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### E. Foreign Nationals Entering Japan with a Status of Residence for Resident Activities Based on Personal Status or Position (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 13-1, 14-1)

When foreign nationals enter Japan for resident activities based on their personal status or position, one of three types of statuses of residence; namely, “Spouse or Child of Japanese National”, “Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident”, or “Long-Term Resident” will be granted (Note that no foreign nationals newly entering Japan can obtain the status of residence of “Permanent Resident” because this status is granted only to foreign nationals who have lived in Japan for a certain period of time (Article 7, Paragraph (1) (ii) of the Immigration Control Act)).

In 2013, the number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of a Japanese National” amounted to 9,244, a decrease of 1,611 (14.8%) from 2012, and those with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of a Permanent Resident” amounted to 1,870, a decrease of 7 (0.4%) from 2012.

The number of foreign nationals newly entering under “Long-Term Resident” had decreased by 1,057 (10.7%) in 2012 to 8,788 in 2013.

According to statistics by nationality/region, the largest number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of a Japanese National” came from China at 2,839, accounting for 30.7% of the total. China was followed by the Philippines (2,258, accounting for 24.4%) and Brazil (771, accounting for 8.3%). According to statistics by nationality/region, the largest number of newly entering foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Long-Term Resident” came from the Philippines at 2,756, accounting for 31.4% of the total. The Philippines was followed by Brazil (2,507, accounting for 28.5%) and China (1,864, accounting for 21.2%) (Chart 15).

Chart 15 Changes in the number of foreign nationals newly entering by status of residence for activities based on personal status or position
## 2 Special Landing Permission

The number of persons who received special landing permission in 2013 was 2,165,112, a decrease of 39,532 (1.8%) from 2012.

Among those, the number of persons who received landing permission for crew members in 2013 reached 2,085,701 which accounted for 96.3% of the total number of cases of special landing permission and represented the largest percentage, followed by the number of persons who received permission for landing at a port of call at 76,378, accounting for 3.5% (Table 3).

Table 3 Changes in the number of cases of special landing permission

(Cases)

Year Division	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total	1,888,704	1,972,090	1,915,705	2,204,644	2,165,112
Permission for Landing at a Port of Call	34,658	24,355	15,058	136,916	76,378
Permission for Landing in Transit	394	458	2,296	2,862	2,571
Landing Permission for Crew Members	1,853,267	1,946,807	1,897,714	2,064,409	2,085,701
Permission for Emergency Landing	368	381	351	370	318
Landing Permission Due to Distress	17	89	286	82	142
Landing Permission for Temporary Refuge	(-)	(-)	(10)	5	2

(*) Landing permission for temporary refuge has been included in the number of cases of special landing permission since 2012.

The following is the number of cases of special landing permission by category.

## (1) Permission for Landing at a Port of Call

The number of persons who were granted landing at a port of call in 2013 was 76,378, a decrease of 60,538 (44.2%) from 2012. This decrease is likely due to the declining number of cruise ships in 2013 landing at a port of call in Japan, especially those coming from China resulting in a declining number of passengers from cruise ships, who are subject to permission for landing at a port of call (see Part III, Chapter 2, Section 1, subsection 3).

## (2) Permission for Landing in Transit

The number of foreign nationals who received permission for landing in transit in 2013 was 2,571, a decrease of 291 (10.2%) from 2012.

## (3) Landing Permission for Crew Members

The number of foreign nationals who received landing permission for crew members in 2013 was 2,085,701, an increase of 21,292 (1.0%) from 2012.

## (4) Permission for Emergency Landing

The number of foreign nationals who received permission for emergency landing in 2013 was 318, a decrease of 52 (14.1%) from 2012.

## (5) Landing Permission Due to Distress

The number of foreign nationals who received landing permission due to distress in 2013 was 142, an increase of 60 (73.2%) from 2012.
## (6) Landing Permission for Temporary Refuge

The number of foreign nationals who received landing permission for temporary refuge in 2013 was 2, a decrease of 3 (60.0%) from 2012.

