{"id":2406,"date":"2009-02-20T08:39:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T23:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2009-02-20T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T07:58:40","slug":"new-nj-policing-pt-ii-zainichis-also-get-cards-altho-with-relaxed-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"New NJ policing Pt II:  Zainichis also get cards, altho with relaxed conditions"},"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><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0Next installment in the proposed new NJ policing regulations: \u00a0how the Zainichi (&#8220;Special Permanent Residents&#8221;, i.e. the generational foreigners in Japan, descendants of former citizens from Imperial colonies) get cut a few breaks, but still have to carry a card 24-7 or else.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned below are how &#8220;medium- and long-term residents&#8221; (are we talking one-year visas, three-year visas, and\/or Regular Permanent Residents?) are getting different (and improved) treatment as well. \u00a0Okay, but this system is now getting a bit hazy. \u00a0It&#8217;s about time to find the proposal ourselves in the original Japanese, and lay things out online clearly where there are no space constraints. \u00a0Eyes peeled, everyone. \u00a0Let us know here if you find it. \u00a0Thanks. \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n<p>=============================<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"NewsTitle\">Plan for special permanent foreign residents in Japan to get different card<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsBody\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mdn.mainichi.jp\/mdnnews\/news\/20090218p2a00m0na006000c.html\">http:\/\/mdn.mainichi.jp\/mdnnews\/news\/20090218p2a00m0na006000c.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inner clr NewsArticle\">\n<div class=\"Credit\">\n<p><strong>(Mainichi Japan) February 18, 2009 \u00a0Courtesy of Jeff K.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Special permanent foreign residents in Japan will be obliged to carry a different resident status card instead of the current alien registration card, according to a Justice Ministry proposal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The ministry has outlined its proposal on the amendment to the Immigration Control Law and related bills to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s Judicial Affairs Division.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Under the proposed bills, cards for special permanent residents will be issued to about 430,000 Korean and other foreign residents in Japan, which they will be obliged to carry as their identification cards.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Re-entry procedures for such residents will be relaxed as much as possible under the proposed bills, such as by exempting them from the need to obtain re-entry permits if they have stayed abroad for two years or less. They will also be allowed to leave Japan for up to six years, instead of the current limit of four years.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In a related move, the government is planning to introduce a new registration system for medium and long-term foreign residents in Japan &#8212; in place of the current alien registration system &#8212; by providing them with resident status cards issued by immigration authorities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Under the new scheme, information on medium and long-term foreign residents will be incorporated into a system similar to the resident registry system managed by each municipality. The limit for their stay in Japan will be extended from the current three years to up to five years, and their re-entry procedures will be relaxed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>========================<\/p>\n<div id=\"MainBody\">\n<div class=\"MainMargin\">\n<div class=\"NewsIco clr\">\n<dl><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"NewsArticle\">\n<h2 class=\"NewsTitle\">\u5728\u7559\u7ba1\u7406\u5236\u5ea6\uff1a\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u3001\u8eab\u5206\u8a3c\u643a\u5e2f\u3092\u7fa9\u52d9\u4ed8\u3051\u3000\u6539\u6b63\u5165\u7ba1\u6cd5\u6848\u3001\u6cd5\u52d9\u7701\u304c\u63d0\u793a<\/h2>\n<div