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Japan's new visa rules may force foreign business owners to depart

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Japan is implementing new visa regulations that could force many foreign business owners to leave the country. These changes, introduced by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, aim to address concerns about overtourism and rising property prices attributed to foreign investment. For individuals like Budhathoki Samjhana, a Nepalese national who built a restaurant in Tokyo, these new rules threaten to shatter their long-held dreams of establishing a life and business in Japan. AI

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Japan's new visa rules may force foreign business owners to depart

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    New Japan visa rules threaten to force out foreign business owners: ‘my dream is broken’

    In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules. Even though Japan has a rapidly ageing population and is suffering labour shortages in…

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