THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 3, 2020 at 16:10 JST
Numbered tickets are being issued to ease congestion at service counters of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on March 30. Officials wear gloves when they hand over the tickets. (Rei Kishitsu)
The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau has been inundated with requests for visa extensions due mainly to flight cancellations that have stranded many foreign visitors to Japan while the new coronavirus epidemic rages. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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