## $ ^{3} $ Foreign Nationals Leaving Japan

The number of foreign nationals simply leaving Japan without having acquired a re-entry permit was 9,395,836 in 2013, an increase of 1,991,952 (26.9%) from 2012.

Among them, the number of persons leaving Japan with a period of stay of less than 15 days was 8,769,160, which accounted for 93.3% of the total or almost all. Further, the number of persons leaving Japan with a period of stay of less than 3 months was 9,247,563, which accounted for 98.4% of the total (Table 4).

Table 4 Changes in the number of foreign nationals simply leaving Japan by period of stay

YearPeriod of Stay	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total	6,046,150	7,865,081	5,414,994	7,403,884	9,395,836
Within 15 days	5,423,103	7,229,477	4,892,797	6,820,277	8,769,160
More than 15 days to 1 month	237,515	266,227	185,550	244,373	282,118
More than 1 month to 3 months	179,882	187,725	157,804	189,873	196,285
More than 3 months to 6 months	30,638	29,777	25,972	31,638	30,690
More than 6 months to 1 year	48,709	43,085	38,686	32,259	35,711
More than 1 year to 3 years	85,253	80,770	84,909	57,275	56,498
More than 3 years	35,945	24,976	26,308	26,879	24,374
Unknown	5,105	3,044	2,968	1,310	1,000
## Section 2 ☐ Judgment for Landing

① Receipt and Processing of Hearings for Landing, and Filing of Objections

Hearing for landing

The number of new cases of hearings for landing (the number of cases which were assigned to a special inquiry officer on account of a foreign national not having been granted landing permission by an immigration inspector) in 2013 was 6,675, a decrease of 1,412 (17.5%) from 2012.

The most common cases were those in which the foreign national was required to undergo a hearing for landing on suspicion of having submitted a false landing application, such as claiming to be a tourist or a similar status while their real purpose of entry was unlawful work or other illegal activities (not meeting the conditions provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control Act). Such cases numbered 4,118, a decline of 1,355 (24.8%) from 2012 and accounted for 61.7% of the total number of new cases in 2013. This was followed by cases which were assigned on account of the foreign national being suspected of not possessing a valid passport or visa, such as those trying to enter Japan using a forged or altered passport (not meeting the conditions provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Immigration Control Act). Such cases numbered 1,466, a decrease of 117 (7.4%) from 2012 and accounted for 22.0% of the total number of new cases in 2013. Furthermore, cases which were assigned to special inquiry officers on suspicion of falling under one of the grounds for denial of landing (not meeting the conditions provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Immigration Control Act) numbered 1,091, an increase of 63 (6.1%) from 2012, accounting for 16.3% of the total number of new cases in 2013. In addition, the number of foreign nationals refusing to provide the immigration inspector with their personal identification information, which became mandatory from November 20, 2007 (persons coming under paragraph (4) of Article 7 of the Immigration Control Act) was one person in 2012, who was handed over to a special inquiry officer, and zero in 2013 (Table 5).
Table 5 Changes in the number of new cases of hearings for landing by grounds for landing

(Cases)

Year Conditions for landing	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total	9,930	7,365	10,954	8,087	6,675
Using counterfeit passports or visas (Not conforming to Article 7-(1)-(i))	1,300	1,116	1,526	1,583	1,466
False landing application (Not conforming to Article 7-(1)-(ii))	7,470	5,105	8,633	5,473	4,118
Not eligible for the period of stay relating to the application (Not conforming to Article 7-(1)-(iii))	0	6	5	2	0
Falling under the grounds for denial of landing (Not conforming to Article 7-(1)-(iv))	1,160	1,137	788	1,028	1,091
Not providing personal identification information (Not conforming to Article 7-(4))	0	1	2	1	0

With regard to the processing of the hearings for landing in 2013 $ ^{*} $ , the number of cases where landing was permitted as it was found during the hearing that the foreign national conformed to the conditions for landing permission was 2,423, an increase of 244 (11.2%) from 2012.

