Representatives from municipalities with a large number of foreign residents are calling for the central government […]
Japan saw the number of temporary workers rise by 4.6 percent in fiscal 2008, a survey […]
The number of immigrants of Japanese descent who had applied for government repatriation aid since the […]
The Democratic Party of Japan is likely to give local election voting rights to foreigners with […]
The Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan said Friday that DPJ lawmakers […]
The Democratic Party of Japan may submit a bill during the current extraordinary Diet session that […]
[The recently released Harrison Ford film] “Crossing Over” is made up of a series of small […]
The government might draft legislation next year to give permanent foreign residents the right to vote […]
The national poverty rate stood at 15.7 percent in 2006, according to first-ever figures released Tuesday […]
It’s hard to imagine that there would be much hand-wringing in Japan over poverty figures. After […]