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# Section 3 ☐ Number of Issuance of Residence Cards and Special Permanent Resident Certificates

## 1 Residence Cards

The number of residence cards issued in 2015 was 1,111,708. According to the statistics by category, the number of residence cards issued at the time of granting landing/status of residence related permission was 955,791 accounting for 86.0% of the total number, followed by applications to switch over to the residence card at 85,114 (7.7%), applications for reissuance at 35,328 (3.2%), and extension of the period of validity at 30,561 (2.7%).

By category of regional immigration bureaus, the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau issued 636,553 residence cards, accounting for 57.3% of the total, followed by Nagoya at 188,478 (17.0%), Osaka at 147,073 (13.2%), and Fukuoka at 59,261 (5.3%) (Reference 28).

Reference 28 Number of issuance of residence cards (2015)

(Cases)

Regional Immigration Bureaus	Total	Landing/ residency status of residence related permission	Notification of change in the registered matters aside from the place of residence	Extension of the period of validity	Application for reissuance	Application to switch over to the residence card	Application for new issuance
Total	1,111,708	955,791	4,520	30,561	35,328	85,114	394
Sapporo	12,404	10,852	14	165	249	1,124	-
Sendai	18,079	14,704	120	242	478	2,515	20
Tokyo	636,553	554,576	2,379	14,795	21,109	43,374	320
Nagoya	188,478	157,531	1,256	3,786	5,764	20,129	12
Osaka	147,073	122,699	360	9,247	4,665	10,084	18
Hiroshima	36,019	31,602	202	406	885	2,912	12
Takamatsu	13,841	12,259	53	186	289	1,051	3
Fukuoka	59,261	51,568	136	1,734	1,889	3,925	9

## 2 Special Permanent Resident Certificates

The number of special permanent resident certificates issued in 2015 was 98,493. According to the statistics by category, the number of special permanent resident certificates issued at the time of switching over to the special permanent resident certificate was 49,526 accounting for 50.3% of the total, followed by extension of the period of validity at 42,157 (42.8%), applications for reissuance at 4,570 (4.6%), and notification of a change in the registered matters aside from the place of residence at 1,191 (1.2%) (Reference 29).

Reference 29 Number of issuance of special permanent resident certificates (2015)

(Cases)

Permission for special permanent residence (Article 4)	Permission for special permanent residence (Article 5)	Notification of a change in the registered matters aside from the place of residence	Extension of the period of validity	Application for reissuance	Application to switch over to the special permanent resident certificate	Application for new issuance	Application for issuance in advance	Total
818	98	1,191	42,157	4,570	49,526	123	10	98,493
the audits, and to clarify the misconduct applicable in cases of audits not being properly implemented.

## Section 2 ☐ Responses to Cases of Inappropriate Acceptance

The Immigration Bureau has the authority to send a notice of “misconduct” to any organization which has acted inappropriately in relation to the training and technical intern training system, and to suspend such organization from accepting trainees and technical interns for one, three or five years depending on the type of misconduct as stipulated in the provisions of an ordinance of the Ministry of Justice. The number of organizations to which the Ministry of Justice sent notices that they were found to have engaged in “misconduct” during 2015 was 273.

According to the statistics by the type of acceptance arrangement, 3 organizations (1.1%) which had accepted trainees under the company-arranged scheme, and 270 organizations (98.9%) which had accepted trainees under the association-supervised scheme were notified of findings of misconduct, and taking a look by type of accepting organization under association-supervised scheme, there were 32 supervising organizations (11.9%) and 238 technical intern training implementing organizations (88.1%) (Reference $ ^{[30]} $ ).