class=\"NewsBody\">\n<p>\u6bce\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u30002009\u5e742\u670818\u65e5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/select\/seiji\/archive\/news\/2009\/02\/18\/20090218ddm002010109000c.html\">http:\/\/mainichi.jp\/select\/seiji\/archive\/news\/2009\/02\/18\/20090218ddm002010109000c.html<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u767b\u9332\u5236\u5ea6\u306b\u4ee3\u308f\u308b\u300c\u5728\u7559\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u300d\u306b\u3088\u308b\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u5728\u7559\u7ba1\u7406\u5236\u5ea6\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3001\u6cd5\u52d9\u7701\u306f\uff11\uff17\u65e5\u3001\u6539\u6b63\u5165\u7ba1\u6cd5\u306a\u3069\u95a2\u9023\u6cd5\u6848\u306e\u6982\u8981\u3092\u81ea\u6c11\u515a\u6cd5\u52d9\u90e8\u4f1a\u306b\u63d0\u793a\u3057\u305f\u3002\u7126\u70b9\u3060\u3063\u305f\u5728\u65e5\u97d3\u56fd\u30fb\u671d\u9bae\u4eba\u3089\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u306b\u306f\u3001\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u767b\u9332\u8a3c\u306b\u4ee3\u308f\u308a\u300c\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u8a3c\u660e\u66f8\u300d\u3092\u4ea4\u4ed8\u3057\u3066\u643a\u5e2f\u3092\u7fa9\u52d9\u4ed8\u3051\u308b\u3002\u4e00\u65b9\u3001\u518d\u5165\u56fd\u624b\u7d9a\u304d\u306f\u6700\u5927\u9650\u7de9\u548c\u3059\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u5728\u7559\u7ba1\u7406\u5236\u5ea6\u306f\u3001\u4e2d\u9577\u671f\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u6ede\u5728\u8005\u306b\u5165\u7ba1\u304c\u767a\u884c\u3059\u308b\u5728\u7559\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u4ea4\u4ed8\u3057\u3066\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u60c5\u5831\u3092\u4e00\u5143\u5316\u3002\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u767b\u9332\u5236\u5ea6\u3092\u5ec3\u6b62\u3057\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u4f4f\u6c11\u57fa\u672c\u53f0\u5e33\u3068\u540c\u69d8\u306b\u5e02\u533a\u753a\u6751\u304c\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u53f0\u5e33\u3092\u4f5c\u6210\u3059\u308b\u3002\u540c\u6642\u306b\u5728\u7559\u671f\u9593\u306e\u4e0a\u9650\u3092\u73fe\u5728\u306e\uff13\u5e74\u304b\u3089\uff15\u5e74\u306b\u5f15\u304d\u4e0a\u3052\u3001\u518d\u5165\u56fd\u8a31\u53ef\u3082\u7de9\u548c\u3059\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3000\u7d04\uff14\uff13\u4e07\u4eba\u3044\u308b\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u306f\u5728\u7559\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u643a\u5e2f\u306e\u5bfe\u8c61\u5916\u3060\u304c\u3001\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u8eab\u5206\u8a3c\u660e\u66f8\u3068\u3057\u3066\u7279\u5225\u6c38\u4f4f\u8005\u8a3c\u660e\u66f8\u3092\u4ea4\u4ed8\u3002\u518d\u5165\u56fd\u624b\u7d9a\u304d\u306f\u3001\uff12\u5e74\u4ee5\u5185\u306f\u8a31\u53ef\u3092\u4e0d\u8981\u3068\u3057\u3001\u9577\u671f\u51fa\u56fd\u306e\u8a31\u53ef\u306e\u6709\u52b9\u671f\u9593\u3082\uff14\u5e74\u304b\u3089\uff16\u5e74\u306b\u5ef6\u3070\u3057\u8ca0\u62c5\u8efd\u6e1b\u3092\u56f3\u308b\u3002\u3010\u77f3\u5ddd\u6df3\u4e00\u3011<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"Credit\">\n<p>\u6bce\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u30002009\u5e742\u670818\u65e5\u3000\u6771\u4eac\u671d\u520a<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next installment in the proposed new NJ policing regulations:  how the Zainichi (&#8220;Special Permanent Residents&#8221;, i.e. the generational foreigners in Japan, descendants of former citizens from Imperial colonies) get cut a few breaks, but still have to carry a card 24-7 or else.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned below are how &#8220;medium- and long-term residents&#8221; (are we talking one-year visas, three-year visas, and\/or Regular Permanent Residents?) are getting different (and improved) treatment as well.  Okay, but this system is now getting a bit hazy.  It&#8217;s about time to find the proposal ourselves in the original Japanese, and lay things out online clearly where there are no space constraints.  Eyes peeled, everyone.  Let us know on Debito.org if you find it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-government","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","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=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}