In addition, cases in which foreign nationals were ordered to leave Japan because they were found not to meet the conditions for landing at the hearing for landing by a special inquiry officer and who later submitted to the findings numbered 2,079, an increase of 473 (29.5%) from 2012. Cases in which foreign nationals filed an objection with the Minister of Justice because they were not satisfied with the finding by the special inquiry officer that they did not meet the conditions for landing numbered 1,819, a decline of 2,082 (53.4%) from 2012 (Table 6).

Table 6 Changes in the processing of the hearings for landing

(Cases)

Year Division	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total	9,938	7,304	10,993	8,109	6,677
Landing permission	3,664	2,903	2,718	2,179	2,423
Deportation order	3,731	2,662	2,155	1,606	2,079
Filing of objection	2,014	1,319	5,733	3,901	1,819
Withdrawal of the landing application	249	231	209	318	286
Others	280	189	178	105	70

$ ^{*} $ “Others” includes cases where the jurisdiction has changed or the application was withdrawn owing to the departure, etc.
## ② Foreign Nationals Falling Under Any of the Grounds for Denial of Landing

In principle, foreign nationals denied permission for landing are those who (1) are ordered to leave Japan after a hearing for landing or (2) are ordered to leave Japan after the results of filing an objection with the Minister of Justice.

The number of foreign nationals denied permission for landing in 2013 was 2,859, an increase of 372 (15.0%) from 2012.

According to statistics by nationality/region, the largest number of foreign nationals denied permission for landing came consistently from R.O. Korea standing at 683, accounting for 23.9% of the total, followed by Thailand standing at 489, accounting for 17.1% and Turkey standing at 286, accounting for 10.0%. Those top three countries accounted for 51.0% of the total (Chart 16). Of this number, the reason why Thailand saw a sudden increase was probably due to the impact of the visa waiver for temporary visitors staying for less than 15 days, which was a measure to deregulate visas taken on July 1, 2013.

Chart 16 Changes in the number of foreign nationals who were denied landing by major nationality/region
## 3 Special Permission for Landing

Cases in which the Minister of Justice granted special permission for landing to foreign nationals in 2013 numbered 1,442, a decline of 1,998 (58.1%) from 2012 (Table7).

Table 7 Changes in the number of objections filed, and decisions by the Minister of Justice

(Cases)

Year Division	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Filing of Objection (*)	2,022	1,326	5,754	3,910	1,871
Decisions	With reason	5	18	18	22	21
Without reason (Order to leave Japan)	361	291	303	333	340
Special Permission for Landing	1,629	975	5,416	3,440	1,442
Withdrawal	20	21	8	63	50
Outstanding	7	21	9	52	18

$ ^{*} $ “Filing of objections” includes the number of outstanding cases of the previous year.

## Article: At the front line of immigration control administration (voice of an immigration inspector in charge of the work of adjudication) (Ninth Inspection Department, Kansai Airport District Immigration Office, Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau: Sachiko Otsuka)

With the aim of becoming a hub, Kansai International Airport has been striving to proactively attract LCC (low-cost airlines), and as a result, the number of foreign nationals entering Japan in 2013 was 1.3 times higher than the number of the previous year, and therefore our workload has been increasing year by year.

It is under such circumstances that I not only conduct immigration examinations in my role as an immigration inspector, but also conduct adjudications on landing (hearings) as a special inquiry officer.

Most foreign nationals are granted permission for landing at the examination booth at the time of the entry examination, but foreign nationals who were not given permission for landing are handed over to a special inquiry officer and a hearing is held. During the hearing, the foreign national is asked in detail in a separate room about the purpose of entering Japan through an interpreter.

The conditions for landing in Japan are prescribed in the immigration laws and regulations, and based on such information as the details obtained from the foreign national, a determination is carefully made as to whether the foreign national meets those conditions.

Foreign nationals who attempt to land in Japan, obviously differ with regard to their nationality, culture, thinking and the circumstances they face, and come from diverse backgrounds, and the activities they wish to engage in while in Japan also vary.

