Japan Mulls Hiking Permanent Residency Permit Fee to Up to 300,000 Yen

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering a plan to raise the fee for issuing a permanent residency permit to as much as 300,000 yen from the current 10,000 yen, it was learned Thursday. The government presented the plan to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which held the first meeting of its task force on optimizing immigration and residency management for fore...