The violent truth about immigration detention centers in Japan: Part 1 of 2

The violent truth about immigration detention centers in Japan: Part 2 of 2

TOKYO -- A Japanese Brazilian man has brought a lawsuit against the Japanese government, seeking damages for the injuries he incurred following an all

For some immigrants in Japan, alternatives to detention bring release, but not freedom

The Japanese government introduced an alternative to detention called supervisory release in order to prevent long-term detainment and escape. Refugees and advocates say it places responsibility on citizens, ultimately leaving them in uncertainty.

Appeals Court Compares ICE Detention to Japanese Internment in Scathing Ruling

The Trump administration’s policy of holding undocumented immigrants without bond faced its ninth appeals court loss on Thursday.

Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail

Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes.

Toolkit: Lost in the US immigration detention system — Freedom for Immigrants

Below are some scenarios where your friend or loved one might be depending on how they interacted with immigration enforcement:  

ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice

Every year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjects hundreds of thousands of people to civil immigration detention—a practice that is unjust, inhumane, and completely unnecessary. It does so under a veil of secrecy, sharing only limited, often error-prone statistics with the public. ICE’s failure to regularly release accurate, complete, and accessible data to the public enables it to operate its multi-billion-dollar detention network with impunity and little oversight.

The propaganda loop

From A.I. to immigrant detention, propaganda is everywhere.

‘Detention Alley’: inside the Ice centres in the US south where foreign students and undocumented migrants languish

Foreign nationals caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet are transported sometimes thousands of miles away to an isolated network of lockups and courts

Opinion | 3 ways you can stand against the cruelty of family immigration detention

Elora Mukherjee: Children held in Dilley detention center face panic attacks, malnutrition and suicidal ideation. We must call on our representatives to stop the cruelty.

Tokyo Police Arrest Possible Exec of Major Asian Fraud Ring – Adnkronos English

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested three people, including a man believed to be an executive of Cambodia-based Prince Group, one of the largest international fraud organizations in Asia, for allegedly submitting a false move-in notification, investigative sources said Monday. Among the three held by the Metropolitan Police Department were Cypriot national Hu Xiaowei, a 44-year-old business owner whose home address is unknown, and Li Yin Hong, a 31-year-old Chinese who is a company employee living in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward, the sources said. The MPD will investigate Prince Group’s activities in Japan. The organization has been slapped with sanctions by the United States. The trio conspired to submit a false notification of Hu’s residency in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward to the ward office in April, according to their arrest warrants. Li visited the office for the submission. Hu said in police questioning that he transferred his residency registration to Tokyo in order to obtain permanent residency in Japan. But he added that he does not know the details because he left the procedures to an agent. Hu has frequently visited Japan with a residency status of highly skilled professional. He was arrested in the western Japan city of Osaka as his allegations were discovered after he visited the country last October. According to a corporate registry, Hu founded a trading company with a capital of 8 million yen in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward in April 2023, and the company relocated its head office to Chiyoda Ward in the Japanese capital in April 2024. Its capital was increased to 50 million yen in March this year. U.S. authorities designated Prince Group as an entity subject to sanctions in October 2025 for its alleged involvement in malpractice including money laundering and charged its chairman, Chen Zhi. The Cambodian government detained him in January and handed him over to the Chinese government. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]

Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.

Children do not deserve immigration detention.

Editorial: Japan should not shut door on permanent residents

Japan's Immigration Services Agency has announced plans to revise its guidelines for granting permanent residence, tightening the requirements. Many f

USA: « We had whistles, they had guns »: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE

Amnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to a wide range of human rights violations. The administration is implementing a mass detention and deportation system, fuelled by racist, xenophobic and false narratives and white supremacist theories, whose objective is to […]

USA: "We had whistles, they had guns": Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE - Amnesty International

Amnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to a wide range of human rights violations. The administration is implementing a mass detention and deportation system, fuelled by racist, xenophobic and false narratives and white supremacist theories, whose objective is to […]