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(3) In cooperation with the relevant ministries and agencies, officers were sent to the conferences of companies, universities and other organizations, which are likely to be the ones accepting the highly-skilled foreign professionals, to give an explanation of the system.

The Immigration Bureau intends to continue with its endeavors to enhance its publicity measures relating to the system for highly-skilled foreign professionals with the cooperation of the relevant ministries and agencies.

## Section 5 ☐ Establishment of a New Status of Residence

A bill for partial amendment of the Immigration Control Act was submitted to the 186th session of the Diet in order to promote the acceptance of highly-skilled foreign professionals and this bill was approved and enacted in June 2014. This bill had as its contents the establishment of a new status of residence named “Highly Skilled Professional (i)”, which was established for those foreign nationals with advanced and specialized skills who are currently being granted the status of residence of “Designated Activities” as well as the establishment of a new status of residence named “Highly Skilled Professional (ii)”, which substantially eases the restrictions on activities and grants an unlimited period of stay, to be granted to highly-skilled foreign professionals, who have resided in Japan for a certain period with the status of residence of “Highly Skilled Professional (i)”.
### Chapter 4. Measures against Illegal or Imposter Foreign Residents in Japan

## Section 1 ◆ Implementation of Measures against Illegal Foreign Residents

## 1 Past Efforts to Reduce the Number of Illegal Foreign Residents

Based on the “Five-Year to Halve the Number of Illegal Foreign Residents” launched in 2004, each regional immigration bureau has actively promoted various measures, including strict implementation of landing/residence examinations, proactive public relations activities regarding illegal employment, strengthened detection by detection officer units, etc., wider application of custody transfer in accordance with Article 65 of the Immigration Control Act, and the encouragement of the appearances of illegal foreign residents under the departure order system. As a result, the number of illegal foreign residents, which was about 250,000 at the start of the plan, decreased to about 130,000 as of January 2009, and its goal was almost accomplished.

Based on the “Action Plan 2008 for the Realization of a Society Resistant to Crime” aiming to “create a society that generates no illegal foreign residents under the new residency management system”, the Immigration Bureau has continued efforts to further reduce the number of foreign nationals illegally staying beyond their authorized period of stay, which decreased to approximately 59,000 as of January 1, 2014.

## ② Efforts to Further Reduce the Number of Illegal Foreign Residents

The Immigration Bureau recognizes that the number of illegal foreign residents in Japan has steadily decreased due to past efforts. However, it is estimated that there are still approximately 59,000 foreign nationals staying beyond their authorized period of stay in hiding somewhere in the country, so the Immigration Bureau is making the following efforts to further reduce the number of illegal foreign residents.

## (1) Strengthened Detection

The Immigration Bureau has established “special detection officer units” that are to engage full-time in detecting offenders in violation of the Immigration Act in the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau (six units), Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau (two units), Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau (two units) and Yokohama District Immigration Office (one unit), which are located in large city areas where there are many offenders. In addition, the Immigration Bureau has continued efforts to reinforce the ability to detect illegal foreign residents, and is promoting joint detection by strengthening cooperation with the local police authorities.

It has become obvious that illegal foreign residents tend to exist in smaller groups and have spread out in wider areas, and the number of those who are detected at a single site has been on the decline over the years. Given this, the Immigration Bureau seeks to gather and analyze various pieces of information on foreign nationals staying beyond their authorized period of stay, and makes efforts to promote effective and efficient detection by rebuilding the composition of the immigration control officers.