Last year, Japan expelled 318 foreigners, a 30 per cent increase over the previous year, and is now aiming to speed up repatriation procedures, despite severe labour shortages. NGOs denounce the risk ...
Japan has long defined itself through a careful balance of openness and control. It is a nation that embraced global trade while maintaining tight limits on immigration. That balance is now shifting.
On November 20, the official Twitter account of the Tokyo Immigration Bureau sparked an online discussion after pinning a tweet to its Twitter profile featuring graffiti on a bridge in central Tokyo.