‘One Stop Centers’ for foreigners in Japan
Mainichi reports that the Justice Ministry will be setting up new “One Stop Centers” to help foreigners on employment searches, immigration issues, and other problems:
Until now, these issues were handled separately by local governments and regional immigration bureaus, but the three centers — to be set up in Tokyo, Saitama and Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture — will be open for consultations on all matters pertaining to foreign residents in the country, in an attempt to better integrate them into Japanese society.
“The immigration bureau is not just about exposing illegal residents, it’s now at a turning point where it can work toward creating a society where Japanese people and foreigners can live in harmony,” said an Immigration Bureau official.
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