Based on changes in domestic and international trends affecting the refugee recognition system, the Ministry of Justice revised the operations of the refugee recognition system in September 2015 in order to promote prompt and reliable asylum for genuine refugees, and as part of this revision, measures are being implemented in order to curb the abuse or misuse of applications for refugee recognition status, but there has been a persistent surge in the abuse or misuse of applications, resulting in a situation where the prompt protection of genuine refugees has been hindered.
Therefore, the Ministry of Justice, endeavoring to promptly offer protection to those who genuinely require asylum, and to curb the abuse or misuse of applications and to promote appropriate implementation of the refugee recognition system, has decided to further revise the operations relating to the status of residence of “Designated Activities” for those applicants residing legitimately in Japan in order to prevent the prompt protection of genuine refugees from being hindered