Amendments to the Immigration Control Act to review the way foreigners are detained are coming to a close. The government has resubmitted an amendment to the provision that suspends deportation while applying for refugee status.
About 250 people held a rally in front of the House of Councillors building to oppose the amendment. A 23-year-old graduate student who has Japan parents said: "There are many foreign children who were already born in Japan and grew up in Japan. I hope that the government will listen to these voices"