Immigration reform creates unexpected problems

Immigration reform creates unexpected problems

TOKYO, Japan - A support group for foreign residents in Japan convenes a nationwide assembly in June 2013 to discuss problems stemming from the revised immigration law, among other issues, at Konan University in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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