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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 Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 12, 2021. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO -- Debate over a proposed revision of Japan's immigration control law has reached a peak in Diet proceedings. The country's immigration policy has been the target of criticism from both in and outside Japan over issues such as the extremely low refugee status recognition rate of less than 1%, infinite detention periods of foreign nationals served ...

Was Cameroonian woman's 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 Mai's 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 women's shelter in Tokyo, but the cancer progressed quickly. Helped by her supporters, Mai was admi...

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. In July 2004, she dropped out of a local university and got help from relatives to come to Japan. ...

Was Cameroonian woman's 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 Mai's 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 had nowhere to live and was for a time homeless. Just three hours after her death, she received a ...