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TOKYO --

OSAKA -- The mismanaged medical system at Japans immigration facilities became a major issue when a Sri Lankan woman died of illness at the Nagoya Re

OSAKA -- An online charity event to help foreign children in Japan attend high school will be held on Nov. 13, as financial and language barriers prev

OSAKA -- Nonfiction writer and Ikuno Ward, Osaka resident Ko Chanyu, 74, is producing a documentary about discrimination against foreign people living

Horrible hospitality: Detainees talk about reality of Japan immigration facility in film July 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Foreigners on temporary release hold a press conference with Ian Thomas Ash (far right), director of the film "Ushiku," in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 20, 2021. The two have experienced long-term detention at an immigration facility. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO -- It is still fresh in our minds that in March this year, a Sri Lankan woman who was in detention at the Nagoya ...

Ex-Japan immigration officer queries black box hiding policy on foreigners rights (Pt 1) May 10, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Former immigration officer Yoichi Kinoshita is seen in Tokyos Chiyoda Ward on April 12, 2021. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO -- Debate over a proposed revision of Japans immigration control law has reached a peak in Diet proceedings. The countrys immigration policy has been the target of criticism from both in and outside Japan over issues such as the extremely low refugee st...

Was Cameroonian womans death hours before she received Japan residency avoidable? (Pt. 3) April 26, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) From left, Masataka Nagasawa, Relindis Mai Ekei, and Yoriyoshi Abe are seen in this photo provided by Mais supporters. TOKYO -- Relindis Mai Ekei, a woman from Cameroon, was granted conditional release from an immigration detention facility in Japan where she had been held for overstaying her visa, to get cancer treatment at a hospital. She then spent time in a convent w...

April 23, 2021 OSAKA -The Mainichi- A 42-year-old Cameroonian woman who was applying for refugee status in Japan passed away at a Tokyo hospital in the early morning of Jan. 23. She was detained at immigration facilities twice and temporarily released, but had nowhere to live and was for a time homeless. Just three hours after her death, she received a document allowing her to stay in Japan. Couldn’t her life have been saved? Relindis Mai Ekei was from northwestern Cameroon, in central Africa...

Was Cameroonian womans death hours after she was given Japan residency avoidable? (Pt. 1) April 24, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) This provided photo shows the late Relindis Mai Ekei. According to her supporters, she was always smiling. (Photo courtesy of Mais supporters) OSAKA -- A 42-year-old Cameroonian woman who was applying for refugee status in Japan passed away at a Tokyo hospital in the early morning of Jan. 23. She was detained at immigration facilities twice and temporarily released, but ...