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Long-Term Residency to be offered to 4th-Gen of Japanese Descent

By on June 7, 2023

Japan’s Immigration Services Agency plans to launch a new program as early as this year to grant long-term residency to fourth-generation foreigners of Japanese descent, government sources said Tuesday.

Under the program, those eligible for long-term residency will be permitted to stay in Japan indefinitely and bring over family members from their home countries provided they meet the requirements. Eligibility requirements include Japan residency for at least five years and a certain level of Japanese-language ability.

In 2018, Japan aiming to strengthen its relations with communities abroad, launched a program to accept fourth-generation people (ages 18-30) of Japanese descent from Brazil, Peru and elsewhere, under the “designated activities” visas. These fourth-generation people are allowed to live in Japan for up to five years without family members. Their source of livelihood has to come from relatives in Japan, host families or employers.

With the introduction of the new program, people who have lived or have been living in Japan for five years under the “designated activities” status, are eligible to apply for long-term residency but they must have an N2 certificate, the second-highest level in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, or equivalent language skills.

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