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## Chapter 5 Implementation of Smoother yet Stricter Immigration Examination

It is necessary for the Immigration Bureau to provide smoother immigration procedures for the great majority of trouble-free foreign visitors who come to Japan, while imposing stricter immigration control procedures to prevent foreign visitors from entering Japan if they intend to work illegally. Since more and more foreign nationals will visit Japan in the future as a result of Japan's efforts to promote tourism, the immigration control authorities must satisfy two seemingly contradictory objectives: smoother but stricter immigration control procedures.

In order to realize this by implementing well-balanced landing procedures, the Immigration Bureau introduced a secondary examination system and pre-clearance system in FY 2005, and set up a support team in Chitose Tomakomai Branch Office and Haneda Airport Branch Office in FY 2006 in order to provide examination support to local airports, etc., more efficiently. Since November 20, 2007, smooth and strict examinations have been further assisted by installation of automated gates in Narita Airport, which allow Japanese nationals who have had their data registered in advance or foreign nationals who meet certain requirements such as having been issued with a re-entry permit, to undergo immigration procedures by going through those gates.

## Section 1 ◆ Efforts for Promoting a Tourism-Oriented Country

Japan is now making government-wide efforts for promoting a tourism-oriented country, and aims to deepen international cooperation and international exchange while promoting tourism by implementing smooth immigration examinations.

The Immigration Bureau, which has already been making efforts to ensure smooth landing procedures at each airport and seaport, is now promoting secondary examinations as stated above in order to further reduce the waiting time for completing entry procedures. In addition, the bureau is working on flexible allocation of immigration inspectors according to conditions of incoming flights, establishment of a flexible examination system that allows for a change in the patterns whereby passengers are guided according to congestion level in the landing procedure area, and requests to airline companies, etc., with regard to instructions on how to properly fill out ED cards (Embarkation Card and Disembarkation Card of foreign nationals).
## Section 2 ◆ Strengthened Countermeasures at the Border

To protect the lives and safety of the general public, it is extremely important to definitely deny entry at the border when terrorists pretend to be tourists etc. in an attempt to enter Japan. Since the terrorist attacks upon the United States in 2001, the Immigration Bureau has been continuously implementing strict immigration examinations in order to exclude such terrorists at the border.

In concrete terms, to prevent terrorists from entering Japan and conducting terrorist activities, the Immigration Bureau has been working closely with other related agencies in collecting information on the modes of behavior of international terrorists and other related information. Based on such information, the Immigration Bureau prepares a list of suspect persons and screens terrorists by strictly checking them against this list, aiming at detecting terrorists etc.

As terrorists are likely to use forged or altered passports, the Immigration Bureau has established document examination offices and installed new high-performance forged or altered document examination devices at major airports in order to improve document examination techniques for detection of forged or altered documents.

In addition, foreign nationals wishing to enter Japan from November 2007 are required to submit personal identification information (fingerprints and a facial photograph). Further strict immigration examination is being implemented in order to prevent terrorists from entering Japan.

On the other hand, a large number of illegal immigrants leave their country of origin with genuine passports, then obtain forged or altered passports from brokers in the transit area of Narita Airport, etc., and attempt to illegally enter the United States or other countries using such forged or altered passports. To prevent such behavior, the Immigration Bureau has been reinforcing patrol in the transit areas.
# Section 1 ☐ Treaties and International Conventions

## 1 Negotiations on Treaties

## (1) Major Actions for Negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Other Countries

### A. Negotiations on the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement

An agreement between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia on an Economic Partnership came into force on July 1, 2008. With regard to the movement of natural persons, the two nations agreed on the acceptance of short-term business visitors, intra-corporate transferees, investors, independent professionals (e.g., attorneys), contractual service suppliers (those under the status of residence of “Engineer” or “Specialist in Humanities/International Services”), and nurse and certified careworker candidates. The two countries are also considering programs for training and a technical internship program in the area of hotel service as relevant cooperation. In order to introduce the required provisions for nurse and certified careworker candidates, the Ordinance for Enforcement and Public Notice on Designated Activities was partly revised and the “Guidelines on the treatment of Indonesian nurses, etc. subject to the provisions of the agreement between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia on an economic partnership in relation to the Immigration Control Act” was formulated (revised and formulated on May 26, 2008 and came into force on July 1, 2008).

