Silviase/jgov_v1.4_full_ann huggingface dataset:
2-2 Number of New Arrivals of Chinese (Taiwan) Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	882,394	777,673	848,283	760,322	1,051,022
Diplomat	—	—	—	—	1
Official	4	7	9	7	8
Professor	14	18	25	24	17
Artist	—	—	1	—	—
Religious Activities	9	9	11	4	19
Journalist	1	1	1	1	1
Investor/Business Manager	24	18	26	20	17
Legal/Accounting Services	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Services	—	—	1	—	1
Researcher	2	3	10	11	12
Instructor	1	2	—	—	—
Engineer	137	51	27	32	50
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	79	86	59	75	91
Intra-company Transferee	106	130	111	140	168
Entertainer	913	629	574	462	420
Skilled Labor	45	22	53	26	24
Cultural Activities	50	65	43	46	45
Temporary Visitor	878,031	774,011	844,465	756,538	1,047,369
College Student	1,145	1,201	1,216	1,202	1,220
Pre-college Student	669	546	662	650	686
Trainee	335	204	328	395	176
Dependent	359	259	214	232	208
Designated Activities	170	169	249	271	310
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	238	190	143	145	147
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	6	11	5	3	5
Long Term Resident	56	41	50	38	27
2-3 Number of Alien Registrations of Chinese Nationals by Status of Residence

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	335,575	381,225	424,282	462,396	487,570
Professor	2,062	2,228	2,437	2,443	2,417
Artist	172	169	161	135	125
Religious Activities	57	66	69	71	95
Journalist	15	14	19	19	21
Investor/Business Manager	1,137	1,173	1,185	1,234	1,268
Legal/Accounting Services	11	10	14	14	10
Medical Services	69	66	71	59	57
Researcher	1,277	1,387	1,483	1,164	1,043
Instructo	81	93	91	84	105
Engineer	10,334	11,382	11,433	11,079	11,981
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	11,013	11,952	12,132	12,470	14,300
Intra-company Transferee	1,632	1,936	2,201	2,324	2,753
Entertainer	1,912	2,065	2,762	3,848	4,163
Skilled labor	6,033	6,333	6,756	6,895	7,303
Cultural Activities	1,360	1,260	1,054	996	1,208
Temporary Visitor	10,545	11,187	11,778	12,951	11,929
College Student	45,321	59,079	73,795	87,091	90,746
Pre-college Student	26,542	30,170	35,450	38,873	29,430
Trainee	22,163	25,640	26,945	30,763	40,136
Dependent	32,306	34,821	36,453	35,390	35,253
Designated Activities	16,443	22,110	29,437	35,481	41,601
Permanent Resident	48,809	58,778	70,599	83,321	96,647
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	50,525	53,554	53,126	52,016	51,854
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	1,724	1,961	2,252	2,698	2,988
Long Term Resident	37,337	36,580	35,020	33,292	32,130
Special Permanent Resident	4,151	4,060	3,924	3,406	3,306
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	1,966	2,446	2,778	3,007	3,430
Temporary Refuge	—	—	—	—	—
Others	578	705	857	1,272	1,271
3-1 Number of New Arrivals of British Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	169,053	173,396	194,190	176,940	190,346
Diplomat	469	395	330	310	321
Official	137	118	153	139	153
Professor	91	82	73	120	152
Artist	14	21	20	11	6
Religious Activities	20	11	11	9	7
Journalist	10	12	11	6	3
Investor/Business Manager	63	48	55	37	60
Legal/Accounting Services	1	—	—	—	—
Medical Services	1	—	—	—	—
Researcher	34	19	18	12	17
Instructor	690	736	616	612	517
Engineer	68	46	46	34	48
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	1,259	1,131	1,166	1,228	1,084
Intra-company Transferee	341	241	211	232	181
Entertainer	2,939	2,956	2,854	2,724	2,665
Skilled Labor	16	12	6	2	3
Cultural Activities	32	17	47	22	30
Temporary Visitor	162,023	166,653	187,627	170,344	184,029
College Student	238	236	229	243	237
Pre-college Student	51	41	38	40	44
Trainee	41	71	36	55	23
Dependent	356	246	230	221	213
Designated Activities	13	143	244	347	382
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	140	160	168	187	169
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	—	—	—	1	—
Long Term Resident	6	1	1	4	2
3-2 Number of Alien Registrations of British Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	16,525	17,527	18,508	18,230	18,082
Professor	412	420	433	457	474
Artist	10	14	17	20	15
Religious Activities	99	94	96	86	76
Journalist	43	43	45	37	32
Investor/Business Manage	448	435	415	405	431
Legal/Accounting Services	19	18	18	19	22
Medical Services	3	3	2	1	1
Researcher	73	66	69	53	48
Instructor	1,618	1,744	1,751	1,684	1,548
Engineer	355	395	427	402	425
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	3,831	4,567	5,211	5,045	4,957
Intra-company Transferee	795	888	914	815	726
Entertainer	77	54	52	47	49
Skilled Labo	318	314	302	236	200
Cultural Activities	70	46	47	39	39
Temporary Visitor	949	826	846	855	889
College Student	795	754	756	723	634
Pre-college Student	278	191	144	144	125
Trainee	23	18	20	19	20
Dependent	1,758	1,745	1,778	1,596	1,555
Designated Activities	25	127	182	250	303
Permanent Resident	1,618	1,839	2,074	2,329	2,583
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	2,342	2,398	2,403	2,444	2,420
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	39	43	37	40	42
Long Term Resident	435	394	371	360	346
Special Permanent Resident	33	36	34	37	40
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	47	42	50	69	64
Temporary Refuge	—	—	—	—	—
Others	12	13	14	18	18
4-1 Number of New Arrivals of American Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	661,564	628,731	667,296	596,494	695,337
Diplomat	2,119	1,602	2,083	1,897	1,898
Official	2,362	1,832	2,607	2,433	2,470
Professor	374	359	329	392	429
Artist	40	58	60	40	38
Religious Activities	814	674	563	559	564
Journalist	173	108	279	201	82
Investor/Business Manager	387	275	199	218	232
Legal/Accounting Services	2	2	—	2	—
Medical Services	—	—	—	—	—
Researcher	58	30	49	36	27
Instructor	1,492	1,422	1,635	1,559	1,631
Engineer	1,204	598	488	252	162
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	1,779	1,747	1,645	1,833	1,933
Intra-company Transferee	1,069	772	484	533	489
Entertainer	6,200	6,488	6,887	7,066	6,704
Skilled Labor	1,266	368	51	21	14
Cultural Activities	398	376	409	415	498
Temporary Visitor	637,610	608,119	645,845	575,000	674,070
College Student	1,276	1,399	1,552	1,760	1,915
Pre-college Student	255	292	270	281	307
Trainee	52	46	36	30	33
Dependent	1,946	1,496	1,243	1,298	1,151
Designated Activities	130	139	129	141	151
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	518	498	430	502	500
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	3	2	8	—	4
Long Term Resident	37	29	15	25	35
4-2 Number of Alien Registrations of American Nationals by Status of Residence

