Panel recommends 5-year visas for foreign residents, stricter controls

Thursday 27th March, 06:28 AM JST

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rjd_jr at 09:42 AM JST - 27th March

Good idea all around.
kimigano at 10:09 AM JST - 27th March

Step in the right direction, but they haven't sold me on it yet.
greenteaonsens at 11:33 AM JST - 27th March

Just get citizenship or quit whining. That includes the "special" Koreans too
efftta at 11:37 AM JST - 27th March

"The current system also does not require foreign residents to notify municipalities of a change of address when they move to another town or city."

Yes it does. Well it did when I first signed up for my gaijin card - there was a clause that blatantly said "please notify you nearest ward office should you move".
timorborder at 11:55 AM JST - 27th March

Good one efftta!!!! this just proves they are lying before anything happens.
DenshaDeGO at 08:20 AM JST - 28th March

On the surface this sounds like a good system ... so why don't I trust it?
muchogrande at 11:00 AM JST - 28th March

I wonder what "smoother flows of information" would entail? Come on, they can't actually be proposing something constructive.
Nessie at 03:36 PM JST - 28th March

"The report called for obliging non-Japanese residents to report any change of jobs to immigration authorities.

The panel also proposed establishing a system to allow the state to ask for information about non-Japanese residents at schools and universities where they study and companies and other entities where they undergo training."

There's already a system to allow the state to ask for that information. It's called "the asking system." It includes a system for the schools and universities to tell the state to piss off. What they're probably trying to say is they want a system to FORCE DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION ON FOREIGN STUDENTS. Doesn't sound so warm and fuzzy when you say it that way, though, does it?
nigelboy at 03:48 PM JST - 28th March

Sigh.

I guess JT crowd here forgot the story about the meeting of city officals with high % of immigrants where they weren't getting the proper funding from the central government because of these immigrants failure to register after they moved.