Reference 30 Changes in the number of organizations subject to a finding of misconduct by type of accepting arrangement

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Type of Accepting Arrangement
Company-arranged scheme	2	0	0	0	3
Association-supervised scheme	Supervising organization (Primary accepting organization)	14	9	20	23	32
Implementing organization (Secondary accepting organization)	168	188	210	218	238
Total	184	197	230	241	273

The types of misconduct fell under “nonpayment of wages”, “using or providing forged or altered documents, etc.”, and “discrepancies with the Technical Intern Training Plan”, and these three types accounted for 64.6% of the total (Reference 31).
Reference 31 Number of cases of misconduct by category (2015)

(Cases)

Category	Company-arranged scheme (3 Organizations)	Association-supervised scheme	Total (273 Organizations)
Supervising organization (32 Organizations)	Implementing organization (238 Organizations)
Violence/threats/confinement	0	0	2	2
Confiscation of passport/residence card	0	3	6	9
Nonpayment	2	6	130	138
Human rights infringement	0	2	7	9
Document forgery/preparation and use of fraudulent documents	0	26	36	62
Confiscation of deposit	0	2	2	4
Engaging in work activities during course study period	0	1	7	8
Dual contract	0	0	1	1
Discrepancy compared with Technical Intern Training Plan	0	6	33	39
Name lending	0	1	32	33
Implementing organization's failure to report misconduct/failure to report the impossibility of continuing the program	0	0	0
Supervising organization's failure to report misconduct, etc./failure to conduct audit or to establish a consultation system	5	5
Frequency of trainees going missing	0	0	0	0
Employment of illegal foreign workers	1	0	23	24
Violation of labor-related laws and regulations	1	1	33	35
Arrangement with profit purpose	0	0	0	0
Repeated misconduct	0	0	1	1
Failure to submit a daily report	0	0	0	0
Failure to submit a report regarding leaving trainees	0	0	0	0
Work outside of the trainees' prescribed work hours	0	0	0	0
Total	4	53	313	370

$ ^{*} $ If one accepting organization is notified of findings of misconduct in more than one category, it is counted in each category, and therefore, the total number of accepting organizations is not identical to the total number of recognized cases in each category.
With respect to the training and technical intern training, as described above, there are still a considerable number of organizations committing inappropriate conduct even after the introduction of the current system. Therefore, the Immigration Bureau will endeavor to continue checking the situation, closely coordinate with the relevant institutions, and actively conduct research into the facts, requesting organizations which are committing inappropriate conduct to take corrective measures as necessary.

The number of technical intern trainees who have absconded from the program has been increasing year by year, and while this number was 1,534 in 2011, this number surged in 2015 to 5,803. Past extensive research on the reasons for absconding has shown that most of the trainees lacked motivation for the technical intern training and absconded in search of higher wages, and therefore stricter examinations are being conducted with regard to applications pertaining to the acceptance of technical intern trainees submitted by sending organizations or supervising organizations, which have seen a large number of trainees abscond from the program (Reference 32).

Reference 32 Changes in the number of technical intern trainees absconding by nationality/region

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	1,534	2,005	3,566	4,847	5,803
China	909	1,177	2,313	3,065	3,116
Viet Nam	338	496	828	1,022	1,705
Myanmar	7	7	107	336
Indonesia	107	124	114	276	252
Nepal	9	25	84	149	102
Others	171	176	220	228	292

(*1) The indication of China in the table does not include Taiwan, China (Hong Kong) or China (others).

$ ^{*3} $ The numbers in 2011 are the total number of “Technical Intern Training” and “Designated Activities (Technical Intern Training)”.

$ ^{*2} $ The statistics of “Myanmar” commenced from 2012. The number in 2011 are included in “Others”.
Reference 33 Changes in the number of Japanese nationals departing from Japan

### Chapter 4. Japanese Nationals Departing from and Returning to Japan

## Section 1 ☐ Number of Japanese Nationals Departing from Japan

## 1 Total Number of Japanese Nationals Departing from Japan

The total number of Japanese nationals departing from Japan in 2015 was 16,213,789, a decline of 689,599 (4.1%) from 2014 (Reference 33).

## ② Number of Japanese Nationals Departing from Japan by Gender and Age

According to the statistics by gender, the number of Japanese nationals departing from Japan in 2015 was composed of 9,276,393 males and 6,937,396 females; males accounted for 57.2% of the total and females accounted for 42.8%. There have been no significant changes in the percentages of either males or females since 2001, and the percentage of males continues to exceed that of females.

According to the statistics by age, the number of Japanese nationals departing from Japan in 2015 was composed of 3,374,922 Japanese nationals in their 40s, which accounted for 20.8% of the total, followed by 3,022,145 in their 30s, accounting for 18.6%, 2,960,606 in their 60s and older, accounting for 18.3%, 2,884,059 in their 50s, accounting for 17.8%, and 2,535,343 in their 20s, accounting for 15.6%.