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Status of Residence
Total	44,856	46,244	47,970	47,836	48,844
Professor	1,289	1,257	1,252	1,264	1,209
Artist	51	55	58	63	66
Religious Activities	2,356	2,223	2,119	2,018	1,957
Journalist	83	78	71	52	53
Investor/Business Manager	1,396	1,370	1,288	1,253	1,237
Legal/Accounting Services	48	54	58	62	66
Medical Services	1	1	3	2	2
Researcher	96	97	121	97	87
Instructor	3,713	3,936	4,359	4,198	4,325
Engineer	567	648	644	568	571
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	5,933	6,987	7,817	7,796	8,136
Intra-company Transferee	1,723	1,646	1,701	1,442	1,360
Entertainer	311	375	374	374	374
Skilled Labor	67	68	65	52	50
Cultural Activities	322	255	285	262	308
Temporary Visitor	904	737	754	771	853
College Student	1,183	1,228	1,263	1,445	1,663
Pre-college Student	251	272	302	305	328
Trainee	23	19	18	15	12
Dependent	6,939	6,736	6,706	6,277	5,968
Designated Activities	125	117	124	130	141
Permanent Resident	5,826	6,636	7,348	8,149	9,064
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	9,495	9,238	9,021	8,948	8,719
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	112	110	113	120	121
Long Term Resident	1,632	1,627	1,583	1,582	1,537
Special Permanent Resident	250	279	323	358	391
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	111	136	147	164	184
Temporary Refuge	—	—	—	—	—
Others	49	59	52	69	62
5-1 Number of New Arrivals of Philippine Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	104,324	115,318	120,812	131,834	147,817
Diplomat	114	144	233	198	105
Official	240	201	297	234	231
Professor	17	12	53	62	36
Artist	—	—	—	—	—
Religious Activities	34	40	35	47	23
Journalist	2	—	—	—	—
Investor/Business Manager	5	7	2	2	3
Legal/Accounting Services	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Services	—	—	—	—	—
Researcher	16	18	9	12	7
Instructor	14	6	3	7	3
Engineer	114	116	97	145	233
Specialist in Humanities/ International Services	62	65	32	57	66
Intra-company Transferee	155	179	130	215	241
Entertainer	60,455	71,678	74,729	80,048	82,741
Skilled Labor	30	40	15	30	26
Cultural Activities	50	67	37	42	44
Temporary Visitor	30,099	30,432	33,660	38,430	51,617
College Student	154	185	183	196	189
Pre-college Student	65	68	57	51	63
Trainee	3,727	3,768	3,222	3,618	3,635
Dependent	287	275	227	211	287
Designated Activities	250	249	234	213	241
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	5,477	5,382	4,884	4,887	5,038
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	33	54	63	90	95
Long Term Resident	2,924	2,332	2,610	3,039	2,893
5-2 Number of Alien Registrations of Philippine Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	144,871	156,667	169,359	185,237	199,394
Professor	34	39	44	58	56
Artist	2	2	2	2	3
Religious Activities	180	203	217	235	229
Journalist	1	1	—	—	—
Investor/Business Manager	25	31	31	30	34
Legal/Accounting Services	1	1	1	1	1
Medical Services	2	2	1	—	—
Researcher	24	31	32	33	25
Instructor	42	45	47	42	49
Engineer	603	706	759	789	929
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	362	439	460	492	558
Intra-company Transferee	338	392	455	459	499
Entertainer	43,790	44,784	46,547	50,539	50,691
Skilled Labor	156	174	173	182	172
Cultural Activities	30	27	24	20	25
Temporary Visitor	6,078	6,987	8,452	10,115	13,267
College Student	554	574	598	620	633
Pre-college Student	461	440	420	381	353
Trainee	2,734	2,356	2,329	2,689	2,888
Dependent	948	1,094	1,234	1,251	1,334
Designated Activities	2,066	2,778	3,121	3,454	3,706
Permanent Resident	20,933	26,967	32,796	39,733	47,407
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	46,265	46,233	45,510	44,366	43,817
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	350	432	496	696	903
Long Term Resident	13,285	15,530	18,246	21,117	23,756
Special Permanent Resident	25	27	29	26	30
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	1,908	2,198	2,572	2,828	3,038
Temporary Refuge	—	—	—	—	—
Others	3,674	4,174	4,763	5,079	4,991
6-1 Number of New Arrivals of Brazilian Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	58,577	39,533	33,296	41,101	41,764
Diplomat	52	88	83	73	69
Official	54	51	31	35	53
Professor	5	6	4	10	9
Artist	—	1	4	1	5
Religious Activities	17	51	37	40	36
Journalist	—	—	—	—	2
Investor/Business Manager	1	2	2	2	3
Legal/Accounting Services	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Services	—	—	1	—	—
Researcher	7	2	6	1	3
Instructor	—	—	2	1	2
Engineer	4	4	6	5	5
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	23	24	14	19	22
Intra-company Transferee	27	5	11	24	21
Entertainer	798	984	769	938	741
Skilled Labor	18	10	11	15	19
Cultural Activities	7	11	11	6	13
Temporary Visitor	13,031	9,848	10,627	7,749	9,527
College Student	129	146	139	123	119
Pre-college Student	48	44	44	50	41
Trainee	402	360	349	305	262
Dependent	132	146	110	170	124
Designated Activities	8	11	15	9	23
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	14,544	8,627	6,978	9,902	8,893
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	6	9	28	45	65
Long Term Resident	29,264	19,103	14,014	21,578	21,707
6-2 Number of Alien Registrations of Brazilian Nationals by Status of Residence

