foreigners

Suffering in a legal no-man's land, foreigners on...
Foreigners under provisional release seek rights in front of the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on March 6. (Takuya Asakura)
Zargham Zadeh Shahram long suffered from a splitting headache caused by a tumor in his brain. But he refused to seek medical treatment.
N. Korea warns foreigners to quit South
South Korean army soldiers on a military truck move during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea in Pocheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on April 8. (AP Photo)
SEOUL--North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on April 9 to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang.
Yokohama's French community gets prepped on...
Native French speakers learn how to use an automated external defibrillator during a disaster prevention drill at an exchange facility in Yokohama on March 23. (Keiko Okada)
YOKOHAMA--Many foreigners who come to live in Japan are ill-equipped to deal with the constant threat of earthquakes, never experiencing the natural disaster in their native...
Former Indonesian hostage talks about Algeria ordeal
Andri Ansari (Photo by Fusako Go)
JAKARTA--An Indonesian man caught up in a hostage standoff last month at a natural-gas plant in southeastern Algeria has been speaking about the ordeal.
Illegal immigrants could lose basic social services ...
A sample resident card (Tsuyoshi Tamura)
The 60-year-old alien registration system became obsolete on July 9, replaced by new rules and regulations under a revised law intended to reduce the number of illegal...
Survey: Companies to hire more foreigners in 2013
Students listen to a company official at a recruitment fair in Tokyo. (Yasuhiro Honda)
More Japanese companies plan to increase their hiring of recruits in spring 2013, leading to apparent favorable conditions for foreign job hunters, according to an Asahi...
Program planned to attract 'advanced' foreigners
Foreign visitors wait for transportation services at Narita International Airport. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Justice Ministry will introduce a point system to make life in Japan easier for foreigners with special achievements, including advanced education, high income level and...
Pyongyang tells foreigners to hit the road--for now
DANDONG, China--North Korea has asked foreigners to leave the country, following the death of its leader Kim Jong Il, according to passengers of a train from Pyongyang that...
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