According to the statistics on percentages of males and females by age group, the percentages of Japanese females ages under 20 and 20s exceeded those of males and, in particular, females in their 20s accounted for the extremely high percentage of 60.8%, but with other age groups, the percentage of males departing from Japan exceeded that of females (Reference 34).
Reference 34 Number of Japanese nationals departing from Japan by gender and age (2015)

## ③ Number of Japanese Nationals Departing from Japan by Airport and Seaport

According to the statistics of Japanese nationals departing from Japan in 2015 by airport and seaport of departure, the number of persons using airports to depart from Japan was 16,081,392, accounting for 99.2% of the total. When compared to the percentage of foreign nationals entering Japan (foreign nationals using airports accounted for 97.1%), the percentage of airport users is higher.

Of the persons using airports to depart from Japan in 2015, the number of users of Narita Airport was 6,509,232, which accounted for 40.5% of the total number of persons using airports to depart from Japan, and those using Haneda Airport was 3,828,254, which accounted for 23.8%, and those using Kansai Airport was 3,028,657, which accounted for 18.8%. This means that 83.1% of the total number of persons departing from airports used these three airports.

On the other hand, of the persons using seaports to depart from Japan in 2015, the number of users of Hakata Port, where scheduled passenger ships operate between Japan and R.O.Korea, was 61,210, which accounted for 46.2% of the total number of persons departing from seaports, followed by Yokohama Port at 14,936, accounting for 11.3%, Shimonoseki Port at 9,597, accounting for 7.2%. This means that 64.8% of the total number of persons departing from seaports used these three seaports. Kobe Port at 6,403, accounting for 4.8%, and Naha Port at 6,206, accounting for 4.7% followed these three major seaports.
## Section 2 ◆ Number of Japanese Nationals Returning to Japan

Airport landing examination

The total number of returning Japanese nationals in 2015 was 16,258,889. By period of stay in foreign countries after departure, the number of persons returning within one month of departure was 14,648,559, which accounted for 90.1% of the total. Of those, the number of persons returning within 10 days was 13,159,974, which accounted for 89.8% of those who returned within one month of departure.

This is thought to be because most Japanese tourists going abroad who depart for a purpose requiring only a short period such as sightseeing and business return promptly. This trend has continued in recent years and no major change has been observed (Reference 35).

Reference 35 Changes in the number of Japanese nationals returning to Japan by period of stay

YearPeriod of Stay	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	16,921,103	18,408,185	17,421,997	16,915,797	16,258,889
Within 5 days	10,039,111	10,916,364	9,898,557	9,499,435	9,126,508
More than 5 days to 10 days	4,055,123	4,448,480	4,422,482	4,299,701	4,033,466
More than 10 days to 20 days	1,054,248	1,129,239	1,130,386	1,119,965	1,086,094
More than 20 days to 1 month	388,970	404,327	408,455	417,716	402,491
More than 1 month to 3 months	588,327	639,672	658,643	655,267	670,011
More than 3 months to 6 months	323,218	357,644	376,109	386,518	387,233
More than 6 months to 1 year	256,264	270,945	291,269	301,338	305,442
More than 1 year to 3 years	119,588	137,043	134,050	133,068	135,515
More than 3 years	8,281	11,045	12,966	13,203	13,161
Unknown	87,973	93,426	89,080	89,586	98,968
### Chapter 5. Deportation Procedures for Foreign Nationals

## Section 1 ☐ Foreign Nationals Overstaying Their Authorized Period of Stay

Investigation of violation

Based on the computer statistics of the Immigration Bureau, the estimated number of foreign nationals who overstayed (those who illegally stay in Japan beyond their authorized period of stay) was 62,818 as of January 1, 2016. This was an increase of 2,811 (4.7%) when compared to the 60,007 as of January 1, 2015, and was an increase for two years running.

