Japan is young Kurd s only home, despite challenges of illegal resident status
July 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Ramazan, a 23-year-old Kurd who will have lived in Japan for 15 years this year, is seen in the city of Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, on April 20, 2021. He has been forced to lead a life under severe restrictions as he does not have legal residency status. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TOKYO Imagine you have lived in Japanese society since you were a child. The customs and the lifestyle come naturally to you, though you were born elsewhere. Japan is home. Now imagine that you cannot work or move around this home freely, because you are officially categorized as an illegal resident. This is the plight of not a few people who live amongst us.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga explains at his Feb. 2 news conference why the state of emergency for the novel coronavirus pandemic was being extended for 10 prefectures. (Pool)
Although Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized on Feb. 2 for extending the state of emergency in 10 prefectures, experts blasted his government for failing to present new measures to end the novel coronavirus crisis.
They warned that without an exit strategy and lacking specific plans to ease the strain on medical facilities, the government may be unable to lift the state of emergency by the new deadline of March 7.
During his news conference on Feb. 2, Suga apologized to the public for failing to bring the COVID-19 health crisis under control before the original state of emergency deadline of Feb. 7 for 11 prefectures.