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2026-11-06

[Blog]The Purpose of Permanent Residence: Is Settlement a Reward for Contribution or a Guarantee of Legal Stability?

Permanent Resident

2026-11-04

[Blog]Server Modernization Reveals Our Full Range of Services — New Brochure

Residence Application

2026-11-02

[Blog]Resuming Labor Migration from Bangladesh to Malaysia: Recruitment Costs and the Principle That Labor Is Not a Commodity

Immigration Policy

2026-10-31

[Blog]AI in UK Immigration Control: The Hidden Risks Behind Administrative Efficiency

Immigration Policy

2026-10-29

[Blog]Fair Labour Migration in ASEAN: ILO Partnership and BCM Alignment

Coexistence

2026-10-26

[Blog]CoE Is Not Enough: Visa Risks for Chinese and Vietnamese

Residence Application

2026-10-24

[Blog]Egypt’s Fair Recruitment Reform: Building Sustainable International Labour Mobility Through the Balanced Coexistence Model

Coexistence

2026-10-22

[Blog]From International Cooperation to Human Resource Development—and Ultimately to Labor Supply: Japan’s Employment for Skill Development System and the Balanced Coexistence Model

Specified Skilled Worker

2026-10-19

[Blog]Japan’s ¥30 Million Business Manager Requirement: Rethinking the Distinction Between Professional Work and Business Management

Business Manager

2026-10-15

[Blog]If Labor Markets Cross Borders, Institutional Responsibility Must Cross Borders Too: South Asia’s Youth Population and the Balanced Coexistence Model

Immigration Policy

2026-10-13

[Blog]Building a Path to SSW (ii): The Role of Employers and Registered Support Organizations

Specified Skilled Worker

2026-10-09

[Blog]An Unelegant Policy Shift — When Did Foreign Residents Become the --Beneficiaries--?

Immigration Policy

2026-10-07

[Blog]When --Five Years-- Is Too Much: Residence Periods, Individual Choice, and the Balanced Coexistence Model

Immigration Policy

2026-10-05

[Blog]Why Not Abolish Permanent Residency Altogether?

Permanent Resident

2026-10-03

[Blog]Prologue: Immigration and Refugee Policy That Begins with Trust (Revised, Balanced Coexistence Model)

Coexistence

2026-10-01

[Blog]What the Increase in Residence Procedure Fees Raises

Immigration Policy

2026-09-29

[Blog]Why Does Immigration Policy Become Populist? — From Public Opinion to Implementable Policy —

Immigration Policy

2026-09-27

[Blog]Questioning Our Own Perceptions — Toward a Society Aware of Its Cognitive Biases —

Coexistence

2026-09-25

[Blog]What Can We Learn from History? — The Cognitive Structures That Produced Exclusion —

Coexistence

2026-09-23

[Blog]Why Does Anxiety Seek a Target for Exclusion? — Threat Perception, Scapegoating, and Sense of Control —

Coexistence

2026-09-21

[Blog]Why Does One Person’s Behavior Become a Characteristic of an Entire Group? — Asymmetrical Attribution and Confirmation Bias —

Coexistence

2026-09-19

[Blog]When --They-- Appear, --We-- Begin to Look Better — Ingroup Bias and Collective Self-Enhancement —

Coexistence

2026-09-17

[Blog]Why Do People Group “Foreigners” Together? — Social Categorization and Outgroup Homogeneity —

Coexistence

2026-09-15

[Blog]Permanent Residence Institutionalizes Mutual Trust — Mutual Obligations Between Foreign Residents and the State —

Permanent Resident

2026-09-14

[Blog]Integration Is Not One-Way　— The Principle of Mutual Obligations —

Coexistence

2026-09-13

[Blog]Neither Foreign Residents nor Japanese Citizens Trust the System

Immigration Policy

2026-09-11

[Blog]Permanent Residence Institutionalizes Mutual Trust — Mutual Obligations Between Foreign Residents and the State

Permanent Resident

2026-09-09

[Blog]Turning Experience into Social Learning — A Cycle of Reflection, Correction, and Redesign —

Coexistence

2026-09-07

[Blog]Permanent Residents Are Enduring Members of Japanese Society — Moving Beyond the Temporariness Implied by the Label --Foreigner-- —

Permanent Resident

2026-09-05

[Blog]Contact Does Not Automatically Create Coexistence — How Can We Design High-Quality Interpersonal Experiences? —

Coexistence

2026-09-03

[Blog]Specified Skilled Workers: Pension Enrollment and Lump-Sum Withdrawal Payments

Specified Skilled Worker,Insurance Pensions and Tax

2026-09-01

[Blog]Residence = Permission, Permanent Residence = Recognition, Nationality = Membership in the State — Understanding the Relationship Between Foreign Residents and the State in Three Stages —

Permanent Resident

2026-08-30

[Blog]What the H-1B System Can Teach Japan About Managing the Scale of Foreign Worker Admissions

Immigration Policy

2026-08-27

[Blog]What Is the Dignity Act? — Immigration Policy Balancing Enforcement and Human Dignity through the Balanced Coexistence Model

Immigration Policy

2026-08-25

[Blog]Small Experiences Shape Larger Perceptions — From Microlearning to Micro-Experiences —

Coexistence

2026-08-22

[Blog]How Do Other Countries Position Permanent Residence? — Settlement, Integration, and Rights —

Permanent Resident

2026-08-20

[Blog] Institutional Experience and Interpersonal Experience — Two Points of Contact That Shape Trust —

Coexistence

2026-08-18

[Blog]The History of Permanent Residence — From --Foreigners Intending to Reside Permanently-- to --Foreign Residents Rooted in Society--

Permanent Resident

2026-08-16

[Blog]What Is the Purpose of Permanent Residence?

Permanent Resident

2026-08-14

[Blog]Understanding Society Through Experience — Judging Through Successes and Failures —

Coexistence

2026-08-12

[Blog]Foreign Residents as Members of Society — Rethinking Exclusion and Rights Protection Through the Balanced Coexistence Model

Immigration Policy

2026-08-10

[Blog]What Do People Base Their Judgments About Foreign Residents On? — Social Perceptions Shaped by News, Reputation, and Experience —

Coexistence

2026-08-06

[Blog]Changing the Rules Is Not the Problem—How They Are Changed Is: Institutional Trust in Japan's Immigration Policy

Immigration Policy

2026-08-04

[Blog]Are We Still Welcome in Japan? — The Tightening of the Business Manager Visa and the Balanced Coexistence Model

Immigration Policy

2026-07-31

[Blog]Prologue: The Premise of Institutional Design—Immigration and Refugee Policy Beginning with Trust (Revised)

Coexistence

2026-07-29

[Blog]Institutions Become Trustworthy Only When They Are Explained — From Understandable Institutions to a Society People Can Rely On —

Coexistence

2026-07-26

[Blog]Foreign Workers Also Support Employment Insurance — From Protection Against Unemployment to the Social Infrastructure for Sustainable Employment —

Coexistence

2026-07-24

[Blog]Who Are Labor and Social Insurance Systems For? — Shared Institutions Supporting Individual Lives and Social Stability —

Coexistence

2026-07-22

[Blog]What Did Japan’s Postwar Labor Administration Build? — Institutional Design Supporting Economic Growth and Social Stability —

Coexistence

2026-07-20

[Blog]Institutions Have a History— How Rights and Protections Were Built —

Coexistence

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