This is thought to be because initially the number of foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay was greatly reduced owing to crackdowns which were continuously being implemented to detect illegal immigrants, but recently smaller groups of illegal immigrants are spreading out throughout the country which is making large-scale crackdowns difficult and the number of foreign nationals undergoing the deportation procedures is seeing a downward trend. Meanwhile, in recent years, the entire government has been working on promoting Japan as a tourism-oriented country, and as a result of the visa waiver and visa requirement easing measures vis-à-vis the ASEAN countries implemented since July 1, 2013, the number of foreign entrants has significantly increased since 2013 and this is believed to have had some impact on the increasing number of foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay.

## Number of Foreign Nationals Overstaying Their Authorized Period of Stay by Nationality/Region

At the time of May 1, 1993, when the highest number of foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay was recorded, the nationality/region of the largest number of foreign nationals was Thailand, followed by R.O.Korea, the Philippines, China and Malaysia. As of January 1, 2016, the nationality/region of the largest number of foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay was R.O.Korea at 13,412 (21.4%), followed by China at 8,741 (13.9%), Thailand at 5,959 (9.5%), the Philippines at 5,240 (8.3%), and Viet Nam at 3,809 (6.1%).

Taking a look at the changes after May 1, 1993, although new entries increased significantly owing
Reference 37 Changes in the estimated number of foreign nationals overstaying the authorized period of stay by major nationality/region

## ② Number of Foreign Nationals Overstaying Their Authorized Period of Stay by Status of Residence

Taking a look at the foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay as of January 1, 2016 by status of residence prior to illegally overstaying in Japan, the number of foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Temporary Visitor” continued from 2015 to make up the largest number at 42,478 accounting for 67.6% of the total number followed by “Spouse or Child of Japanese National” at 3,433 (5.5%), “Student” at 3,422 (5.4%), “Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)” at 3,413 (5.4%), “Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)” at 2,439 (3.9%), and when compared to the previous year, while there was an increase in the number of foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Temporary Visitor” by 1,388 (3.4%), “Student” by 616 (22.0%), “Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)” by 582 (20.6%), and “Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)” by 640 (35.6%), there was a decline in the number of foreign nationals with the status of residence of “Spouse or Child of Japanese National” by 276 (7.4%) (Reference 38).
Reference 38 Changes in the estimated number of foreign nationals overstaying the authorized period of stay by status of residence

Date Status of Residence	January 1 2011	January 1 2012	January 1 2013	January 1 2014	January 1 2015	January 1 2016
Total	78,488	67,065	62,009	59,061	60,007	62,818
Temporary Visitor	54,220	46,845	43,943	41,403	41,090	42,478
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	5,843	5,060	4,291	3,719	3,709	3,433
Student	4,322	3,187	2,847	2,777	2,806	3,422
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	3	412	943	1,699	2,831	3,413
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	-	213	645	1,089	1,799	2,439
Others	14,100	11,348	9,340	8,374	7,772	7,633

$ ^{*} $ The number of foreign nationals overstaying with the status of residence of “Student” includes the number of foreign nationals whose status of residence was “Pre-college Student” under the previous Immigration Control Act, which was revised on July 1, 2010, at the time when they came to be considered to be overstaying.

## Section 2 ♦ Cases of Violation of the Immigration Control Act Necessitating the Implementation of Deportation Procedures

## 1 Outline

In 2015, the number of foreign nationals against whom deportation procedures were enforced on account of violation of the Immigration Control Act was 12,272, an increase of 1,596 when compared to 2014. Of these, 3,571 were handed over to immigration inspectors as those subject to the departure order system. Although the number of foreign nationals in violation of the Immigration Control Act had been steadily decreasing since 2005, in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of foreign nationals newly entering Japan owing to the implementation of visa exemption measures, and this has contributed to an increase in the number of foreign nationals overstaying their authorized period of stay, which is thought to have led to a shift towards an increase.

According to the statistics of the number of foreign nationals by grounds for deportation, the largest number of foreign nationals was deported for overstaying at 9,982 (81.3%), followed by illegal entry at 752 (6.1%) and activities other than those permitted under the status of residence previously granted at 399 (3.3%). Foreign nationals overstaying continued to account for a predominant percentage (Reference 39).

