{"id":2136,"date":"2009-01-21T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2009-01-21T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T04:28:50","slug":"public-meeting-ngos-protest-new-gaijin-card-system-sat-jan-24-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Public Meeting:  NGOs protest new Gaijin Card System Sat Jan 24 Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n<strong> Public gathering against the government&#8217;s new plan<br \/>\nto introduce &#8220;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8221; system<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We want a system for a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society, but not for control!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nDate:   Saturday, 24 January 2009<br \/>\nTime:   14:00 &#8211; 17:00<br \/>\nVenue:   B1F, YMCA Asia Youth Center<br \/>\n2-5-5 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0064, Japan<br \/>\nJR Suidobashi sta. 6min, Ochanomizu sta. 9min, Subway Jimbocho sta 7min<br \/>\n<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ymcajapan.org\/ayc\/jp\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.ymcajapan.org\/ayc\/jp\/<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\nAdmission:   500 yen<br \/>\nSimultaneous translation service available (Japanese-English)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organized by:<br \/>\nNGO Committee against the introduction of &#8220;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8221; system<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information:<br \/>\nResearch-Action Institute for The Koreans in Japan (RAIK)<br \/>\nTEL: 03-3203-7575    raik@abox5.so-net.ne.jp<br \/>\nSolidarity Network with Migrants Japan (SMJ)<br \/>\nTEL: 03-5802-6033    fmwj@jca.apc.org<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jca.apc.org\/migrant-net\/\">http:\/\/www.jca.apc.org\/migrant-net\/<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Program<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1.\tA short documentary video on a public action in front of the Ministry of Justice<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>against a new fingerprinting system on 20 November 2007<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2.\tReport 1\tFramework of the new Immigration Control System<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By Mr. Akira Hatate\uff08Japan Civil Liberties Union: JCLU\uff09<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3.\tReport 2\tOverview of the &#8216;Jumin Touroku (Residents Registration System)&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By Mr. Tohru Nishimura (HanJukinet Renrakukai)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4.\tReport 3 \tProblems and concerns over &#8216;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>By Mr. Mitsuru Namba (Attorney)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5.\tRelay talk by foreign national citizens<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6.\tRelay appeals by NGOs:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>7.\tNGO joint statement against the &#8220;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8221; system<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>******************************<br \/>\n<strong>The Ministry of Justice is currently pressing forward measures aiming at integrating personal information of foreign residents in Japan. A revised bill of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act is expected to be discussed during the ordinary diet session in 2009 to abolish the current &#8216;Gaikokujin Torokusho\u2019 (alien registration card)&#8217; and introduce a new &#8216;Zairyu Kaado\u2019 (resident card), which will be issued directly from the Ministry of Justice. However, we, NGOs are concerned that once a &#8216;Zairyu Kaado&#8217; is introduced, control over foreigners would be more tightened. We particularly fear that foreign residents without VISA status such as overstayers would be excluded from the new resident registration system (\u201cGaikokujin Daicho Seido\u201d) and lose access to most of public services including education and medical care. Thus the system would make these people socially invisible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this public gathering, we, NGOs and foreign national citizens, will discuss the framework of the bill (abolishing the &#8216;Gaikokujin Torokusho&#8217;and introducing a &#8216;Zairyu Kaado&#8217;) and the issues that might occur when the new system is introduced. We will also propose a new system toward a true Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Cultural Society in Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*****************************************************<br \/>\n\u5ddd\u4e0a\u5712\u5b50<br \/>\n\u793e\u56e3\u6cd5\u4eba\u30a2\u30e0\u30cd\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30ca\u30b7\u30e7\u30ca\u30eb\u65e5\u672c<br \/>\n\u30db\u30fc\u30e0\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff1a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.or.jp\/\">http:\/\/www.amnesty.or.jp\/<\/a><br \/>\n101-0054 \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a\u795e\u7530\u9326\u753a2-2 \u5171\u540c\uff08\u65b0\u9326\u753a\uff09\u30d3\u30eb4F<br \/>\nTEL. 03-3518-6777  FAX. 03-3518-6778<br \/>\nE-mail\uff1aksonoko@amnesty.or.jp<br \/>\n\u2605\u30a2\u30e0\u30cd\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30fb\u30e1\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30ac\u30b8\u30f3\u306e\u304a\u7533\u3057\u8fbc\u307f\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u304b\u3089\uff01<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/secure.amnesty.or.jp\/campaign\/\"> http:\/\/secure.amnesty.or.jp\/campaign\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public gathering against the government&#8217;s new plan to introduce &#8220;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8221; system<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, 24 January 2009<br \/>\nTime: 14:00 &#8211; 17:00<br \/>\nVenue: B1F, YMCA Asia Youth Center<br \/>\n2-5-5 Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0064, Japan<br \/>\nJR Suidobashi sta. 6min, Ochanomizu sta. 9min, Subway Jimbocho sta 7min<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ymcajapan.org\/ayc\/jp\/<br \/>\nAdmission: 500 yen<br \/>\nSimultaneous translation service available (Japanese-English)<\/p>\n<p>Organized by:<br \/>\nNGO Committee against the introduction of &#8220;Zairyu Kaado (resident card)&#8221; system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}