### B. Negotiations on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement

An agreement between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines on an Economic Partnership came into force on December 11, 2008. With regard to the movement of natural persons, the two nations agreed on the acceptance of short-term business visitors, intra-corporate transferees, investors, independent professionals (e.g., attorneys), contractual service suppliers (those under the status of residence of "Engineer" or "Specialist in Humanities/International Services"), and nurse and certified careworker candidates. In order to introduce the required provisions for nurse and certified careworker candidates, the Ordinance for Enforcement and Public Notice on Designated Activities was partly revised, and the "Guidelines on the treatment of Philippine nurses subject to the provisions of the agreement between Japan and the Republic of the Philippines on an economic partnership in relation to the Immigration Control Act" was formulated (revised on October 31, 2008, formulated on November 6, 2008, and came into force on December 11, 2008).
(Note) The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) aims to accelerate liberalization and facilitate trade between signatory nations, and also promote coordination of policies, relaxation of regulations, and cooperation in various economic areas, including tariffs, services, trade, investment, intellectual property, and personal exchanges.

## (2) Reports and Examinations in Accordance with Human Rights Treaties/Covenants

Japan is a signatory nation to various treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. With regard to government reports on the status of implementation of those treaties, the Immigration Bureau is involved in the drafting of reports, review of governmental reports, and follow-up thereof from the perspective of immigration control administration. In this context, the meeting to review the fifth governmental report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was held in Geneva, Switzerland in October 2008, and an officials from the Immigration Bureau attended the meeting to participate in the review. With regard to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Immigration Bureau is involved in the ratification process from the perspective of immigration control.

## 2 International Conventions

## (1) G8 Rome/Lyon Group Migration Experts Sub-Group Meeting

The Migration Experts Sub-Group Meeting, one of the sub groups of the G8 Rome/Lyon Group, which is a working experts' group to discuss measures against international terrorism and transnational organized crime at the G8 level, is discussing measures that the G8 members can take cooperatively in the area of illegal immigration and the forging or alteration of documents.

In 2008, Japan chaired the G8 summit, and three meetings in total were held in Tokyo and Kyoto. Officials from the Immigration Bureau attended all three meetings to exchange information and opinions with their counterparts in other countries.

## (2) Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference of Director-Generals Immigration

This meeting has been held every year since 2002 as a place where immigration officials from Asian and European countries can gather and discuss issues such as illegal entry and stay. It provides participants with opportunities to exchange and collect opinions and
information that are useful in considering measures against issues such as illegal immigration. For this reason, the Immigration Bureau sends its officials to participate in opinion and information exchange of opinions and information. In 2008, the seventh meeting was held in Paris, France to discuss policies toward legal and illegal immigrants and countermeasures against trafficking in persons.

## (3) Other International Conventions

In addition to the international meetings mentioned above, the Immigration Bureau sends officials to attend consultation meetings on bilateral economic partnership, on counterterrorism measures, and on consular services, with the aim of actively explaining Japan's position and building cooperative relations with other countries. The bureau also sends officials to participate in meetings intended for information sharing and exchanger of opinions, such as the IATA/CAWG (International Air Transport Association/Control Authorities Working Group) and the PACRIM (Pacific Rim Immigration Intelligence Conference).

## Section 2 ☐ Holding of Various Seminars

## 1 Seminar on Immigration Control

Since FY 1987, the Immigration Bureau has been inviting executive officers of the immigration control authorities of Asian countries and regions to seminars every year to exchange opinions and information on immigration control affairs in Asia. These constructive exchanges have helped the participating countries to effectively design and implement immigration control measures.

The 22nd seminar was held in December 2008. The seminar was attended by the immigration authorities of 15 countries and regions in Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Rim, etc. (U.S.A., Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), China (Macao), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam), and by responsible persons from three international organizations: The European Commission (EC), The International Organization for Migration (IOM), and The Office of the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) as observers. They actively exchanged opinions on the topics: “Introduction of biometrics into entry and departure and residence management for immigration control”, “Difficulties and countermeasures regarding repatriation/deportation”, and “Cooperative relationship with related foreign authorities”.
## 2 Seminar on Document Examination

Participants of the above-mentioned Seminar on Immigration Control have expressed a need for technology transfer regarding the examination of forged or altered documents. To address their need, the Immigration Bureau has been holding a seminar since FY 1995, inviting experts in the examination of forged or altered documents. At the seminar, the Immigration Bureau provides participants with information on techniques for examining forged

Seminar on document examination

or altered documents, which have been accumulated by the Bureau, and promotes effective technology transfer and information exchange in cooperation with other countries such as the United States and Canada. Thus, the bureau makes efforts to exclude foreign nationals attempting to enter illegally with the use of forged or altered documents.

In FY 2008, the bureau held the 14th seminar in Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture in February 2009, which was attended by participants from 19 countries, 1 region in Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Rim, etc. (Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), India, Indonesia, R.O.Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, U.S.A. and Viet Nam), and by responsible persons from the French Embassy and China (Taiwan) as observers.