(People)

Year Status of Residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total	254,394	265,962	268,332	274,700	286,557
Professor	15	20	18	27	33
Artist	3	5	8	9	13
Religious Activities	51	89	99	102	107
Journalist	1	1	1	1	1
Investor/Business Manager	13	15	12	13	17
Legal/Accounting Services	—	—	—	—	—
Medical Services	—	—	1	1	1
Researcher	7	7	14	9	11
Instructor	1	1	2	3	7
Engineer	24	35	39	41	46
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	57	67	71	76	81
Intra-company Transferee	54	35	39	45	45
Entertainer	300	253	241	251	233
Skilled Labor	58	59	62	62	70
Cultural Activities	18	12	18	5	7
Temporary Visitor	1,892	1,351	1,172	1,076	975
College Student	352	360	378	365	351
Pre-college Student	51	58	55	60	58
Trainee	191	161	143	145	124
Dependent	313	347	353	408	405
Designated Activities	15	22	22	71	92
Permanent Resident	9,062	20,277	31,203	41,771	52,581
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	101,623	97,262	90,732	85,482	82,173
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	96	135	228	391	531
Long Term Resident	137,649	142,082	139,826	140,552	144,407
Special Permanent Resident	15	14	15	17	19
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	2,222	2,922	3,254	3,470	3,958
Temporary Refuge	—	—	—	—	—
Others	311	372	326	247	211
Other than the ordinary immigration procedures for foreign nationals, the Immigration Control Act also stipulates a simplified landing permission system called “Special Cases of Landing” for certain types of entry of foreign nationals.

