‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents ^77%

The Japan Times - By Kyoko Hasegawa - 7/1/2026, 10:27 AM

Negativity Bias 72.5% - Loss Aversion 66.7% - Biased Writer Voice 57.5%

In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules. Even though Japan has a rapidly aging population and is suffering labor shortages in many sectors, opposition to immigration is growing and the... more