## Section 3 ◆ Supporting the Training Program: Immigration Control Administration Course

Since FY 1995, the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau has given its full cooperation in a training program called the "Immigration Control Administration Course" provided by the Osaka International Center of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). This training program is intended to provide middle-level officers who carry out immigration control administration tasks in developing countries in Asia with information on current immigration control administration in Japan and technical training, thereby contributing to the development of immigration control administration and the establishment of its network in Asia.
## Chapter 7 Introduction of Resettlement to a Third Country

Resettlement to a third country aims to transfer and resettle refugees who are temporarily taking shelter in refugee camps, to third countries which agree to accept such refugees from countries in which they first sought asylum. Resettlement to a third country is deemed as one of the permanent solutions for refugee problems, along with voluntary repatriation and resettlement of the first countries of asylum.

Until now, Japan has taken measures to support resettlement of those recognized as Indochinese refugees and other refugees under the Refugee Convention. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) encourages each country to accept refugees based on the resettlement to a third country from the standpoint of proper sharing of burdens in relation to refugee problems in the international community. The government reached a Cabinet understanding on the introduction of the resettlement to a third country (“Concerning the Implementation of Pilot Cases relating to the Acceptance of Refugees by resettlement to a third country” on December 16, 2008) to cope with various problems relating to refugees that were prevalent in the Asian region.

From now on, the Immigration Bureau will proceed to accept refugees by resettlement to a third country, and offer support for resettlement as pilot cases as from FY 2010, with the cooperation of concerned administrative agencies in accordance with the content of said Cabinet understanding and “Detailed Measures for Implementing Pilot Cases relating to the Acceptance of Refugees by Resettlement to a Third Country” (Decision by the Liaison and Coordination Conference for Countermeasures for Refugees on December 19, 2008).
# Improvement Public Relations and Administrative Services

# Section 1 ☑ Promotion of Public Relations

Recognizing that public relations and awareness-raising activities inside and outside the country play a great role in the smooth implementation of immigration control, the Immigration Bureau is promoting more active public relations than ever before.

In June every year, the government conducts a campaign for “Foreign Labor Problem Awareness Month”, and the Immigration Bureau also conducts the “Illegal Work Prevention Campaign” as part of the above campaign. In 2008, the bureau promoted awareness-raising activities for prevention of illegal employment by distributing posters and leaflets in cooperation with related ministries and local authorities, etc.

The activities included events like “Appointment as an Honorary Director of the Immigration Bureau” (Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau and Fukuoka Regional Immigration Bureau), targeted for PR ambassadors of local

Does your “status of residence” allow you to work in Japan?

Please check it again if you have such a status of residence.

Internationalization in compliance with rules We appreciate your cooperation in the prevention of illegal work.

Immigration Bureau of Japan, Ministry of Justice

2009 Illegal Work Prevention Campaign

Front page of the leaflet for the Illegal Work Prevention Campaign

autonomous body, and “One-day Information Center” (Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau), which provides consultation on immigration and residence to foreign residents.

In addition, the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau established a toll-free number to offer counseling services nationwide in order to accept reports through the voluntary reporting system and promote active public relations.

Scene from the Illegal Work Prevention Campaign (Tokyo)

Appointment as an Honorary Director of the Immigration Bureau (Nagoya)
# Section 2 ◆ Improvement of Administrative Services

## 1 Facilitating the Landing Examination Procedures

The Immigration Bureau has made efforts to facilitate the landing examinations at airports and seaports, but foreign nationals who visit Japan through airports have pointed out that they have to wait in line for a long time for the landing examination. In response to this complaint, measures have been taken at the immigration counters at large scale airports to resolve this problem, by assigning some immigration inspectors in charge of examining Japanese nationals to the examination of foreign nationals, and transferring immigration inspectors between immigration counters depending on the degree of congestion. In addition, the expected waiting time for examination of foreign nationals is indicated and priority lanes for the elderly, the disabled and pregnant women have been established. Thus, the Immigration Bureau has made additional efforts to facilitate procedures and improve administrative services.

Priority lanes

Display of the waiting time for examination

Moreover, a fork line approach, which allows arriving passengers to stand in a single line and to proceed one by one to the next available booth, is being employed. Airports also increase the number of immigration inspectors when the airport becomes congested, allocate crowd-control staff, broadcast a guidance video explaining about how to provide personal identification information, and display an information board that illustrates how to fill in an ED card. In this way, the Immigration Bureau is making efforts for smoother immigration procedures by shortening the waiting time for examination, while sometimes asking airlines for cooperation in view of the actual situation of each airport.

## 2 Information Service for Foreign Nationals

The Immigration Bureau is tackling the “Comfortable Administrative Services Campaign” for the purpose of realizing a friendly and caring administration, while there is a demand from some applicants for reduction of the waiting time for application and provision of detailed and easy-to-understand guidance on procedures. To meet such a demand, regional immigration bureaus are continuously making efforts to improve staff attitudes towards administrative services and improve the reception manner by holding seminars for a more humanitarian approach, and by
improving the environment of the reception counter or using ingenuity in making various kinds of guide services friendly to users.

