source of stress for students locked out of Japan

Tokyo school leads the way in supporting foreign students

Japan govt. Omicron response leaves students in limbo again

Searching for clarity in Japan's border rules

Students stranded despite Japan's eased border controls

Japan eases entry policy for foreign arrivals

Japan's foreign community laments lack of multilingual information as many get left behind in vaccine rollout

Myanmar restaurant in Tokyo cooks up support for protesters back home

Japan’s closed door upends people’s lives

Multilingual information and services from Japan’s local governments

Protest campaign targets Japan immigration law reform

Foreigners in fear of Japan's immigration proposals

UN expresses doubts over Japan's immigration law reform

Death at immigration facility raises questions about medical care

Foreign trainees in Japan face sexual harassment and abuse

War orphans in Japan continue decades-long search for family

Japanese brothers tackle discrimination post-BLM

Cluster infection detected at Japanese immigrant detention facility

Japanese government presents immigration law revision but questions remain

Forbidden pregnancies lead Vietnamese workers to abandon dead newborns

Vietnam truck tragedy does little to discourage human smuggling trade

Foreign technical trainees in Japan face sudden, unexplained repatriation

Born "Illegal" in Japan

Financial aid under the second state of emergency

Schoolchildren in Rwanda get a helping hand from Japan

Japan’s immigration policy under scrutiny

COVID-19 blocks foreign students from entering Japan

Vietnamese students left in limbo in Japan

Dumped from dream job and abandoned at the station

Japan's borders: easing entry restrictions

Japanese companies leave foreign trainees in limbo amid pandemic

Foreign students in Japan in dire straits amid pandemic

Far from China, Uighurs abroad still feel pressure

Becoming a Local Economic Hub

Start-up reaches out to foreign residents

If you are having trouble with money or your job amid the coronavirus crisis

Living in Japan amid the coronavirus crisis: If you are having trouble with your visa or experiencing discrimination

Japan's reentry ban leaves foreign residents in limbo

How to apply for coronavirus financial aid programs

Foreign residents can receive 100,000-yen handout

Coronavirus deals heavy blow to Japanese farmers

Coronavirus crushing foreign workers

American tsunami victim's legacy lives on

Japan failing to support young Brazilians

25 years on, memories of disaster help next generation of foreign students

As foreign workers disappear, Japan puts in measures to improve working conditions

Popular tourist destination still recovering from typhoon

Emergency Warnings and Expat Confusion in Typhoon Hagibis

Final chapter for legendary bookstore

Passing the Olympic Torch from 1964 to 2020

American guide wants to tell the world about the 2011 disaster

Courage born of despair: Uighurs in Japan

A small town in Hokkaido enters the spotlight

A lifeline for expecting expats

Japan behind the curve in drawing foreign talent

Why linguists are worrying about literacy in Japan

The mystery of a university's "missing" foreign students

Tiananmen's impact on the youth of today

30 years in exile: one man's Tiananmen legacy

Drones present danger in city centers

Young Vietnamese face hardship in Japan

"I'll never be able to be a normal girl again."

Evening schools catering to foreign residents on the rise

Foreign children slipping through the cracks of Japan's education system

Sixty years after uprising, exiled Tibetans yearn for home

Foreign tourists find cherry blossom viewing spots far from central Tokyo

Welcome to Japan at the dawn of the new era

No love for foreign trainees?

Opening the door to incoming workers

Tourism after dark

Opportunity knocks in Tokyo's hotel boom

Foreign visitors to Japan hits record high

Japan and China, bound by books

The changing view of foreigners in Japan

Brazilian children in Japan drawing courage from cartoons

Making a meal of the tax hike

Making it easier for foreigners to work in Japan

The osettai culture of Shikoku's pilgrimage route appeals to travelers from across the world

What's at stake: inside Shinzo Abe's efforts to bring more foreign workers into Japan

Filipino Sailors in Hot Demand

6 Topics to Be Discussed in the Diet's Extraordinary Session

Tourist Sites Tackle "Overtourism"

Japanese Firms to Change Their Long-held Recruitment System

Japan IT Firms Compete for Overseas Talent

Another Bubble in JAPAN?

Rural Japan Looks to Myanmar

How Foreign Victims Are Surviving after Western Japan Rain Disaster?

Foreigners bring youth to Japan's aging populace

Guiding Non-Japanese to Lend a Helping Hand

Opening Doors for More Foreign Workers

Declining towns rely on foreign students

Language Schools Use Vietnamese Students to Illegally Fill Japan's Labor Shortage