### b. Entry (Landing) Control of Foreign Nationals

A foreign national must, in principle, satisfy the following conditions for landing in Japan (Article 7, Paragraph 1 of the Immigration Control Act) before he is permitted to enter the country with the status of residence and period of stay authorized.

① The foreign national must hold a valid passport;

② A valid visa must be affixed to the passport, unless the foreign national is exempt;

③ The activities that the foreign national will be engaged in while in Japan as stated in the application must be true and must fall under one of the status of residence categories. (For some of the status of residence categories, the foreign national must, in addition, satisfy the landing permission requirements stipulated by the Ministerial Ordinance to Provide for Criteria pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph 1 (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.)

④ The period of stay as requested in the application must comply with the provisions of the Ministry of Justice Ordinance.

⑤ The foreign national must not fall under any of the grounds for denial of landing.

If, as a result of a landing examination by an immigration inspector at the port of entry, a foreign national is found not to conform to the conditions for landing, the case will be assigned to a special inquiry officer $ ^{4} $ , who will hold a hearing (Article 9, Paragraph 4 and Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the Immigration Control Act).

If the special inquiry officer finds that the foreign national satisfies the conditions for landing as a result of the hearing, he will promptly be granted landing permission (Article 10, Paragraph 7 of the Immigration Control Act).

On the other hand, if a foreign national receives notice that he does not conform to the conditions for landing, the foreign national may either submit to the finding or file an objection. In the case of the former, the foreign national will be ordered to leave Japan. In the case of the latter, the foreign national may file an objection with the Minister of Justice within three days after receipt of the notice (Article 10, Paragraph 10 and Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Immigration Control Act).

If the Minister of Justice receives an objection from a foreign national whom a special inquiry officer has found not to conform to the conditions for landing, the Minister will decide whether the objection is with reason: that is, whether the foreign national conforms to the conditions for landing. If the Minister decides that the objection is with reason, permission to land will promptly be given to him. If the Minister decides that the objection is without reason, however, the foreign national will be ordered to leave Japan (Article 11, Paragraphs 3, 4 and 6 of the Immigration Control Act). If a foreign national who is ordered to leave Japan fails to do so without delay, he
Procedures for Landing Examination

will be deported.

The Minister of Justice may, even if an objection is found to be without reason, give special permission for landing to a foreign national if the foreign national has received re-entry permission or if the Minister finds that there are special extenuating circumstances that warrant the foreign national to land (the "special permission for landing" provided for in Article 12 of the Immigration Control Act). In accordance with the partial amendment of the Penal Code and Relevant laws promulgated on June 22, 2005 (Law No. 66 of 2004), the Minister of Justice may grant special permission for landing to a foreign national if he finds that the foreign national entered Japan under the control of another such as through trafficking in persons.

Japanese landing examination procedures for foreign nationals allow a foreign national who is not immediately permitted to land ample opportunity to assert and prove that he does, in fact, meet the conditions for landing. To ensure that the examination is conducted carefully, it is composed of three steps.
## Procedures for Advance Consultation for Issuance of Visas and Applications for Certificates of Eligibility

## 1 Advance consultation for issuance of a visa

## 2 Application for a certificate of eligibility

### c. Pre-entry Examination

(a) Advance Consultation for Issuance of Visas

Though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the authority to issue a visa, such authority is closely related to immigration control administration, since the holding of a valid visa is one of the conditions for landing in Japan.

