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Responding to the Internationalization of Japanese Society |
With the current increasingly dynamic people-to-people exchanges among countries, Japanese embassies and consulates overseas are working to issue visas that meet the dual social needs of promoting people-to-people exchanges between Japan and foreign countries, such as for tourism, while ensuring security and safety within Japanese society. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs works closely with other countries and relevant Japanese ministries and agencies to carefully address issues involving foreigners in Japan, whose numbers are expected to increase steadily in the years to come.