{"id":5070,"date":"2026-05-04T06:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=5070"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:25:53","slug":"japan-refused-to-soften-its-illegal-immigration-crackdown-and-the-numbers-are-starting-to-come-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=5070","title":{"rendered":"Japan refused to soften its illegal immigration crackdown \u2014 and the numbers are starting to come in."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japan refused to soften its illegal immigration crackdown \u2014 and the numbers are starting to come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s accelerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just 12 months:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Illegal residents dropped by 6,375<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Refugee applications fell by over 3,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Deportations jumped 33.3%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not policy talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s real enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zero Illegal Foreign Residents Plan is now fully in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Started under Ishiba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now pushed harder under Takaichi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the message is clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Stricter residency rules<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Higher visa barriers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tighter naturalization standards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No soft landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No quiet compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While other countries debate easing restrictions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan is going the opposite way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faster removals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fewer approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The long-term goal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero illegal residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And cutting refugee applications in half by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not just immigration policy anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a full system reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japan refused to soften its illegal immigration crackdown \u2014 and the numbers are starting to come in. This is not slowing down. It\u2019s accelerating. In just 12 months: \u2022 Illegal residents dropped by 6,375 \u2022 Refugee applications fell by over 3,500 \u2022 Deportations jumped 33.3% That\u2019s not policy talk. That\u2019s real enforcement. The Zero Illegal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3558,3168],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5072,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5070\/revisions\/5072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}