Looking at the statistics for the number of cases of violation of the Immigration Control Act by nationality/region, the largest number of such foreign nationals was from China for 13 consecutive years at 4,311 (35.1%), followed by Viet Nam at 1,643 (13.4%), and Thailand at 1,475 (12.0%). These top three countries made up 60.5% of the total (Reference 40).
Reference 39 Changes in the number of cases of violation of the Immigration Control Act by grounds for deportation

(People)

Year Grounds for Deportation	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	20,659	15,178	11,428	10,676	12,272
Illegal entry	2,862	1,875	1,128	844	752
Illegal landing	164	187	199	249	268
Activity other than those permitted	542	617	493	422	399
Overstay	15,925	11,439	8,713	8,274	9,982
Criminal offenses	619	527	430	392	397
Others	547	533	465	495	474

Illegal worker	13,913	8,979	7,038	6,702	7,973

Reference 40 Changes in the number of cases of violation of the Immigration Control Act by nationality/region

YearNationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	20,659	15,178	11,428	10,676	12,272
China	6,350	4,545	4,044	3,975	4,311
Viet Nam	717	592	688	953	1,643
Thailand	1,108	786	604	899	1,475
Philippines	4,346	2,972	1,778	1,414	1,467
R.O.Korea	2,625	2,028	1,336	921	704
Indonesia	449	327	271	268	507
Brazil	825	814	422	316	296
Sri Lanka	449	303	199	222	182
United States of America	258	218	192	175	157
Peru	597	402	200	124	153
Others	2,935	2,191	1,694	1,409	1,377

$ ^{*} $ “China” does not include Taiwan, China (Hong Kong) or China (others).

## ② Number of Cases of Violation of the Immigration Control Act by Grounds for Deportation

## (1) Illegal Entry

Of the foreign nationals against whom the deportation procedures were enforced for being in violation of the Immigration Control Act in 2015, the number of illegal entrants $ (*) $ was 752, accounting for 6.1%, a decline of 92 (10.9%) from 2014. Looking at past records, the number increased since 2003 but started to decrease since 2006. Since the number of illegal entrants as a percentage of the total number of foreign nationals in violation of the Immigration Control Act is decreasing, it is considered that the countermeasures to prevent illegal entry have been quite effective.

According to the statistics by nationality/region, the largest number of illegal entrants was from China at 211 (28.1%), followed by the Philippines at 166 (22.1%), and Iran at 64 (8.5%), and there has been no change in the order of the top two countries since 2002 (Reference 41).
According to the statistics by means of transportation utilized for illegal entry, the number of illegal entrants using aircraft was 594, a decline of 46 (7.2%) from 2014, and therefore, illegal entry using aircraft as a percentage of the total is still high at 79.0%. Meanwhile, the number of illegal entrants a vessel was 158, accounting for 21.0%, a decline of 46 (22.5%) from 2014 (Reference 42, 43).

Reference 41 Changes in the number of cases of illegal entry by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	2,862	1,875	1,128	844	752
China	949	532	359	262	211
Philippines	799	520	274	214	166
Iran	112	124	63	53	64
R.O.Korea	270	178	102	69	50
Viet Nam	13	15	13	10	34
Thailand	198	105	56	43	31
Indonesia	83	55	27	21	27
Peru	119	91	37	29	26
Bangladesh	35	26	24	14	21
Nepal	23	18	14	7	20
Others	261	211	159	122	102

$ ^{*} $ “China” does not include Taiwan, China (Hong Kong) or China (others).

Reference 42 Changes in the number of cases of illegal entry using aircraft by nationality/region

(People)

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Nationality/Region
Total	2,105	1,437	824	640	594
Philippines	760	500	262	208	158
China	443	263	153	112	96
Iran	96	113	55	48	61
Viet Nam	12	15	10	10	33
Thailand	192	100	54	40	31
Others	602	446	290	222	215

$ ^{*} $ “China” does not include Taiwan, China (Hong Kong) or China (others).

Reference 43 Changes in the number of cases of illegal entry using vessel by nationality/region

(People)

Nationality/Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total	757	438	304	204	158
China	506	269	206	150	115
R.O.Korea	166	100	49	36	28
Philippines	39	20	12	6	8
Iran	16	11	8	5	3
Others	30	38	29	7	4

$ ^{*1} $ “China” does not include Taiwan, China (Hong Kong) or China (others).

$ ^{*2} $ “Others” in 2015 is composed of Indonesia, Ghana, Viet Nam and Myanmar.