Some foreign nationals file a false application planning to land in Japan through any means for some unlawful purpose, and identifying such persons and preventing them from landing requires that we have a thorough understanding of the laws and regulations, possess the skills to conduct a hearing, acquire a wide range of knowledge and expertise to deal with the diverse situations and utilize data, and since I still have a lot to learn, I strive every day to educate myself.

On the other hand, it is also possible to say the range of things that I learn through this work is both
wide and deep, and since through talking to individual foreign nationals, I gain a view of the realities of the world by glimpsing the real-life dramas that are unlikely to happen in Japan, one of the advantages of this work is that I get to recognize the blessings of Japan’s beauty and goodness anew.

There are a number of foreign nationals who tell us at the time of their departure that Japan was a wonderful country and they enthusiastically say they would like to come again. This makes me think about the efforts of the Japanese people who probably helped them to enjoy a wonderful visit, and I am determined to, in some small way, as part of the force protecting this wonderful country, to work sincerely on our day-to-day operations.

## Section 3 ☐ Pre-entry Examination

## 1 Advance Consultation for Visa Issuance

The number of cases of advance consultation for visa issuance was 4,635 in 2013, showing a decrease of 275 (5.6%) from 2012.

## 2 Certificate of Eligibility

In 2013, the number of cases of applications for certificates of eligibility was 282,428, an increase of 16,155 (6.1%) from 2012.

The advance consultation for issuance of visas together with the examination of certificates of eligibility are jointly called pre-entry examinations. In recent years, the number of processed cases of applications for the issuance of a certificate of eligibility has steadily accounted for most of the total number of processed cases of pre-entry examinations (Table 8).

Table 8 Changes in the number of cases of pre-entry examinations

(Cases)

Year Division	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Advance consultation for issuance of a visa	6,505	4,882	4,403	4,910	4,635
Application for certificate of eligibility	273,989	248,523	238,270	266,273	282,428

(*) Please note that the figures (number of cases) shown in “Advance consultation for issuance of a visa” in the 2011 and 2012 versions were incorrect and should be changed to read as follows:

(Correct) 2010: 4,882,2011: 4,403

(Incorrect) 2010: 4,615,2011: 6,325
### Chapter 2. Foreign Nationals Residing in Japan

## Section 1 ☐ The Number of Foreign Residents in Japan

## The Number of Foreign Residents in Japan

While the number of foreign nationals entering Japan shows the “flow” of foreign nationals, the number of foreign nationals residing in Japan comprises the statistics on “stock” to show how many foreign nationals reside in Japan at a certain point in time.

At the end of 2013, the number of mid to long-term residents in Japan was 1,693,224, and the number of special permanent residents was 373,221. Adding these two numbers together, the total number of foreign residents was 2,066,445, an increase of 32,789 (1.6%) compared to the end of 2012.

At the end of 2013, the number of foreign residents as a percentage of the total population of Japan (127,298,000) was 1.62%, which was 0.03 point higher than 1.59% at the end of 2012 (Chart 17).

Chart 17 Changes in the number of foreign residents, and changes in the number of foreign residents as a percentage of the total population of Japan

$ ^{*1} $ These numbers are based on the statistics as at the end of December each year.

$ ^{*2} $ The numbers until 1985 represent the number of alien registrations, the numbers between 1990 and 2011 represent the sum of the number of alien registrations who stayed in Japan with the status of residence eligible for mid to long-term residents and the number of special permanent residents (number of alien registrations (excluding temporary visitors)), and the numbers from 2012 onwards represent the number of foreign residents adding together mid to long-term residents and special permanent residents.

$ ^{*3} $ The “percentage of the total population of Japan” is calculated based on the population as of October 1 every year taken from the “Population Estimates” and the “Population Census” of the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
## ② The Number of Foreign Residents by Nationality/Region

According to the statistics of the number of foreign residents by nationality/region at the end of 2013, China marked the largest number at 649,078, accounting for 31.4% of the total. China was followed by Korea (519,740, or 25.2%), the Philippines (209,183, or 10.1%), Brazil (181,317, or 8.8%), and Viet Nam (72,256, or 3.5%).

