Japan to boost immigration workforce in crackdown on visa overstayers

Japan immigrationOver 200 enforcement, inspection officers to be hired in rare emergency staffingThe Tokyo bureau of the Japan Immigration Services Agency: The government said on July 24 that it will increase staffing by more than 200 people to tighten immigration enforcement. (Photo by Rie Ishii) KEI KIMURAJuly 24, 2026 16:47 JSTTOKYO -- Japan's Immigration Services Agency will add more than 200 employees this fiscal year in an emergency staffing increase, as it ramps up enforcement against visa overstayers and strengthens the country's border controls, the government said Friday. Such a midyear staffing expansion is highly unusual for the agency.