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  • Kobe City gets involved in immigration/insurance issue – takes national government to task over new guideline
    October 22nd, 2009By freechoice
    The port city of Kobe, which has a long history of openness and acceptance toward non-Japanese, has sent a letter to Japan’s national government about the new Immigration guidelines.  The Kobe City Assembly, chaired by Mr. Kenji Yoshida, has drafted a consensus demanding clarification of the proposed guidelines and the criteria that Immigration will use » Continue Reading
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  • More on Immigration Guideline No. 8
    October 7th, 2009By freechoice
    In April 2010, the Immigration Bureau will begin requesting foreigners to show their social health insurance cards as a prerequisite for visa renewal. Why is this a bad idea? The guideline was intended to compel employers to observe the law by enrolling their employees in social insurance. However, it puts foreigners between a rock and a hard » Continue Reading
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  • JOIN THE PETITION! FOR THE REPEAL OF IMMIGRATION GUIDELINE NO. 8
    September 29th, 2009By freechoice
    In April 2010, the Immigration Bureau will begin requesting foreigners who are obligated to enroll in social insurance to present their health insurance cards as a prerequisite for visa renewal. Many foreigners in Japan choose to purchase private health insurance because it offers certain benefits that expatriates consider important and that public insurance does not » Continue Reading
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