Further, to support a number of foreign nationals who are unfamiliar with procedures relating to immigration and residence due to differences in language, immigration information centers have been established to provide foreign nationals and relevant Japanese nationals with information on procedures for alien registration and preparation of application documents concerning immigration and residence of foreign nationals.

These information centers were established in the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau and its Yokohama District Immigration Office, the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau, the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau and its Kobe District Immigration Office, the Hiroshima Regional Immigration Bureau, the Fukuoka Regional Immigration Bureau, and the Sendai Regional Immigration Bureau. They provide consultation on procedures for immigration and residence to foreign nationals on the phone or face-to-face in various languages, such as English, Korean, Chinese and Spanish. In the Sapporo Regional Immigration Bureau, the Takamatsu Regional Immigration Bureau, the Naha District Immigration Office of the Fukuoka Regional Immigration Bureau, and the Shinjuku Foreign Resident Information Center at Shinjuku Ward, counseling staff have been allocated to provide the same service as the above information centers.

In November 2007, counseling staff who provide services for overall procedures related to immigration and residence were assigned to three major airports (Narita, Chubu and Kansai).

In addition to the above, the Immigration Bureau has been offering a joint counseling and information service to foreign residents in cooperation with Saitama Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture since 2007.

Immigration Information Center (Tokyo)

Immigration Information Center (Osaka)
## 3 Immigration Bureau Website

In March 2002, the Immigration Bureau established its own website separately from the website of the Ministry of Justice. Through this site (http://www.immi-moj.go.jp), the Immigration Bureau publishes questions and answers on immigration and residential procedures as well as the addresses, contacts and business hours of regional immigration offices for the convenience of applicants. Since February 2004, the Immigration Bureau has been receiving information about foreign nationals who may be staying illegally by e-mail.

Moreover, to improve information services for foreign nationals, the Immigration Bureau opened a website in English at the end of FY 2005, and websites in Chinese, Korean and Portuguese to provide services in many languages at the end of FY 2006. Thus, the Bureau has been making the website more convenient for foreign nationals.
平 成 22 年 度 一 般 会 計 歲 入 歲 出 決 算

(第 179 回 国 会 提 出)
## 目次

平成22年度一般会計歳入歳出決算 …… 1
平成22年度一般会計歳入歳出決算説明 …… 1
歳入歳出決算及び各事項の計算 …… 46
歳入 …… 46
国 会 主管 …… 46
裁 判 所 主管 …… 46
会 計 検 査 院 主管 …… 47
内 閣 主管 …… 47
内 閣 府 主管 …… 47
総 務 省 主管 …… 48
法 務 省 主管 …… 49
外 務 省 主管 …… 49
財 務 省 主管 …… 50
文 部 科 学 省 主管 …… 52
厚 生 労 働 省 主管 …… 52
農 林 水 産 省 主管 …… 53
经 济 座 業 省 主 管 …… 54
国 土 交 通 省 主 管 …… 55
環 境 省 主 管 …… 56
防 衛 省 主 管 …… 56

出 …… 58
皇 室 費 …… 58
国 会 所 管 …… 58
裁 判 所 所 管 …… 58
会 計 檢 查 院 所 管 …… 59
内 閣 所 管 …… 59
内 閣 府 所 管 …… 59
総 務 省 所 管 …… 63
法 務 省 所 管 …… 66
外 務 省 所 管 …… 67
財 務 省 所 管 …… 68
文 部 科 学 省 所 管 …… 69
厚 生 労 働 省 所 管 …… 73
農 林 水 産 省 所 管 …… 79
経 济 産 業 省 所 管 …… 86
国 土 交 通 省 所 管 …… 89
環 境 省 所 管 …… 98
防 衛 省 所 管 …… 99
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## 平 成 22 年 度 一 般 会 計 歲 入 歲 出 決 算

平成22年度における

歳入決算総額は

100,534,562,749,975円

歳出決算総額は

95,312,341,707,553 円

である。

したがって

歳入歳出の決算上の剩余金は 5,222,221,042,422 円

である。

上記の歳入の主管別及び部款項別の金額並びに歳出の所管別、組織別及び項別の金額は「歳入歳出決算及び各事項の計算」の収納済歳入額欄及び支出済歳出額欄に掲げ、歳入歳出決算に係る各事項の計算はその各欄に掲げた。

## 平成22年度一般会計歳入歳出決算説明

## 第 1 歲 入

収納済歳入額は	100,534,562,749,975円
であり、これを
歳入予算額	96,728,392,685,000円
{当初予算額	92,299,192,619,000円
予算補正追加額	5,961,937,575,000円
予算補正修正減少額	1,532,737,509,000円
に比べると	3,806,170,064,975円
増加した。