{"id":3600,"date":"2009-06-21T00:32:45","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T15:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2009-06-21T00:32:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T15:32:45","slug":"japan-times-new-ic-chip-gaijin-card-passes-lower-house-expected-to-pass-upper-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=3600","title":{"rendered":"Japan Times: New IC Chip Gaijin Card passes Lower House, expected to pass Upper too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi Blog. Here it comes. Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n

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\nALIEN RESIDENCY REVISION ADVANCES
\nLower House passes bill revising foreign residency rules
\nThe Japan Times, Saturday, June 20, 2009
\nBy MINORU MATSUTANI<\/strong>
\n(excerpt)<\/p>\n

…Foreign residents will be listed on the Juki Net resident registry network, a computer network linking municipalities that contains demographic information of Japanese residents.<\/p>\n

Visas, typically good for three years, will be extended to five. Also, foreign residents will no longer be required to obtain re-entry permits if they return to Japan within a year.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the punishments for failing to report one’s address and other personal information will become harsher. In order to curb fake marriages, the bills give the justice minister the authority to revoke the spousal visas of those who fail to conduct “activities spouses normally do” for six months. Special consideration would be given to spouses who live separately because of mitigating circumstances, including abuse.<\/p>\n

According to the bills, the government must review the new immigration law and make necessary changes within three years of enforcement. If enacted, the new law will be enforced within three years of its announcement to the public.<\/strong><\/em>
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Full article at
\nhttp:\/\/search.japantimes.co.jp\/cgi-bin\/nn20090620a3.html<\/a>
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The Lower House passed bills Friday making it easier for the Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau to keep tabs on foreigners who have overstayed their visas as well as others residing legally in the country.<\/p>\n

The Upper House is also expected to pass the bills, which have the support of both the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc and the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-politics","category-problematic-foreign-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600","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=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}