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Visible Minorities: Torture and Murder in Japan Detention Centers

News Headline: “Prosecutors drop case over death of detained Sri Lankan woman.”

Japan Travel Ban Still Putting Lives on Hold

Despite the drastic decrease of new Covid cases in recent weeks and more than two-thirds of the population having become fully vaccinated, the Japanese government has still given no explanation why it is continuing to refuse to let international students and some foreign workers back into the country.

Dim Prospects for Japan Immigration Rights Improvement

Although there have been calls for immigration reform following the death of Sri Lankan national Wishma Sandamali in a detention center, the actual prospects for improvement in Japan’s controversial refugee and immigration system are not particularly bright.

Visible Minorities: Interrogating the Discriminatory Quarantine Scandal

The government’s new Covid self-quarantine policies are providing yet another opportunity to demonstrate that the lives, livelihoods, and investments of foreigners don’t really count in Japan.

Bread & Roses: Needless Death of a Sri Lankan Detainee

The Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau opened its Facebook page with a cute koala mascot at the same time that its refusal to provide medical treatment to a Sri Lankan detainee cost her life.

Working Timeline of Covid-19 in Japan

The Covid-19 crisis became a dominating issue for the world, and Japan is no exception. This is a timeline of the events so far.

Visible Minorities: New Covid Foreign Resident Re-Entry Rules Still Racist

Sometime during your life in Japan, you will probably feel a chilling attitude in Japan’s bureaucracy: as a foreign resident, you don’t really matter. To Japan’s policymakers, you’re at best an existence to be tolerated, at worst an unpredictable element that needs constant policing.