The government on Tuesday revoked the permit of an intermediate organization that introduces foreign nationals on the Technical Intern Training Program to host companies, after the intermediary failed to prevent physical abuse of a Vietnamese man by his Japanese coworkers at a construction firm. The organization, Okayama Sangyo Gijutsu Kyodo Kumiai in Okayama Prefecture, was
A government statement late Wednesday said that Japan will “lift the entry ban on 106 countries,” causing confusion on social media and giving false hope that tourists would soon be allowed into the country. In fact, there will be no change to the status quo. “In reality, there will be no change to who can
Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Justice Ministry said Sunday. Furukawa became the second Cabinet minister confirmed to have the virus, after Seiko Noda, minister in charge of measures against the declining birthrate, whose infection was announced Friday. The justice minister was scheduled to visit Poland as a special envoy
PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). Japanese police conducted wiretapping operations in 20 cases and made an overall of 88 arrests as an outcome in 2021, a government report revealed Friday.The variety of cases using the investigation technique tied with that of 2020 for the most in a year since the wiretapping law was taken into
