Japanese women entering the Administration Building of the Immigration Station. Immigrants from Japan began entering the United States in the 1880s. They were largely farmers from southern Japan ...

The process can take years, with some people detained in immigration facilities for long, even indefinite, periods. A UN panel is asking Japan to review its approach on humanitarian grounds as ...

MITO (Kyodo) -- A revised law on immigration control in Japan, which went into effect last June, introduced a new "supervisory" measure as a solution to prevent the long-term detention of ...

The average scores of OECD member countries decreased in all three categories from the previous survey while Japan’s average scores improved. In reading, Japan’s score was 516, up 12 points ...

A revised law on immigration control in Japan, which went into effect last June, introduced a new "supervisory" measure as a solution to prevent the long-term detention of foreigners who are subject ...