For this reason, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has the authority for visa-related affairs and the Ministry of Justice, which has the authority for immigration control, communicate
(i) Status of residence categories that permit employment without application of landing permission standards

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
Diplomat	Period during which diplomatic activities are performed	Ambassador, minister, consul general, or delegation member of a foreign government and their families
Official	Period during which official activities are performed	Employee of an embassy or consulate of a foreign government, individual assigned by an international institution for an official assignment, and their families
Professor	3 years or 1 year	College professor
Artist	Same as above	Composer, artist, or writer
Religious Activities	Same as above	Missionary assigned by a foreign religious organization
Journalist	Same as above	Reporter or photographer of foreign press

(ii) Status of residence categories that permit employment but are subject to the application of landing permission standards

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
Investor/ Business Manager	3 years or 1 year	Manager or administrator of a foreign-capital company
Legal/ Accounting Services	Same as above	Attorney or certified public accountant
Medical Services	Same as above	Physician, dentist or registered nurse
Researcher	Same as above	Researcher at a government-related institution or company
Instructor	Same as above	Language instructor at a high school or junior high school
Engineer	Same as above	Engineer of mechanical engineering
Specialist in Humanities/ International Services	Same as above	Interpreter, designer, or language instructor at a company
Intra-company Transferee	Same as above	Transferee from an office abroad
Entertainer	1 year, 6 months, or 3 months	Actor, singer, dancer, or professional athlete
Skilled Labor	3 years or 1 year	Chef of foreign cuisine, sports instructor, aircraft pilot, or craftsman of precious metals
(iii) Status of residence categories that do not permit employment and are not subject to the application of landing permission standards

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
Cultural Activities	1 year or 6 months	Researcher of Japanese culture
Temporary Visitor	90 days, 30 days, or 15 days	Tourist or conference participant

(iv) Status of residence categories that do not permit employment and are subject to the application of landing permission standards

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
College Student	2 years or 1 year	College student or junior college student
Pre-college Student	1 year or 6 months	High school student or a student of higher or general courses of an advanced vocational school (Senshugakko)
Trainee	Same as above	Trainee
Dependent	3 years, 2 years, 1 year, 6 months, or 3 months	Spouse or child who is a dependant of a residing foreign national

(v) Status of residence categories that may permit employment depending on the nature of the activity

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
Designated Activities	3 years, 1 year, 6 months, or a term designated by the Minister of Justice (under 1 year)	Domestic help for a diplomat, individual on a working holiday, or technical intern
(vi) Status of residence categories that permit resident activities based on civil status or position (employment is permitted)

Status of Residence	Period of Stay	Examples
Permanent Resident	Unlimited	Individual who is permitted permanent residence by the Minister of Justice (except for special permanent residents of the Special Law on Immigration Control)
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	3 years or 1 year	Spouse, biological child, or child adopted by a Japanese national in accordance with the provisions of Article 817-2 of the Civil Code
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	Same as above	Spouse or biological child of permanent resident or special permanent resident who was born and continues to reside in Japan
Long Term Resident	3 years, 1 year, or a term designated by the Minister of Justice (under 1 year)	Japanese relative, child of Japanese descent, child of foreign national spouse from a previous marriage

### b. Examination of Status of Residence

If a foreign national living in Japan wishes to continue his residence in Japan after the period of stay granted in the beginning has expired or to change the status of residence to suit a purpose different from the initial purpose, he must file an application in accordance with the Immigration Control Act and receive permission from the Minister of Justice. Such permission may be permission for extension of period of stay, permission for change of status of residence, permission for acquisition of status of residence, re-entry permission, permission to engage in an activity other than those permitted by the status of residence previously granted, and permission for permanent residence. Determining the status of residence is the purpose of status of residence examination.

## (a) Permission for Extension of Period of Stay (Article 21 of the Immigration Control Act)

If a foreign national who resides in Japan wishes to continue to reside in Japan without changing the current status of residence, he must receive permission for extension of period of stay.

## (b) Permission for Change of Status of Residence (Article 20 of the Immigration Control Act)

If a foreign national who resides in Japan wishes to change the activity that is the purpose of his residence, he must receive permission for change of status of residence for the new activity.

(c) Permission for Acquisition of Status of Residence (Article 22-2 of the Immigration Control Act)

If a foreign national who was born in Japan, an individual who became a foreign national after renouncing Japanese nationality, or a United States of America military personnel member stipulated in Article 1 of the Status of Forces Agreement between Japan and the United States of America who lost the status wishes to continue living in Japan, he must acquire a status of residence.

(d) Re-entry Permission (Article 26 of the Immigration Control Act)
Deportation Procedures

Shortening of denial term of landing

### b. Examination by Immigration Inspectors of Violations

An immigration inspector, when the suspect and the case have been delivered to him, examines whether the case falls under one of the grounds for deportation (examination of violations provided for in Article 45, Paragraph 1 of the Act). If the immigration inspector finds that the foreign national falls under one of the grounds for deportation and the suspect objects to the findings by the immigration inspector, he may request a hearing by a special inquiry officer (Article 48 of the Act). If the suspect is dissatisfied with the findings by the special inquiry officer, he may file an objection with the Minister of Justice (Article 49, Paragraph 1 of the Act).