According to the changes in the number of foreign residents by year, the number of foreign residents from China has been decreasing since the end of 2010, a decrease of 3,517 (0.5%) at the end of 2013 compared to the end of 2012; the number of foreign residents from Korea has continued to see a decreasing trend, a decrease of 10,308 (1.9%) at the end of 2013 compared to the end of 2012, the number from the Philippines continued to be on the increase, except in 2012, and had increased by 6,198 (3.1%) at the end of 2013 compared to 2012, and the number from Brazil has been decreasing since its peak at the end of 2007, a decrease of 9,292 (4.9%) at the end of 2013 compared to the end of 2012. Viet Nam continued to be on the increase, except in 2009, and had increased by 19,889 (38.0%) at the end of 2013, compared with the end of 2012 (Chart 18).

Chart 18 Changes in the number of foreign residents by major nationality/region

$ ^{*1} $ The numbers until 2011 represent the number of foreign nationals with alien registrations who stayed in Japan with a status of residence eligible for mid to long-term residents and the number of special permanent residents, and the numbers from 2012 onwards represent the number of foreign nationals adding together mid to long-term residents and special permanent residents.

$ ^{*2} $ "China" until 2011 includes Taiwan, and "China" from 2012 onwards excludes those who were issued with residence cards and special permanent resident certificates and had already been included in "Taiwan" in the nationality/region section.

## ③ The Number of Foreign Residents by Purpose (Status of Residence)

## (1) “Permanent Resident” and “Special Permanent Resident” (Data Section 2, Statistics (1) 12)

According to the statistics for the number of foreign residents by status of residence, those with the status of “Permanent Resident” (excluding special permanent residents) comprised the largest group as of the end of 2013. The number of permanent residents was 655,315, an increase of 30,814 (4.9%) from the end of 2012, accounting for 31.7% of the total (Table 9).
Table 9 Changes in the number of foreign residents by status of residence

(People)

Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Status of Residence
Total	(①)	2,125,571	2,087,261	2,047,349	2,033,656	2,066,445
Status of residence eligible to become a mid to long-term resident	Professor	8,295	8,050	7,859	7,787
Artist	490	480	461	438
Religious Activities	4,448	4,232	4,106	4,051
Journalist	271	248	227	223
Investor/Business Manager	9,840	10,908	11,778	12,609
Legal/Accounting Services	161	178	169	159
Medical Services	220	265	322	412
Researcher	2,372	2,266	2,103	1,970
Instructor	10,129	10,012	10,106	10,121
Engineer	50,493	46,592	42,634	42,273
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	69,395	68,467	67,854	69,721
Intra-company Trans-feree	16,786	16,140	14,636	14,867
Entertainer	10,966	9,247	6,265	1,646
Skilled Labor	29,030	30,142	31,751	33,863
Technical Intern Training 1-(a)	2,707	3,991	4,121
Technical Intern Training 1-(b)	47,716	57,187	59,160
Technical Intern Training 2-(a)	1,848	2,726	2,869
Technical Intern Training 2-(b)	47,737	78,090	85,327
Cultural Activities	2,780	2,637	2,209	2,320
Student	145,909	201,511	188,605	180,919
Pre-college Student	46,759
Trainee	65,209	9,343	3,388	1,804
Dependent	115,081	118,865	119,359	120,693
Designated Activities	130,636	72,374	22,751	20,159
Permanent Resident	533,472	565,089	598,440	624,501
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	221,923	196,248	181,617	162,332
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	19,570	20,251	21,647	22,946
Long-Term Resident	221,771	194,602	177,983	165,001
Special Permanent Resident	409,565	399,106	389,085	381,364	373,221
Status of residence not eligible to become a mid to long-term resident (②)	60,550	46,890	31,159
Temporary Visitor	33,378	29,093	23,978
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	12,376	9,874	3,506
Temporary Refuge	30	30	29
Others	14,766	7,893	3,646
The number of registered foreign nationals (①+②)	2,186,121	2,134,151	2,078,508

(*) The numbers until 2011 represent the number of alien registrations, and the numbers from 2012 onwards represent the number of foreign residents adding together the mid to and long-term residents and special permanent residents.