Date	Developments	Contents
2009.1.22	Report of “Proposal on Acceptance of College Students and Pre-college Students” to the Minister of Justice	The Discussion Meeting on Immigration Control Policy, a private consultative group of the Minister of Justice, organized a written report on “Proposal on Acceptance of College Students and Pre-college Students”, and submitted it to the Minister of Justice.
2.4 to 2.22	Establishment of period of stepped-up landing examination	Strict landing examination was implemented by establishing a period for stepped-up landing examination at airports and seaports nationwide.
2.24 to 2.25	Holding of 14th “Document Examination Seminar”	Persons in charge of document examination from 19 countries and one region were invited to the “Document Examination Seminar” held at the Kansai Airport District Immigration Office of the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau to exchange information and views on document forgery identification technology.
3.6	Holding of “Coordination Meeting of Concerned Director Generals for Countermeasures, etc. against Illegal Foreign Workers”	The “Coordination Meeting of Concerned Director Generals for Countermeasures, etc. against Illegal Foreign Workers”, was held with the participation of persons at the level of Director General of the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to discuss present measures against illegal foreign workers and future measures.
3.11	Notification of application of requirements relating to employers of domestic servants	Notification of flexible application of requirements relating to employers specified in the announcement was given, so that persons residing under the residence status of “Investor/Business Manager” or “Legal/Accounting Services” may employ domestic servants more easily.
3.13	Notification of treatment on job-finding activities, etc. performed by foreign college students graduating from colleges, etc.	If foreign college students graduating from a college or from specialized courses of professional schools with a title of specialist perform job-finding activities after graduating from such educational institutions, and if they are recommended by such educational institutions, they are permitted to change their residence status to that of “Designated Activities”, and allowed to stay for one year at the most by permitting another extension of period of stay (implemented on and after April 1, 2009).
3. -	Amendment to “Guideline on Permitting Change of Status of Residence and Extension of Period of Stay”	Based on the third report for the promotion of regulatory reform, the guideline was amended and a statement clearly made regarding enrollment in social insurance.
4.1	New establishment of planning and management, research, detention and deportation departments at Yokohama District Immigration Office of Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau	The security department at Yokohama District Immigration Office of Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau was abolished, and the planning and management, research, detention and deportation departments were newly established.
4.1	New establishment of accounting section at Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau	The accounting section was newly established at Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.