Immigration Law - Japan Compliance

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Immigration Law

A collection of 2 posts

Slide summarising Japan’s 2023 immigration amendments: complementary protection, repeat-asylum limits, detention alternatives and business implications for mobility & CSR.

Immigration Law

Japan’s Immigration Overhaul: What the 2023 Amendments Mean for Global Mobility & CSR

TL;DR * June 2023 amendments to the Immigration Control Act introduced (i) a Complementary Protection System, (ii) stricter rules for multiple asylum filings, and (iii) alternatives to detention. * Automatic deportation-stay now applies only to the first two refugee applications; third-time applicants must present new evidence. * International businesses must monitor talent-mobility

Slide summarizing the 2004 Japan Supreme Court ruling on National Health Insurance eligibility for undocumented residents and the negligence standard for state liability.

Japan Supreme Court on Undocumented Residents’ NHI Eligibility & State Liability (2004)

TL;DRThe 2004 ruling held that an undocumented long‑term resident who had registered locally and applied for Special Permission for Residence could, in rare cases, meet the “address” requirement of Japan’s National Health Insurance Act.The denial of NHI coverage in the case was therefore illegal, yet no