New Immigration Law?

I stumbled on this in my going everywhere wondering

http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/newimmiact_1/en/index.html

What was it before these changes?

 

Won't apply to me lol if i decide to move to japan

 

If you plan on "living" in Japan (e.g. hold a visa) it sure will. It is applicable even to those who refuse to use punctuation.

GOH: The main changes are

-Maximum visa changed from 3 years to 5 years
-Gaijin Card changed to Resident Card. Not sure if it will have your nationality shit on it. I would assume no.
-For Visa holders, re-entry permit not required for trips under 1 year. I'm interested to know whether re-entry permits for permanent residents will last 5 years and not 3 now.
-Other than address change info, issues are taken up at Immigration instead of your ward office (this sucks)
-Gaijin will still probably be blamed as the source every time a famous person gets caught for using drugs.

 

Quoted for truth. Japanese never do anything wrong according to the TV when drugs are involved.

 

Well, the first thing the cops do is try to roll them. If you know anyone that got caught w/ drugs and got out of jail in less than 3 weeks (yes, holding, not prison) then cut all ties. The cops probably get everything on you and some made up shit, too.

 

When I was taking Japanese I was told that the Police in Japan get to know everyone in the neighborhood really well and they never arrest anyone until they are 100% sure.

Fairly accurate?

 

That you can say LOUD!!!

 

85% false!

 

Seriously? man, another reason to hate the lazy shithead police.

Maybe in the older times but not now. When the area where I live was built 2 years back the police never came around to say hello even though we were all new residents.

They did however ask if they could use my driveway (It's right next to the side street) to hideout in for capturing speeding drivers. I told them to fuck off, well, maybe not fuck off but I did tell them NO in a not so polite manner. The amount of times I've been caught by those sneaky bastards is unbelievable and I wasn't even speeding.

 

>>GOH

The further from the city you get, you will see this to some extent. I've only had police stop by my first apartment, about 14 years ago, to say high and get my name on the roster and all that.

Generally, if you're doing something that warrants a warrant, the detectives (keiji) will be making the arrest, not the police. The detectives know nobody. They are, however, very polite and even take off their shoes, from what I've understood. There is a thread at J-Ref about a guy that got busted for smoking weed, and he documents it all pretty well. It was the 90's, but I'm sure a lot of it holds true.

If you're planning on committing a deportable offense, make sure you have a kid with a local first.

Yep... w/o a doubt. That's why all the Japanese people just say, "it was a foreigner". It's not like they confess... the police bombard them, and they give the most pleasing [for everyone] answer.

 

it means i would not renew my resident card after 5 years if i move to japan and live there?

 

Only if you get a 5 year visa which I'm sure will be very unlikely for your first one.