RetireJapan

Deep Blue wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:18 am Nope. I checked in at the desk at Haneda and at the machine at Heathrow. Neither asked. I am home now and still can’t find my zairyu card. I guess I lost it with my passport a few months ago. Really CBA to go and get a replacement though I know I should do soon.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:42 am soon to be one of the behaviours we can lose PR for

zeroshiki wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 5:24 am EDIT:

Ok, I found this on NHK

今回の改正案には、永住許可を取り消す事由を追加することが盛り込まれています。

具体的には、税金や社会保険料の納付を故意に怠った場合や、在留カードを常時携帯するなどの義務に違反した場合、住居侵入や通貨偽造など刑法で拘禁刑を受けた場合に永住許可を取り消せるとしています。

It does say repeatedly not having your zairyu card. Not sure how they're gonna enforce this.

zeroshiki wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:21 am I still maintain that this is them targeting the Vietnamese trainees. The change is actually part of the package of getting rid of the trainee visa. They're not gonna target the 50 year old English teacher from Ohio.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:25 am It's not 'I'm alright so everything is fine'. More like 'I am not comfortable with how this is being set up and how unaccountable the system is going to be'.

Deep Blue wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:29 am

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:25 am It's not 'I'm alright so everything is fine'. More like 'I am not comfortable with how this is being set up and how unaccountable the system is going to be'.

Japan probably isn't the place for people who worry about these sort of things. The authorities already have powers to arrest and detain people without charge for months (re-arresting on the 23rd day and starting the clock again)... this can go on for several times before they charge you..... and after charging you can be held for months or years before trial. You can be denied access to intrepreters, and those accused are often beaten..... rights we would enjoy in Western countries are not applicable here. There is ample room for persecution of those who displease the authorities, especially if one has committed the crime of being non-Japanese.

We live here on the trust that these powers won't be used against us, same PR holders will need to trust they won't be thrown out of the country for a tax issue or forgetting their zairyu card.

Who can forget valid non-Japanese residents being shut out of Japan for six months, no matter what they did to their familes, jobs or businesses? Non-Japanese are second class residents here.