Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing futures into doubt

Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by crakhamster01 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @11:16PM (#49873180)

> But in Japan, there are no large groups of foreigners in Japan that don't commit crimes at far higher levels than the extremely low Japanese baseline.

Can you share a source for this?

From the most recent numbers I've found - "foreign nationals" made up 5.5% of all arrests in 2024, while comprising just 3% of the population. But that number includes visitors/tourists as well, and that group accounts for two-thirds of all cases. [0]

Taken together, it seems like foreign residents at worse match the Japanese baseline, but are likely committing crimes less often.

[0] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/19/japan/crime-leg...

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Re:Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners, throwing fut... by AlchemistCamp on Monday September 28, 2026 @10:55AM (#49879019)

Sure: https://isvd.or.jp/en/columns/foreign-nationals-justice-syst...

The crime rate for foreign residents not counting immigrants is 1.72x that of Japanese nationals. After adjusting for age and gender, it's 1.36x.

The piece cites the following:

1) 2024 White Paper on Crime, Part 4 Ch.9 Sec.2-1 (Penal Code offences)（2023） https://hakusyo1.moj.go.jp/jp/71/nfm/n71_2_4_9_2_1.html

2) NPA Foreign National Crime Arrest Statistics（2024） https://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/r07/honbun/excel/bb4z00120.xls...

3) Immigration Services Agency of Japan（End of 2024） https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00052.html

4) nippon.com — Shortage of Court Interpreters（2017） https://www.nippon.com/ja/currents/d00402/

5) MOJ/ISA Technical Intern Trainee Absconding Statistics（2023） https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/001425159.pdf

6) 2024 White Paper on Crime, Part 4 Ch.9 Sec.3-2 (Trials)（2023） https://hakusyo1.moj.go.jp/jp/71/nfm/n71_2_4_9_3_2.html

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